{"id":23787,"date":"2019-05-16T12:31:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T18:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1042022"},"modified":"2019-05-16T12:31:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T18:31:15","slug":"meghan-markles-close-friends-say-new-mom-doesnt-deserve-negative-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/meghan-markles-close-friends-say-new-mom-doesnt-deserve-negative-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s Close Friends Say New Mom &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t Deserve&#8221; Negative Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.238825031928\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201948\/rs_634x1024-190508052005-634-Meghan-Markle-Prince-Harry-Royal-Baby-J8R-50819.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"E-comm: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Royal Baby\" alt=\"E-comm: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Royal Baby\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Dominic Lipinski\/PA Wire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"18.373350923483\">\n<p>Those close to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/meghan_markle\">Meghan Markle<\/a><\/strong> know the truth about the Duchess of Sussex.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since becoming a household name partly because of her relationship with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/prince_harry\">Prince Harry<\/a><\/strong>, the former actress has experienced her fair share of not-so-nice headlines.<\/p>\n<p>And while she had experience living in the public eye thanks to her experience on <em>Suits<\/em> and other projects, becoming a member of the royal family took things to another level.<\/p>\n<p>But through it all, Meghan has been surrounded by a few close friends who continue to speak highly of the new mom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s so frustrating is that you hear these stories and there&#8217;s no truth to them,&#8221; longtime friend and makeup artist <strong>Daniel Martin<\/strong> shared in the upcoming CBS News special <em>Meghan and Harry Plus One<\/em>. &#8220;It&#8217;s not the same person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"11\">\n<p>He continued, &#8220;In the years I&#8217;ve known her, the years I&#8217;ve worked with her, she&#8217;s never had a diva fit, never. I know she doesn&#8217;t deserve all of this negative press.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to another friend, Meghan avoids the press coverage. Instead she focuses on her family and other causes close to her heart.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"html-external-3\" data-type=\"async\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"37.907006369427\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-html-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"17.495541401274\">\n<p>&#8220;She doesn&#8217;t read the bad or the good because\u2026she knows the metrics that you have for your own life cannot be based on a headline that somebody else wrote,&#8221; <strong>Janina Gavankar<\/strong> shared in the upcoming special hosted by <strong>Gayle King<\/strong>. &#8220;Meghan and I have talked about her being a mother for over a decade. She&#8217;s always wanted to be a mom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Prince Harry and Meghan continue to savor their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1028187\/meghan-markle-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-with-prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first weeks as parents<\/a>, many close to the couple also can&#8217;t help but acknowledge how special it is that baby Archie is making history as the first British-American, biracial baby born into the British royal family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are still a lot of us who didn&#8217;t even grow up with dolls that look like us. So, to have the royal family bring a child of color into the world, it&#8217;s pretty awesome,&#8221; Janina shared.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"6\">\n<p>Daniel added, &#8220;Their child is going to represent what the world is now. It&#8217;s the dawn of a new generation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Meghan and Harry Plus One<\/em> premieres Friday night at 8 p.m. on CBS.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1042022\/meghan-markle-s-close-friends-say-new-mom-doesn-t-deserve-negative-press?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominic Lipinski\/PA Wire Those close to Meghan Markle know the truth about the Duchess of Sussex. Ever since becoming a household name partly because of her relationship with Prince Harry, the former actress has experienced her fair share of not-so-nice headlines. 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