MEGHAN Markle’s BFF Jessica Mulroney has lost her TV gig after a black social media influencer accused her “threatening” her livelihood when she asked her to speak out amid the global race war.
The Canadian stylist, who has apologized for her behavior towards Toronto-based internet star Sasha Exeter, has now been fired by Bell Media and CTV who have pulled her bridal show, I Do, Redo, claiming the host had conflicted with their “commitment to diversity and equality.”
In a staggering show of support, they tweeted just hours after HOAR first broke the story, saying: “Bell Media and CTV encourages our entire team including on-air talent to practice respect, inclusivity and allyship as we pledge to work better and more openly to listen to and amplify black voices, and not minimize them,’ the statement began.
“Because recent conduct by one of our shows hosts, Jessica Mulroney, conflicts with our commitment to diversity and equality, CTV has removed ‘I DO REDO’ from all Bell Media channels and platforms effective immediately.”
Sasha bravely spoke out in an emotional video on Wednesday night, saying Meghan’s best friend had “taken offence to a very generic call to action” posted on Instagram, feeling it was directly aimed at her.
She stated: “Jessica never wanted to stand up and use her voice in the first place and didn’t understand why she needed to.
“This I found quite strange seeing that she is very vocal about supporting many causes and very open about everything else so how could she not be speaking up about this issue affecting everyone in the world.
“Also her best friend is arguably one of the most famous black women in the world… I just didn’t get it.”
The mother-of-one says she was stunned to then receive a message from her, which read: “I have also spoken to companies and people about the way you have treated me unfairly. You think your voice matters. Well it only matters if you express it with kindness and without shaming people who are simply trying to learn. Good luck.”
She said she felt Mulroney was “threatening” her livelihood but felt like a fraud for not speaking out publicly about the row.
Mulroney later backtracked and apologized in a comment underneath Sasha’s post, stating she was “unequivocally sorry,” and that being Meghan’s friend had “deeply educated” her about issues regarding race and white privilege.
Jessica wrote: “I am unequivocally sorry for not doing that with you, and for any hurt I caused.
“As I told you privately, I have lived a very public and personal experience with my closest friend where race was front and centre. It was deeply educational. I learned a lot from that.”I promise to continue to learn and listen on how I can use my privilege to elevate and support black voices.”
However, shortly after, Sasha shared a screenshot of a private message from the stylist, which read: “Liable suit. Good luck,” misspelling the word libel.
She took to Instagram again to talk of her shock and upset over the situation and insisted she was not going to stay silent on the matter.
Today, Jessica apologized a second time, writing on Instagram: “I want to say from my heart that every word of my apologies to Sasha over the course of the last two weeks privately, and again both publicly and privately today is true. I did not intend in any way to jeopardize her livelihood. We had a disagreement and it got out of hand. For that I am sorry.”
Vanity Fair’s Royal Correspondent Katie Nicholl said Meghan and Prince Harry plan to focus their attention on the rapidly-expanding campaign group, Black Lives Matter.
Last week, Meghan spoke out over George Floyd’s death saying “his life mattered” in a heartfelt video message against racism.
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