Thomas Markle has spent the last week or so speaking directly or indirectly to the press. There was the Richard Kay article in the Daily Mail in which Markle made it clear that he will be doing more interviews, there was the Us Weekly article where he seemed to be whining about how the royals didn’t have his back. And this week, he also spoke to The Daily Mirror about how he thinks his relationship with Meghan is over:
“I haven’t talked with Meghan and Harry in a long time… I think they’re shot of me now. I don’t know if she’ll visit. I told her not to come and visit when I was in hospital. I think that relationship is lost now.”
Yes, it is lost now, especially because he keeps calling up newspapers and tabloids to chat about the state of his relationship with his daughter. Meanwhile, an old friend of Prince Charles has criticized Meghan’s family. The friend is Nicky Haslam, the famed interior designer. Regarding the Markle family, he had some insults:
“They’re frightfully common… It would have been awful if that huge lump [Meghan’s dad] had been there. The Royals probably don’t quite know how to deal with them.”
Haslam said he “didn’t very much like” her £200,000 Givenchy bridal gown by Brit designer Clare Waight Keller. Saying “it didn’t fit”, he added: “It should have been made of thinner stuff, it seemed to be made of concrete”.
But cabaret singer Haslam did reserve praise for one member of Meghan’s family — mum Doria Ragland. He said: “One person who wasn’t common was her mother”.
Stop coming for Meghan’s wedding gown!! IT WAS FINE. The rest of it though, I couldn’t care less. Thomas Markle is a huge lump and it would have been awful if had been there. The Markle side of the family – Thomas, Samantha, the others – ARE frightfully common. They remind me of the Palin family.
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stuff it Tom
Here we going again with another brit trashing her dress. Which was gorgeous in my eye. Glad she’s avoiding those british designers with their fug coat dresses.
The best shot of that dress is when she’s at the alter. I love it. Shes so cute.
Her mother seems perfectly delightful though.
Team Doria all the way!
Jeez, can we stop perpetuating the use of ‘common’ as a pejorative? I mean, F this ridiculous class hierarchy – why are we, especially the non Brits, suddenly buying into this shit? How has this even permeated American vernacular? I’m so befuddled.
I’m especially sensitive to this atm as my mother in law, who may as well think she is the Queen herself, said one of our friends has ‘done well for herself given she’s common as muck’ – what the actual F? People who have inherited their wealth/status need to stfu with this shit.
Is your mother-in-law Hyacinth Bucket by any chance?
I don’t get it either, what is so wrong in working for a living rather than inheriting because your dad is the Third Right Honorable Duke of the house of Crumpets and Cardigans.
@Zapp my mother in law in generally lovely, but super old school and super English/patriotic – in that she has union flag tea towels that she hand made for the jubilee etc. She thinks England and the English way are the right way etc, (to be fair to her, her son one day turned up home with a brown American woman and she’s never made me feel anything but loved and welcome). Her parents and my husband’s family are vaguely aristo adjacent, in that they have minor titles so a lot of her language and behaviours come from those social circles (my favourite example is we aren’t allowed to speak during the Queen’s speech at Christmas lol).
Anyway I find some of the crazy shit they come up with really insane/offensive but try to call them out for it in a productive way instead of losing my mind. The most recent drama has been about how sad they are they my sister in law has decided not to send her 5 year old to boarding school. Lol.
@Zapp Brannigan
Being common is necessarily just about being working class….There’s a coarseness and/or vulgarity that’s necessary to qualify. Which is probably why the designer exempted Meghan’s mother from his insults.
Quiet dignity and being common are not very compatible states.
It’s pronounced BOUQUET!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ahh Zapp and BCity you made me laugh. Doria is a queen.
I am Canadian and I took the word common to mean without class ie couth. Meaning they don’t behave in a decent, kind or noble manner. I think that definition of Tom Sr, Tom Jr. and Samantha is very apt. Doria by contrast has shown herself to be “a class act” in that she is well mannered, poised and dignified. This is behavioural rather than defined by social status or wealth.
In the U.K., where this man is based, common has a very specific meaning and connotation, and it has everything to do with ones class.
I know right? People saying things like “frightfully common” are even more obnoxious than Mr. Markle. And that’s saying something.
“Common” is too good for Meghan’s rogue relatives.
I don’t like the word “common” either. You can criticize the Markles for being awful people, but that shouldn’t be linked, as it seems to be in Haslam’s statement, with their class status.
