Meghan Markle beams as she has TV meeting with Oprah executive as she fuels rumours of major role
MEGHAN Markle beamed as she met with the executive of Oprah Winfrey's production company.
The Duchess of Sussex was seen dining at Asanebo Restaurant in Studio City, Los Angeles, on Thursday evening.
The 42-year-old was all smiles as she stepped out without her husband Prince Harry.
Meghan dined with Terry Woods, the executive producer of Oprah's Harpo Productions company, according to The Express.
The executive producer is reportedly working with Meghan on a second season of her podcast.
Ms Wood also worked on Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview after they quit the royal family.
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Their appearance together could mean Meghan and Oprah are planning another bombshell interview.
The former Suits star wore a casual outfit including grey skinny jeans and a knitted jumper.
She completed her look with a Goyard Bellechasse Biaude PM bag worth £2894 ($3,670).
It comes after it was reported Meghan will launch a new podcast months after her £18million deal with Spotify fell through.
The new agreement with American podcast network Lemonada Media will see her front a new show.
Her old - and widely criticised - podcast Archetypes will be distributed by the firm.
News of the new podcast came hours after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ditched Archewell.com and replaced it with Sussex.com - in a bid to share "personal" updates with fans.
Meanwhile Meghan has allegedly been offered a role in a Suits spin off.
However her co-stars "no longer" speak to her - with many of them citing the same reasons.
Patrick J. Adams, Gina Torres and Sarah Rafferty were all guests at her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry.
But following the release of spin off Suits: LA, it appears many of the show's original stars have lost touch with Meghan.
Patrick's character Michael Ross was in a relationship with Meghan's character Rachel Zane in the show.
But asked if he ever hears from the Duchess, he told the Hollywood Reporter: "Zero. No, no communication."
He has previously admitted to being too "intimidated" to even reach out.
The Canadian, who played Meghan's on-screen love interest for seven years, told Radio Times: "I guess I'm scared about the idea of breaking through whatever walls exist to have that conversation.
"After our children were born, there were some texts sent and gifts sent, but I guess I'm a little scared. I think it's pure fear."
Sarah Rafferty played fan favourite Donna Paulsen, also a close pal of Meghan's character Rachel Zane.
She previously said of Meghan described the Duchess as "not just my Suits sister wife, but my sister".
The actress, 51, attended the royal wedding in 2018 alongside her husband Santtu Seppala.
Speaking on Today in 2018, the actress said of her Sauits co-stars: "We became family in a way.
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"We're still family. This is a wonderful family affair."
But in 2019, when asked if she still talks to the Duchess, Sarah told Closer Weekly: "She’s really busy. She’s super busy."
Harry and Meghan's business flops
- Meghan had her upcoming animated series Pearl chucked out by Netflix while in the development stage.
- Then 42-year-old was said to have been "uncharacteristically quiet" following the loss of her £18million Spotify deal in June last year.
- While Spare initially sold a staggering number of copies demand soon dwindled and a year on its popularity has plummeted with major retailers slashing prices in half.
- Meanwhile, their Netflix documentary also took a hit and the Duke and Duchess are believed to have been paid only half of their reported £78million contract.
- The pair were poked fun at by comedian Jo Koy at the Golden Globes for "being paid millions by Netflix for doing nothing".
- Harry's series, Heart of Invictus, shedding light on the Olympic-style games he started for wounded ex-service competitors also flopped.
- Archewell figures in December last year revealed a hole in the accounts after it received almost £9million less in donations than in a previous year.