‘Deal Or No Deal’ Stylist Refutes Meghan Markle’s Criticism

Clapping again. After Meghan Markle critiqued her Deal Or No Deal expertise, the present’s former stylist, Dina Cerchione, has a unique take.

“To know me is to know I really like my work. It’s been a tough week watching a present I really like SO a lot be criticized,” the style stylist captioned a Friday, October 21, Instagram submit. “I had the privilege to design the appears to be like for Deal or No Deal, for all the girls and, after all, @howiemandel.”

She added: “It was one of the crucial great, difficult, highs profile gigs of my profession and I liked each minute of it. Everybody on the present from my wardrobe group to the producers, the crew, hair and make-up, Howie and particularly the fashions all labored SO very laborious to make the exhibits the very best they might be for the contestants and the followers who adored it. I’ve thought loads about this, I wouldn’t change a factor.”

Cerchione’s feedback come days after the Duchess of Sussex, 41, publicly dissed her look as a briefcase mannequin on the sport present.

“Now, my expertise on the present – which included holding stated briefcase on stage, alongside 25 different girls doing the identical – was … for me, fascinating,” Meghan recalled on the Tuesday, October 18, episode of her “Archetypes” podcast, noting she felt decreased to a bimbo. “There have been instances once I was on set at Deal or No Deal and considering again to my time working as an intern on the U.S. Embassy in Argentina, in Buenos Aires … and being within the motorcade with the Secretary of Treasury on the time and being valued particularly for my mind. Right here I used to be being valued for one thing fairly the other.”

She continued: “There have been completely different stations for having your lashes placed on or extensions put in or the padding in your bra. … Once I look again at the moment, I’ll always remember this one element. There was a girl who ran the present and she or he’d be there backstage, and I can nonetheless hear her … she’d go, ‘Markle, suck it in! Markle, suck it in!’”

Whereas the Fits alum gushed concerning the “good girls” on the stage along with her, she in the end felt objectified for her appears to be like. “I’d find yourself leaving with this pit in my abdomen figuring out that I used to be a lot greater than what was being objectified on the stage,” Meghan instructed visitor Paris Hilton.

The Archewell cofounder briefly modeled on Deal or No Deal between 2006 and 2007, shortly earlier than touchdown her breakout position on the USA authorized drama.

“I feel she’s a duchess due to me,” former Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel solely instructed Us Weekly in Could 2018, joking about his expertise with Meghan. “It’s form of loopy, however I discover that after you’re employed with me, the sky’s the restrict. I feel as a result of I’m a fortunately married, taken man. So in the event you can’t have Howie, what’s the following smartest thing? [Prince] Harry.”

Whereas the Northwestern College grad has since moved on from her recreation present tenure, different sequence alums keep in mind their expertise fondly.

“Deal or No Deal by no means handled us like bimbos. We obtained so many alternatives due to that present,” Claudia Jordan wrote by way of Instagram on Tuesday, disputing Meghan’s claims. “For those who simply present up and don’t have interaction then you definitely’ll simply get your verify and never get a lot out of it however in the event you present up and seize your moments then there’s no limits to what you are able to do with the chance.”

Whereas the Actual Housewives of Atlanta alum, 49, famous she didn’t need to “assault” her former costar, she meant to set the file straight on the “misunderstanding” concerning the present’s local weather.

Cerchione, for her half, additionally felt “fortunate” to be part of such a “particular” TV household. “There was a mission at work to do the very best we might, deal with our full group and deal with everybody with the respect they earned and deserved,” she gushed by way of Instagram on Friday. “The ladies gained such uh-mazing alternatives! … I’m proud to have been part of the present and the Deal or No Deal Household and all the time will probably be 💖.”