As for Thomas Markle, it’s great that he wasn’t there–he would have made the wedding about him, and would have given exclusive interviews about behind-the-scenes stuff.
And he doesn’t seem to understand that she doesn’t speak to him because he would twist everything she said and go straight to tmz.
“One person who wasn’t common was her mother”
At least he got that right!
I really wish he would stop talking now. The media shouldn’t encourage him.
So Charles has his own Bobby Trendy to spill the beans? This is truly like a reality show.
As for the “shot of me” saying, I assume this is similar to the Southern expression “get shed (rid) of.” So he’s self-aware enough to realize he’s digging a deeper hole with each pap walk and interview.
It means they’re done with him, they’ve washed their hands of him, they’ve given him up as a bad job.
This man seems grimly slow on the uptake. No one surely can be that oblivious?
You’d be surprised at just how oblivious narcissists are, they think if they whine and complain enough they will get what they want and most of the time it works. He will eventually get bored of humiliating himself (once the money and press attention dry up) and will go back to his ‘hermit’ lifestyle in Mexico.
It’s definitely a British term. NEVER heard it used by an American. On the other hand, even if they “translated “ for the British papers, if he knows enough to know WHY, you’d think, if he does want a real with his daughter, he’d shut his friggin’ yap!
Because the term is British yet put in quotes, makes the entire article very suspicious. He did not use those words. What else is a lie?
I always thought of “shot of me” more of a British saying than American. I haven’t really heard it used much where I live. Maybe one or more of our British CBer’s could chime in on this or if it is used consistently somewhere in the US someone could let us know.
I’ve heard “get SHUT of” in the southern US @Swack. And “shut” is actually closer to the Old English spelling the expression comes from than “shot.”
I’ve always heard it as ‘shut of him’ too, in BC.
@Swack TM was born in Pennsylvania, and apparently spent years in Chicago with his first wife and their charming children before moving to LA. Living in those places, “shot of” (or even “shut of”) is unlikely to be part of his vernacular. Same article also quoted him being unhappy Meghan didn’t visit him “in hospital”, another equally British term. Anyone that I know from the US would say “in the hospital”.
Oops! See some of this was covered below. Some glitch on my iPad cut off the end of the comments…
He’s very self-aware . . of back taxes he has to pay.
@Cramberry: Nailed it!
If “shot of” means “tired of,” something has finally permeated his thick skull.
You’re probably right, because when some people are tired they say, “I’m shot.” Still, a weird expression.
Around here when someone is tired, they will say “I’m beat.”
For info:
be/get ˈshot of somebody/something (British English, informal) get rid of somebody/something that you do not want/like or which has given you trouble.
Variations are ‘Shed’ (to lose) and ‘shet’ (from shut ie. to shut out).
I was thinking it wasn’t an American expression. And neither is calling someone common. Is he learning British-speak to try and bond with Meghan and Harry? Or are people putting words in his mouth. Either way, this guy needs to go away.
It sounds suspiciously like some editor at the Daily Mail (National Enquirer equivalent) made it up. I would bet a million dollars those words did not come out of his mouth.
The DM really is a piece of work. After reading yesterday’s melodramatic “editorial” about Thomas’ medicine side effects and how Meghan should prove her humanitarianism, I was cringing and laughing at the same time. Just a reverse take on Enquirer “weeks to live!” headlines.
Yet, he keeps on yapping his yap.
Well yeah Captain Obvious, you keep running to the press to “share your feelings” what did you think would happen? Shut up and go away. Had you stayed silent, you might have had a chance to repair the relationship. Stop pretending to play dumb.
I am so thankful my parents aren’t like this.
I’ll be glad when this man goes away. Please oh please let this man go away.
lol Why is he talking like a Brit …His original personality was born in Pennsylvania
If this is DM type material, an American will call a mother “Mum”.
We can look forward to a future Tommy Boy interview with quotes about his daughter becoming a Mum, and will HE get to visit and be a part of history.
I don’t think those were his words. I think DM put them in his mouth. They could have paraphrased what he said and used “shot of.” In journalism school we learned that direct quotes were only supposed to be used for what people actually, you know, said.
It’s like when Madonna adopted that British accent. He’s suddenly trying to “fit in” or do what he thinks that means.
no, this is the work of the DM. they do this frequently with americans they interview, they replace american-isms for the british version.
Ding ding ding! Johnny, we have a winner! The jerk is finally catching on. 🙄
Americans don’t say “shot of.” MAde-up quote?
