Who is Meghan Markle’s porn star ex Simon Rex and when does he claim to have dated Prince Harry’s fiancee?
MEGHAN Markle is set to marry Prince Harry later this month in a fairy tale wedding in Windsor Castle but the former US actress is said to have previously dated a former porn star.
Simon Rex has had a colourful career and featured in the Scary Movie franchise but who is the 43-year-old comedian and rapper?
Who is Simon Rex and what's his background?
In a 2014 interview he admitted to doing porn as a young man to pay his bills.
He said: “I went there and did that s***. It was just enough to pay the rent at the time. I was living in the moment. In hindsight it wasn’t the best move.”
There is no suggestion that Meghan ever knew about his porn past.
He even claims to have won an award for Best Gay Solo Video in 1997.
He is now also a comedian and rapper, using the rap name Dirt Nasty, and proudly reclines naked on a bearskin rug with his dog Duane in the banner photo on his Twitter home page.
Simon also posts crude jokes, recently posing in a Coca-Cola costume with the caption: “I think I have a Coke problem.”
He later landed a leading part as George Logan the Scary Movie franchise, and also had a small role in Baywatch.
When is he said to have dated Meghan Markle?
It's believed he went on just a single date with Meghan Markle in 2004.
Meghan and Simon had a one-off date in Los Angeles after meeting on the set of short-lived US sitcom Cuts when they both guest-starred in the same episode.
Simon told The Sun he blew his chances due to his garlic-breath after they snogged at the end of a romantic dinner.
Meghan turned down his requests for another date.
Simon said: “But I’m blaming it on the garlic noodles.
"To this day that’s like an ongoing joke — don’t order the garlic noodles that ruined my chances!”
In an exclusive chat from his home in LA, Simon said: “Meghan seemed well-raised and educated, she wasn’t a bad girl. She was kind of a square.
“That’s probably why we didn’t hit it off, I’m a little more rough around the edges. When I asked her out again I just got the hint she wasn’t into me. I took it on the chin.”
He added: “Maybe that’s why she liked me — I remember her saying she thought it was really funny. It probably helps when you’re on the poster for a big movie and in all the commercials.
“We were both new to the show and we were both nervous. You get to know someone pretty quick when you’re sitting round together all day on set.
“She was sweet and very polite. She had kind eyes. You could tell she was a nice person.
“She would laugh at my corny jokes. I remember flirting with her, cracking jokes and her laughing. My ego loved that, of course.
“I don’t believe in love at first sight but I believe in lust at first sight and she was really attractive. She’s a beautiful girl.”
When did Simon date Paris Hilton?
Simon went on to date socialite Paris Hilton.
Paris and Simon had an intense three-month relationship and saw each other on and off for four years.
They were spotted kissing at the 2008 Sundance film festival, and they shared a romantic scene in Paris' flick Pledge This!
Paris also made a cameo appearance in his web series Rex.
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Simon told Mediaite in 2009: "She knows exactly what she's doing. She's actually a pretty smart person.
"She's very cognisant of what she's doing, and she kind of plays that role, so people think she's some airhead but she's really not.
"She's definitely parlayed what she's been given into something bigger and better.
"She said something interesting to me once: she said, 'I just tell everyone what they want to hear, and I do what I want to do.'"