What occurred between Meghan Markle and her Suits co-stars?

From a reunion on the Golden Globes to appearances in Super Bowl commercials – the solid of Suits have as soon as once more been hitting headlines amid the authorized drama’s renewed success.

But one former star of the US collection has been notably absent from the gatherings – the Duchess of of Sussex, 42, who was propelled into the highlight after enjoying paralegal Rachel Zane on the present.

Flashback to 2018, and Meghan Markle’s co-stars have been all invited to her fairytale marriage ceremony to Prince Harry in Windsor, with the likes of Patrick J. Adams, Gina Torres and Sarah Rafferty mixing with A-listers and royalty. 

Yet currently, when the actors have been requested concerning the Duchess, they’ve all replied with comparable statements suggesting there is no communication between the mother-of-two and her former castmates.

So what occurred between Meghan and her Suits co-stars – and who, if anybody, does she nonetheless hold involved with? Here, FEMAIL reveals every part you could know concerning the Duchess and her relationships with these she as soon as referred to as mates.

PATRICK J. ADAMS 

Patrick J. Adams, whose Suits character Michael Ross was in a relationship with Meghan’s Rachel Zane, has confirmed he is had ‘no communication’ with the Duchess following the authorized drama’s streaming success.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter on the set of T-Mobile’s Super Bowl industrial, during which he featured alongside Gabriel Macht, who performed Harvey Specter, the pair have been requested: ‘Have you spoken to Meghan Markle just lately?’

Patrick, who attended Meghan’s marriage ceremony along with his spouse Troian Bellisario, stated: ‘ Zero. No, no communication.’ 

The actor then jokingly pretended he was getting a name, saying: ‘Oh, maintain on. There she is. Oh, obtained to go.’

In 2020, the Canadian actor, 42, admitted he’s ‘too intimidated’ and feels a ‘little scared’ to cellphone the Duchess. 

Patrick, who performed Meghan’s on-screen love curiosity for seven years, stated it had been ‘wild’ to observe how ‘monumental’ her life has turn into since she left the present in 2018. 

He revealed the chums exchanged messages and presents when their kids have been born however admitted ‘pure worry’ stopped him selecting up the cellphone and calling her on the time.

The actor advised the Radio Times: ‘Quite frankly, I believe I’m intimidated. I’ve little question I might decide up the cellphone and name her at any second, however I do not know what I might say. 

‘After our kids have been born, there have been some texts despatched and presents despatched, however I assume I’m just a little scared. I believe it is pure worry. 

‘I assume I’m scared concerning the concept of breaking via no matter partitions exist to have that dialog.’

He stated it had been ‘wild to observe’ her life unfold however defined they aren’t in common contact, including: ‘We’ve spoken and texted a few occasions, however Meghan’s life is extremely full and she or he’s been navigating loads.

‘We don’t spend any time collectively, however that’s not due to something apart from how utterly monumental her life has turn into in so some ways.’ 

Last autumn, Patrick modified his Instagram profile to reference the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Following the present’s success on Netflix, the Toronto-born actor described himself as: ‘the man from that present you are watching on that app as a result of that lady married that prince’.

He additionally despatched followers right into a frenzy when he posted quite a lot of intimate images of the American Duchess from after they have been making the collection collectively. Meghan was pictured mendacity playfully on the couch and the ground on set, in addition to filming on location in Toronto.

But hours later they vanished and Patrick stated that they posed a ‘distraction’ from strikes by writers, supported by actors, calling it an ’embarrassing oversight’. Many actors agreed to not promote previous and current initiatives amid SAG-AFTRA industrial motion.

Patrick, who has spoken in defence of Meghan on a number of events, complained in 2022 of being ‘pulled into’ debates surrounding his former co-star. 

‘Hello to the individuals and lots of bots debating all issues Markle and together with me within the dialog. I simply need you to know a few issues. 1. I don’t learn any of it. 2. Life is brief. 3. There has to obtained to be higher issues so that you can be doing. Even you, bots,’ he wrote.

