The star recalled her husband’s support, saying, “I remember how he just cradled me. And I went to the institution, and I said that I needed to go somewhere to get help. I said, ‘I’ve never felt this way before, and I need to go somewhere.’ And I was told that I couldn’t, that it wouldn’t be good for the institution.”
On International Women’s Day, March 8, Piers dismissed her remarks, saying, “I don’t believe a word she says, Meghan Markle. I wouldn’t believe her if she read me a weather report.”
After the broadcast, the British television host received backlash and he later clarified his comments on March 9.
“When we talked about this yesterday, I said, as an all-encompassing thing, ‘I don’t believe what Meghan Markle is saying generally in this interview.’ And I still have serious concerns about the veracity of a lot of what she said,” he explained. “But let me just state for the record about my position on mental illness and on suicide. Mental illness and suicide—these are clearly extremely serious things. They should be taken extremely seriously. And if somebody is feeling that way, they should get the treatment and the help that they need every time.”
