MEGHAN Markle’s former BFF Jessica Mulroney was left “suicidal” after a racism row that ended her friendship with the Duchess.
At the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer, Mulroney was accused of being racially insensitive towards black social media influencer Sasha Exeter, telling her “our lives matter too”.
The accusations led to Mulroney being axed from her Good Morning America job, her TV show I Do, Redo was cancelled, and she was forced to step down from a host of charity jobs.
And in a further blow, Meghan Markle was reported to have distanced herself from Mulroney, despite the pair having previously been so close that Jessica was a bridesmaid at the Duchess’ wedding to Prince Harry.
Jessica’s husband Ben was forced to quit his job as a TV presenter and said he feared “the worst” whenever he woke to find her not in bed, while pals revealed her “anxiety turned into severe depression and suicidal thoughts”.
Breaking her silence about the situation, Mulroney told The New York Post: “I still feel a lot of shame. I feel that people believe the worst in me.”
But she dismissed claims that she and Meghan had “grown apart” following the scandal, insisting the pair still Facetime regularly and saying the Duchess is “constantly” checking up on her troubled pal.
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