Sophie Trudeau claims she ‘hasn’t spent much time’ with Meghan Markle despite Duchess saying she is a ‘dear friend’
SOPHIE Trudeau has claimed she “hasn’t spent much time” with Meghan Markle – despite the Duchess saying she is a “dear friend”.
The former First Lady of Canada, 49, featured in an episode of Meghan’s Archetypes podcast back in November 2022.
During a segment, the Duchess of Sussex, 42, claimed she had gone to Sophie “over the years for advice”.
She also said her friend “used to send me little meditations during my pregnancy” and voice notes “of encouragement”.
But Sophie, who was previously married to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, played down her friendship with Meghan.
Asked about Meghan in an interview with The Times, she said: “I know her… but we haven’t spent much time together.”
In the episode, titled ‘Good Wife/Bad Wife, Good Mom/Bad Mom’, Meghan described Sophie as a “dear friend”.
The pair met nine years ago at Toronto‘s fashion week when Meghan was starring in Suits.
As Meghan introduced her special guest she said: “She knows what it feels like to be a mum and a partner.
“And specifically a mum and a partner in the public eye, and also how crushing the guilt of expectations can become the guilt that we feel as mothers or as women, in general, is self-imposed.”
She also said Sophie was in town with her children for a few days, which was “exciting”, and they and the kids played at the poolside.
Meghan said: “We splashed in the water, then threw some pool floats in.
“By the way, the inflatable pizza slice proved to be a big hit, which I found online.
“And I kid you not the one without pepperoni was a few dollars less than the one with pepperoni.
“And yes, I’m still talking about the inflatable pizza, float for the pool.”
It comes after reports that Meghan has failed to find a CEO for her lifestyle brand despite weeks of searching.
She has spent the last five weeks interviewing for the position at American Riviera Orchard – which is a new site set to focus on home, food and goods.
A source in California close to the former actress said: “The initial CEO search has not panned out so far.”
Filming for the brand began at Meghan and Harry’s Californian mansion just last week.
While the bump in the road comes at a shock to Meghan, the failure to find a lead could see her bag a deal with Netflix.
It is understood she has entered talks with the streaming giant about setting up a commercial partnership with the brand.
The sourced added: “It would run the lifestyle business with Meghan, developing products as spin-offs from her show.
“If a partnership is agreed, it’s likely that Netflix would install its own CEO to run operations.”
Last month, Meghan treated fans to a first look in a vintage-style clip on Instagram.
Everything we know about Meghan's new business
MEGHAN Markle has launched a new Instagram brand called American Riviera Orchard.
Industry insiders said the site will focus on home, food, garden and lifestyle goods.
A source told the Mail: “It’s a lifestyle and cooking brand called American Riviera Orchard.
“The brand is meant to coincide with the launch of a new cookery show for Netflix.
“Meghan will be making, and selling, products such as jams. And at some point there will be a book and blog etc.”