Patrick has additionally beforehand described the monarchy as ‘poisonous, archaic, and shameless’.

He stated that his ‘highly effective’ and ‘form’ pal has been the topic of underhanded behaviour on the a part of the monarchy after reviews have been printed that Meghan had ‘bullied’ a number of former employees members at Kensington Palace, claims she has strongly denied.

Following her interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2022, he stated: ‘She fell in love, moved to a brand new nation, grew to become a family identify throughout your complete globe and commenced the troublesome work of looking for her place in a household dynamic that may at finest be described as difficult and at worst, seemingly archaic and poisonous,’ he wrote within the eight-tweet rant. 

At the time Buckingham Palace ‘introduced in an exterior authorized agency’ to hold out an investigation into the claims that Meghan bullied royal employees. 

SARAH RAFFERTY 

Sarah Rafferty, who starred as fan favorite Donna Paulsen – a detailed pal of Meghan’s character Rachel, was beforehand described by the Duchess as ‘not simply my Suits sister spouse, however my sister’.

The actress, 51, attended the royal marriage ceremony in 2018 alongside her husband Santtu Seppala.

Reminiscing on the grand occasion, the Falling for Grace actress penned: ‘Hard to imagine that yesterday at the moment we have been making ready to move out to the Royal Wedding. I’m nonetheless speechless. Still processing.’

The auburn magnificence continued to gush over the pair’s union: ‘Santtu and I have been honored to witness such a elegant and emotional occasion. We want the completely satisfied couple each blessing with all our hearts.’ 

Speaking on Today in 2018, the actress defined simply why the Suits co-stars have been so shut, with the females on the present referring to at least one one other as ‘sister wives.’

‘We labored so a few years collectively on a present. We have been with one another for longer than we went to school or highschool,’ she stated. ‘We grew to become household in a approach. We’re nonetheless household. This is an excellent household affair.’

But in 2019, when requested if she nonetheless talks to the Duchess, Sarah advised Closer Weekly: ‘She’s actually busy. She’s tremendous busy.’

In September 2022, after the demise of Queen Elizabeth II, Sarah thanked the monarch for ‘normalizing having a revered girl in energy’ as she paid her respects to Her late Majesty.

She penned: ‘Living a lifetime of service, main by instance with dignity, energy, and devotion whereas inspiring many…Thank you for normalizing having a revered girl in energy, Your Majesty. Rest In Peace.

‘Sending my heartfelt condolences to her household and family members, and to all who’re mourning within the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and world wide.’ 

GINA TORRES

At the Golden Globes in January, Patrick and Gabriel offered one of the best TV drama award earlier than they have been joined by fellow stars Gina Torres and Sarah. 

Gina – who performed lawyer Jessica Pearson within the US authorized drama – revealed on the LA ceremony that the ex-castmates merely ‘do not have [Meghan’s number’ when asked if anyone had reached out to the former actress.

An insider told Page Six that the Duchess of Sussex was invited to the event, but ‘unfortunately’ wasn’t able to make an appearance because of a ‘previous commitment’.

Speaking to Variety on the red carpet, Gina was asked: ‘Who texted Meghan and said “you’ve gotta come to the Golden Globes, Meghan Markle”.’ 

‘We don’t have her number. We just don’t so. She’ll see. She’ll watch. She’ll be happy that we’re here,’ said the 54-year-old US actress, who attended the Royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan in 2018.

The interviewer also asked: ‘Did you plan this? Are you all texting each other?’ She explained: ‘When it all came through, we were all texting each other. Yes, our text thread is insane right now. So it’s very exciting.’

Discussing Meghan’s absence, a Globes insider told Page Six: ‘We asked the Duchess, but we were told that, unfortunately, she had a previous commitment.’

Gina’s comments at the Golden Globes weren’t the first time that the actress had referenced her lack of contact with Prince Harry’s wife. 