They worded it for english readers. I doubt he said those exact words. He more than likely said american versions of them, This happens a lot in international publications.
Then they shouldn’t have put quotation marks around it, just paraphrase it.
He knows running to the press is pissing m&h off and is affecting his relationship with them particularly her. This proves he doesn’t give a flying fck about her, only the $ he gets from these trashy interviews. I truly hope she cuts him off this type of emotional blackmail is soul destroying (From someone who cut off my emotionally blackmailing/abusive mother and my life has never been so stressstress/anxiety free since doing so)
He hasn’t talked to his daughter in a long time? The wedding was less than two months ago. He was calling TMZ then telling them about how she had spoken to him during his health scare. He must calculate time in fruit fly lifespans…or media cycles.
Also, why is he using British expressions like “shot of”? Why does he let British tabloids and trash TV keep writing scripts for him? Does he think he has been cast on Coronation Street?
This man is a baffling muppet buffoon.
Something is def wrong here. Yankees don’t say “shot of me” they say “rid of” or “done with”. Also “in hospital” is NEVER used – Americans say “in the hospital”. Thomas may be a loser but I smell a huge rat.
Seems like his words are getting a bit of a British edit.
He’s being coached by Piers Morgan, ‘shot of me’ is something he would and has said.
Alix
Indeed. There’s being coached and there’s natural speech. Of course they’re not mutually exclusive but with these obvious mistakes how can we trust anything?
@Enough already I agree completely about Americans never saying “in hospital” but have heard a variant of the shot term (“shut of” instead) in the US. I don’t hear it alot but often enough I immediately know what the speaker means and it doesn’t sound odd to me. But “in hospital” never!
Maybe, just maybe it’s because you can’t keep your mouth shut mr. Markle.
I for one always thought Meghan was telling lies about how she was now close to her dad. That his opinion meant a lot to her. If her future husband hadn’t met him yet I didn’t think it could be true. She was trying to convince the world she had a normal family. It’s quite obvious that was not the case.
Her family members acting like they are are not helping themselves.
And why should the RF stand up for him. He is not a member of the RF.
Telling lies? Maybe just focusing on the good parts am sure even a deadbeat TM has a few redeemable qualities that one can choose to focus on and give in an interview.
Also she has said in previous interviews that she grew mostly alone with her mother and remember when Harry said it was the family she never had and everyone was down is throat about it. No lies there huh.
Bye now, moron.
Lets br real….. Her dress was ill fitted.
Well it’s certainly clear she got her class and her manners from her mother.
And looks, fortunately.
I think that piers Morgan is trying to make Thomas senior more legit in the eyes of the British people that why he trying so hard to get him back in with Meghan . Because getting Thomas back in with Meghan means in with the royals then piers Morgan will have more access to the royals Thomas senior is too self involved to realize that he being played.
@Vanessa
(slightly off topic, but please bear with me)
You know…..I thought about your response in the other post a few days ago……my comment regarding Meghan’s recent fashion sense wasn’t *meant* as an insult, but that’s how it came across, regardless. You were right.
I regret it now.
She’s in such a difficult position at the moment……it can’t be easy having every little move she makes criticized to hell and back by the penny dreadfuls, never mind even her supporters adding unnecessarily snarky, cutting remarks to the mix as well.
I will try to be more thoughtful in my responses going forward.
I saw the title of this post and just thought – “gee, ya think!??!!?”
Every time he runs to a media outlet to talk about the royals his chance of a relationship with Meghan in the future decreases.
Diana was common too even though she was a Spencer, so it’s not a terrible insult. Money doesn’t buy class anyway.
Piers is raging now because he was dragged on social media for doing the interview and his snitch Tom Sr has been cut off. He has no exclusives without Daddio. I bet Meghan, Harry, the BRF, and the security officers know the truth about him (possibly faked his heart attack and surgery) and they are letting him hang himself.
Next article/editorial by PMorgan: “When concern-trolling goes wrong.”
Good to hear!
My god, is this man still talking?!?!
Booh-hooo
Attention seeker father goes to the press to complain about his daugther…he doesn’t give a crap about her, he only wants attention. And money.
Americans don’t say “shot of me” – that’s a British expression.
It’s the DM, so it’s likely fake and only written so its racist readers have yet another comments section to say horrible things about Meghan.
Ah yes, the readers that live to be livid over Meghan. They need to enjoy that daily dose of rage and the DM is writing the prescription. Plus the getting surprisingly large contingent of the ‘dim Harry’ readers.