Meghan Markle (left) and Andy Cohen.Photo:Roy Rochlin/Getty;Chris Jackson/Getty
Roy Rochlin/Getty;Chris Jackson/Getty
Andy Cohenis still kicking himself for passing up the opportunity to haveMeghan Markleas a guest onWatch What Happens Live.
Long before Markle, 42, marriedPrince Harryand became the Duchess of Sussex, she was starring as Rachel Zane on USA Network’s legal drama,Suits. Around that time, Markle was pitched as a guest on Cohen’s late-night Bravo show.
“It was when she was onSuits,” Cohen, 55, explained during Saturday’s “Ask Andy” panel atBravoCon 2023. “I didn’t watchSuits. And I guess she was pitched and we passed, and as my executive producer said, ‘You really never know who is going to become a duchess.'”
Andy Cohen on ‘Watch What Happens Live’.Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images
“It always seemed like a fake show to me,” Cohen admitted. “I don’t know why. It’s shot in Canada, is it a parody of a show? Is it shot on green screens? I don’t know… Justice forSuits, I guess.”
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Markle starred on the legal drama from 2011 to 2018. After meeting Prince Harry met through amutual friendin 2016 and announcing their engagement the following year, USA Network said the seventh season ofSuitswould be Markle’s last.Suitsthenconcluded with a ninth and final season in 2019.
Meghan Markle on ‘Suits’.Ben Mark Holzberg/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Ben Mark Holzberg/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
This wasn’t the first time that Markle came up at BravoCon weekend. During Friday’s “Ask Andy” panel, Cohenadmitted he’d be curious to see Markleas a housewife on a futureReal Housewivesspinoff.
“If we can get Meghan Markle, that would be interesting,” he said after Montecito was thrown out as a possible city idea.
Cohen’s reference to the estranged royal comes after Markle and husbandPrince Harryleft their life in England behind for a quieter routine in the Santa Barbara suburb.
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BravoCon 2023 is continuing through Sunday, Nov. 5 at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas.
source: people.com
