Meghan Markle’s estranged half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr., has slammed the “malarkey stories” she shared about her childhood in her new Netflix series, “With Love, Meghan.”
The Duchess of Sussex’s highly anticipated cooking series premiered on the platform Tuesday, which saw her share her tips and tricks for hosting at home.
The “Suits” alum, 43, called herself a “latchkey kid” and opened up about her modest childhood to connect with viewers, claiming she “grew up with a lot of fast food and TV tray dinners.”
“It feels like such a different time, but that was so normal with the microwavable kids meals,” Meghan says in the series.
The former working royal added that she often reached for meals from Pollo Loco, Taco Bell and Jack In The Box — a claim she previously made in 2021, when she revealed that she “grew up on the $4.99 salad bar at Sizzler.”
However, the revelation did not sit right with her estranged half-brother, who took aim at Meghan’s attempt at relatability.
“That’s just another one of the malarkey stories she sold to the royal family for sympathy,” Thomas Jr. told TalkTV. “We weren’t poor. She didn’t have to rub two nickels together at Sizzler’s salad bar.”
“The entire world knows how she treated her family, especially her father, who gave her everything. That’s why nobody’s buying it,” added Thomas Jr., who hasn’t spoken to the duchess in over a decade.
Thomas Jr. admitted that while he sat down to watch his estranged half-sister’s Netflix show, he soon “realized there’s something better I could be doing with my time.”
“Everybody’s going to watch the first episode, and it’ll be the worst critically acclaimed episode of all time,” he said. “Then, five or six minutes into the second, they’ll probably commit themselves to a psychiatric ward.”
Elsewhere, the 58-year-old said watching the Netflix series marked “the first time I felt sorry and embarrassed for her.”
Still, he’s not letting their father, Thomas Markle Sr., watch the show due to his declining health.
“I didn’t have enough heart medication for him to watch it,” he said. “I didn’t want him to kick the bucket, so I’d have to go refill the prescription before I let him watch it.”
In her Netflix series, Meghan repeatedly shares her affinity for cooking and claims it’s her love language to feed her friends and family.
However, Thomas Jr. claimed that Meghan “didn’t cook anything for anybody ever growing up.”
“There was always that little look,” he said. “The Meghan Markle death stare, like her viper jaw pitches up, and she’s about to strike.”
The Post has reached out to the Duchess of Sussex’s reps for comment.
Directed by Michael Steed, “With Love, Meghan” boasts eight episodes, each 33 minutes long. Meghan and Prince Harry, 40, produced the series via their Archewell Productions company.
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