Meghan Markle's Hollywood Career Reportedly Suffered From Her 'Intense Jealousy'

Yahoo

15-07-2025

's favorite hue might be green, as in with envy!
The mother-of-two allegedly exhibited strong traits of jealousy towards her peers as an aspiring actress under the wings of her father, Thomas Markle.
Meghan Markle and her father have maintained a strained relationship for nearly 8 years, largely due to his comments on her marriage to Prince Harry in various interviews before and after the 2018 ceremony.
The 80-year-old, who built a career as a lighting director in Hollywood, predicted the best future for her now estranged daughter, although things did not pan out as planned.
According to Tom Bower in his new book Revenge, the entrepreneur and her dad set out on the road to stardom, but her jealousy heavily plagued that journey.
Meghan reportedly took professional headshots of herself and helped send them to various producers, but to no avail. Still, the 80-year-old was confident his daughter wanted to become a star, on stage and in life.
"One downside of Meghan's success was her intense jealousy, especially if someone else got the lead part," the author wrote, adding that the actress was upset about a girl at her school getting a job with a Hollywood studio as an actress, per The Daily Mail.
The star reportedly became further engrossed in celebrity life when she first saw what the red carpet felt like at the age of 17. She reportedly accompanied her father, who was in the running to win the award for best lighting director at the Emmy Awards.
However, Thomas and Meghan began to experience tension after he boldly expressed that he would not give way to every pressure from his daughter.
Bower noted in the book that in the spring of 1999, the new school play, a musical titled "The Pyjama Game," needed a leading role, which Meghna saw herself as fit for. Unfortunately, the actress had to choose between getting the role and attending the school's summer retreat.
She eventually decided to go for the one-week retreat after her drama teacher, Gigi Perreau, insisted she pick one. Indignant that the teacher refused her the role in a play, she reportedly requested her father to decline doing the lighting.
To her displeasure, her father disregarded her demands, and a furious Meghan screamed that he needed to do whatever she wanted.
The fight was what led to the young Meghan's departure from her father's house into her mother, Doria Ragland's home. That was also the beginning of the distance between them.
In a shocking twist, Doria reportedly left her daughter's expansive Montecito home for the comfort of her home after a rough 18 months. As shared by The Blast, the yoga teacher allegedly got fed up with her daughter's constant moaning and unbearable attitude, so she found the nearest exit.
The Duchess of Sussex reportedly tried to stop the exit with repeated pleas, but it was already too late. Doria left the home with her bag in hand.
Doria's stay with the couple was to help alleviate the stress that comes with looking after two kids, especially in the midst of the professional and personal challenges they experienced at the time.
Prince Harry's mother-in-law moved in early last year, and her presence shifted things tremendously, among Harry and Meghan as a couple, and also built a bond between the kids and their grandmother.
Doria is reportedly content with coming to the house once in a while to check on the family as she used to, but her days as a live-in grandma are far behind her.
The father and daughter's feud became public knowledge months and weeks before her wedding to the Invictus Games founder.
As noted by The Blast, Thomas suffered two heart attacks before the ceremony, causing his absence from the aisle. Since then, the duo has not had a conversation, nor has the director officially met his son-in-law.
Even worse is that Thomas has no relationship with his two grandchildren, who are now 6 and 4 years old, respectively. Two years ago, he reportedly reached out to the Duchess of Sussex via an interview to look for ways to mend the cracked walls between them.
He also threatened to pursue meeting his grandkids the legal route if his pleas fell on deaf ears, in his words: "In California, I can actually sue to see them, but I don't want to do that. I've done nothing wrong. There's nothing that points to say I'm a bad guy."
Well, the 80-year-old made a big decision by moving to the Philippines for a fresh start and a new sense of life now that he is old. Thomas used to live in a cliffside property near the United States border in Rosario, Mexico, before his move.
"I am ready for a change. I have felt stuck in a rut for some time, and I am ready to meet new people and experience kindness," Thomas declared.
However, things may not be panning out the way he envisioned his new life, as sources shared that he had been struggling to get used to the environment and weather over there.
The weather conditions on the Island of Cebu, where he currently resides alongside his son, often reach a humidity level of 90% and a temperature of up to 100 degrees. According to a source:
"There are only two types of weather in Cebu: hot and humid, and hot and humid and raining. It's brutal even for men half his age, but it's still sad to see him looking as though he's struggling."
The 80-year-old was even spotted navigating the local terrain of Cebu with the help of a cane. Despite these challenges, the presence of his son to serve as a familiar face is reportedly a calming sight for the lighting director.
Will Meghan Markle and Thomas Markle ever find a common ground?