Meghan Markle put on a brave face during a rare red carpet appearance after her alleged fall-out with Netflix was exposed.
The Duchess of Sussex walked the red carpet for the Alliance for Children’s Rights 34th Annual Champions for Children event held at Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday.
She was all smiles as she posed beside her close friend Kelly McKee Zajfen before the two cozied up.
For the outing, the former actress wore a simple strapless blue gown, which she paired with gold earrings and gold bracelets. McKee Zajfen, on the other hand, wore a body-hugging black dress, which showed off her growing bump.
Markle’s appearance comes after Variety published a scathing report about her fallout with Netflix, which had just cut ties with her lifestyle brand As Ever.
In it, sources claimed that Markle would “disappear” from Zoom meetings when she was offended.
“The mood in the building is ‘We’re done,’” a Netflix insider told the outlet, claiming that Markle, 44, and Prince Harry’s behavior “has ruffled feathers in meetings.”
However, her lawyer, Michael J. Kump, said in a letter to the outlet that she “works from home, is the mother of young children aged 4 and 6, and often encounters children who enter the space unexpectedly during a meeting.
“Independent of being a parent who works from home, Meghan is also conscious of shielding her team from the distraction of children,” Kump continued. “Nearly all professionals can attest to needing to turn off the audio or camera during a virtual meeting at some point during many hours of virtual business calls.”
It was also alleged that Markle would “talk over or recast” Harry’s thoughts, even when he was mid-sentence, and then she’d touch his arm or thigh during virtual and in-person meetings with Netflix partners, sources said.
However, Kump insisted the claim “seems calculated to play into the misogynistic characterization of her bossing her husband around.”
Harry, 41, also told Variety that the allegation is “categorically false.”
The report also claimed that Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos was “fed up” with the Sussexes, who allegedly directly texted Sarandos about their projects.
In fact, Sarandos allegedly said he wouldn’t sit for a call with Markle unless a lawyer was present on the line, which a Netflix spokesperson insisted was “absolutely inaccurate.”
Additionally, Netflix insiders insisted that Sarandos and his wife, Nicole Avant, frequently socialize with the Sussexes, who are their neighbors in Montecito, Calif.
A source also told Page Six that Markle and Harry have a great working relationship with Sarandos.
Markle and Harry originally negotiated a $100 million deal with Netflix in 2020 after leaving the royal family.
The couple went on to release their hit 2023 tell-all documentary, “Harry & Meghan,” their failed “Polo” doc and Markle’s critically maligned lifestyle series, “With Love, Meghan.”
Page Six reported last August that the couple extended their deal with the streamer, but that it was worth less than the previous one.
Most recently, Netflix cut ties with Markle’s lifestyle brand, As Ever, after her two-season series “With Love, Meghan” was canned due to falling ratings.
However, the Sussexes still have a deal with Netflix via their production company, Archewell Productions,. with a source telling us that multiple scripted and unscripted projects are in development.
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