The Duchess of Sussex's estranged father, Thomas Markle, criticized her appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
During Meghan Markle's appearance on the daytime talk show on Thursday, she discussed her new life in California with Prince Harry and her children's book, "The Bench."
She also took part in a number of pranks in a recorded segment
of the show. DeGeneres gave Markle orders through an earpiece, including to
eat "like a chipmunk" and to say she had healing powers.
"It's no
way to behave. The whole thing was kind of embarrassing. It was certainly
embarrassing for the royal family," Thomas Markle told The Sunday Mirror.
"It's embarrassing for her as well. I suspect it embarrassed everyone in the
UK, too.
"She's putting herself out there as a duchess but I've never
seen a duchess behave this way, doing stupid stunts," he added.
During
the interview, Markle recalled the car she used to get to her acting
auditions, a Ford Explorer, and said she had to climb in through the trunk
because the key had stopped working on the driver's car door.
"The
Ford Explorer she had in her early 20s that she mentioned was a good running
vehicle. I don't remember any time she had to crawl out of the back of it to
get out, like she said," Thomas Markle told The Sunday Mirror.
"The
doors worked fine on that vehicle until the day she got rid of it," he
added.