She told Glamour in 2019: ‘No, I’m not in touch with Meghan. There’s no story in why I’m not in touch with Meghan. 

‘What I will say is – if I could offer a window into what it is to be an actor and live this crazy life – when you’re an actor, you meet hundreds of people during your career. 

‘The public only sees the characters that are on TV, but there are hundreds of people that make a show happen. If you’re as fortunate enough of an actor as I am, that has had a varied career, you can’t bring all those people with you.’

She added that she ‘enjoyed Meghan’ when they worked together, adding they had a ‘great time’. 

GABRIEL MACHT

Gabriel Macht, 52, starred as Harvey Specter and appeared in every episode of Suits as the anchor of the majority of the legal series’ plotlines.

Following Suits, Gabriel starred in the short-lived spin-off series Pearson, but it appears as though he has not acted since.

Before earning his spot on the hit US series, he appeared in titles like A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Good Shepherd, Because I Said So, The Recruit, and Archangel.

While the Suits star has taken a break from acting, he still often posts on social media about his personal life, wellness, green living, and political and social issues.

Father-of-two Gabriel has been married to his wife, Australian-born actress Jacinda Barrett, since 2004. The couple attended Meghan’s wedding to Prince Harry.

But speaking recently to the Hollywood Reporter, Gabriel said: ‘I have not communicated with [Meghan] apart from seeing her huge help for the resurgence, and that has been very nice.’

ABIGAIL SPENCER

While Meghan invited lots of her Suits co-stars to her royal marriage ceremony, it seems as if Abigail Spencer holds a particular place within the Duchess’ coronary heart, having met lengthy earlier than the present at an audition, over a decade earlier than the occasion.

The pair bonded through the filming of Suits, and Spencer even contributed to the Tig, Meghan’s since-discontinued life-style weblog and attended her child bathe in February 2019.

There friendship was made extremely obvious within the Sussexes’ 2022 Netflix docuseries, with Abigail revealing that she was one of many first individuals to study Meghan’s then-secret relationship with Harry.

‘It was 2016, Meghan and I met up in New York,’ she recalled. ‘We actually loved going to have tea and champagne at Bergdorf Goodman. We’d be like, ‘Let’s meet on the tea room at Bergdorfs.’

‘She’s like, ‘Um yeah, I believe I met somebody and I’m in love. It’s Prince Harry.”

Like a number of of Meghan’s different mates who characteristic within the Netflix present, Abigail was full of pleasure over the earliest phases of their relationship.

‘I might simply really feel every part in her physique vibrating,’ she shared. ‘We have a photograph from that second. I used to be screaming as a result of I might inform it was totally different.

‘It was very clear from the second she advised me about him that they have been in love and so they have been going to go to the ends of the earth to be collectively.’

However, Abigail was additionally fast to clarify how a lot Meghan had sacrificed with the intention to make her relationship with Harry work, significantly underneath the burning glare of public scrutiny. ‘She had a complete life earlier than she met H,’ she stated.

Abigail additionally shared her opinions of Meghan and the modifications within the actress after she joined the royal household.

She stated: ‘It was nearly like within the marriage ceremony and every part, I noticed that they have been constructing her up, after which there was a shift and so they began to tear her down.’

‘That was a extremely darkish time, and I did not know what to do,’ she stated. ‘I used to be not allowed to say something. 

‘Anything that anyone was printing wasn’t coming from anyone that knew her. There’s all this untruth, there’s all these lies, and it simply gave the impression to be getting worse.’

Abigail attended the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s marriage ceremony alongside fellow actress Priyanka Chopra.

Recalling the May 2018 nuptials, she advised PEOPLE: ‘I felt honoured to be there. She’s unbelievable, and every part was an extension of them and their love.’

