Meghan Markle’s former agent Ari Emanuel seems to be more than glad the pair went their separate ways.
“Here’s the great thing: I don’t have to think about that anymore,” Emanuel, the executive chairman of WME Group, told The Times of Markle’s career in a Sunday, September 27, interview.
Emanuel confirmed to the outlet that he and the former Suits star, 45, ended their professional relationship last year and while promoting his new memoir, Roll the Calls. WME, meanwhile, continues to represent Markle and Archewell Productions.
The Duchess of Sussex first signed with the agency back in April 2023.
In March of this year, Variety reported that Emanuel and another agent had dropped off her account within months of her signing.
More recently, Us learned that Markle was in early talks to star in season 3 of Guy Richie’s Netflix series, The Gentlemen, with a source claiming she was gearing up for a potential acting return amid her family’s surprising move back to Britain in August. (Meghan had a starring role in Suits as Rachel Zane when she met future-husband Prince Harry, 42, back in 2016.)
Us also confirmed last month Markle and Harry were moving back across the pond six years after leaving the U.K. and stepping down from their senior duties in 2020.
Markle’s best friend has since given a glimpse into her life overseas in a rare social media update.
“Having the best time. 🤍,” Kelly McKee Zajfen wrote via Instagram on September 23, alongside photos from a recent trip to visit the Sussexes in England. “There’s something so special about getting a taste of this magical place with my bestie, and having my sweet [son] Jack along for the adventure.”
The Alliance of Moms cofounder also expressed her gratitude to fans for “being so loving to my friend,” an apparent reference to Markle. “To everyone we’ve met or bumped into, thank you for being so loving to my friend 🥹 It’s been beautiful to witness. She missed you too!”
Despite the excitement Markle and Harry felt about their new chapter in the U.K., they also recently experienced a security scare at their kids’ school.
“There is a world of difference between legitimate media activity and photographers walking the perimeter of a school, stopping to look into the grounds and monitoring children as they go about their day,” a spokesperson for the pair told Us in a statement on Wednesday, September 30, alleging it is “concerning” how paparazzi seemed “unwilling to respect the privacy of children at school.”
Harry and Markle added, “Whatever photographs they may have been seeking, this was not only an unacceptable intrusion into the privacy of children; it was an irresponsible and ill-considered way to conduct themselves in the vicinity of a school.”
