Meghan Markle's best friend, Jessica Mulroney, star stylist and TV presenter, has been at the heart of a controversy since she hooked very publicly with the fashion influencer Sasha Exeter. The latter, African-American, had published a video in which she criticized Jessica Mulroney for not doing enough for the black community. A point of view which had annoyed the interested party, so much so that she had managed to get angry in private with Sasha Exeter, showing "problematic behavior and escapades which resulted in written threats Wednesday June 3 "In the words of the influencer, in a video posted on Instagram.
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I've been silent. Not anymore! I'm used to being so transparent on this platform. I think it's the main reason why most of you follow me. Today, I'm opening up about something that has been haunting me for the last week. I have felt like a complete fraud fighting for racial equality and using my voice openly here, while letting a white woman silence mine behind closed doors. In sharing this very personal story, I know that I am risking a lot. Opening myself up to criticism, bullying and potential ramifications with my job in this space. However, I must speak my truth. Enough is enough. Hopefully my voice will be heard by many and help change things for the next generation and for my daughter Maxwell ... because I will be dammed if my child ever has to deal with this level of ignorance.
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Sasha Exeter goes even further, by sharing a private message on social networks in which Jessica Mulroney announces that she has filed a complaint for slanderous remarks.
Canadian TV channel CTV has announced that its program will be discontinued
In other circumstances, the case might have ended there, but in such a tense context, as the Black Lives Matter demonstrations continue to stir public debate and the American streets, Jessica Mulroney's partners ( who in addition to being friends with the Duchess of Sussex, is the daughter-in-law of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney) decided to abandon her. The Canadian TV channel CTV has already announced that its program I Do, Redo will be deleted and the company Hudson's Bay, with which it collaborated as a stylist, will no longer work with it, despite an apology in which it s pledges to be a better ally and to make accounts available to black leaders and activists.
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A message from Hudson's Bay.
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"Our ambassadors must reflect the values of our brand, inclusiveness, equality and respect for all," read a press release on social networks.
Netflix, broadcaster of the star's new show, has yet to respond, and Meghan Markle, who recently spoke out to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police, made no comments.
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