WENDELL PIERCE 

In March 2021, Meghan’s Suits co-star Wendell Pierce claimed he was misinterpreted when he criticized the Sussexes for conducting their bombshell TV interview within the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pierce took to Twitter to declare that he advised the Duchess that he would at all times be her pal, regardless of the actual fact he had no real interest in her scandalous sit-down with Oprah Winfrey. 

‘I simply found my phrases are getting used as an assault. Well performed British Press. Clarity: The British monarchy is archaic in my American eyes. If slavery, colonialism and apartheid didn’t educate you that they’re racist, you failed historical past,’ he wrote. 

‘I used to be lucky to inform Meghan personally I want her all one of the best. Predicting this hellacious maelstrom I additionally advised her she would at all times have a pal in me. Because I had no real interest in the interview doesn’t change that.’

The actor had advised radio station LBC that Meghan and Harry’s bombshell interview evoked Shakespeare’s well-known phrase ‘filled with sound and fury signifying nothing’.

He additionally claimed that the sit-down was a distraction amid the COVID-19 pandemic  , stating: ‘Today 3,000 individuals are going to die in America from COVID. A few hundred individuals are going to die, even this hour, within the UK.’ 

The actor, who stated he had not spoken to the Duchess since 2019, added: ‘It was fairly insensitive and offensive that we’re all complicit on this kind of palace… gossip within the midst of a lot demise. I believe it’s insignificant.’

Asked who he included on this criticism, he stated ‘everybody’ together with Oprah, US community CBS, ITV, Prince Harry and Meghan, and the Palace. 

Elsewhere throughout his LBC interview, Pierce acknowledged that the monarchy mustn’t get entangled ‘on this kind of dialog’ and as an alternative ‘give attention to the throes of demise that we’re in’.

The actor – who beforehand appeared within the Emmy-winning HBO drama The Wire – revealed he and Meghan had not talked a lot about race as they filmed Suits, regardless of the subject that includes of their roles.

He stated: ‘We did not have lengthy discussions about it, moreover what was within the script and what was occurring in our private lives.’

Pierce additionally shared a 3rd message on Twitter claiming his lack of curiosity in Meghan’s interview didn’t imply he was dismissive to her revelation that she felt suicidal throughout her time within the UK. 

The actor acknowledged that his household has misplaced a member to suicide and that he helps the Duchess and ‘needs her one of the best’. 

RICK HOFFMAN

Rick Hoffman, 53, performed legislation agency associate Louis Litt on the present, showing on the collection from its first season till its final.

In 2021, he shared a playful throwback {photograph} of himself with Meghan, having fun with a glass of wine in a submit captioned, ‘the nice ol’ days.’ 

In the unseen snap shared to his Instagram, the Duchess could be seen sitting at a desk and laughing alongside her co-star as they’ve a drink on an evening out with mates.

The laughing former actress, who could be seen carrying a black roll neck and dainty gold bangle, clutches a glass of wine and holds her hand to listen to head whereas Rick, wearing a black leather-based jacket and cap, holds up his drink and poses for the digital camera.

Rick was a visitor at Meghan’s marriage ceremony to Prince Harry and was pressured to clarify his ‘unimpressed’ facial features through the ceremony.

He revealed why he appeared so uncomfortable as he shared his considerably smelly expertise on the star-studded nuptials on Instagram.

The Postal star appeared grumpy all through the ceremony, nevertheless it wasn’t boredom that brought on the cringing look – however somebody’s dangerous breath.

Rick took to Instagram following the royal occasion, and broke the reception protocol banning telephones, to share with followers precisely why his meme-worthy face occurred.

The New York native titled his video ‘Royal Wedding Face #Brushyourteeth’ as he defined what occurred.

Rick advised his followers: ‘So to reply any questions concerning the bizarre face that was made on the marriage ceremony, think about sitting subsequent to individuals to your proper – not realizing which individual it was – that has halitosis’.

‘Um. Hence the face. That is outwardly everywhere. So it is so simple as that, Charlie. Love you guys. Yah. Halitosis. Disgusting.’