{"id":133823,"date":"2025-05-26T17:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/133823\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T17:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:45:10","slug":"elvira-takes-dig-at-princess-meghan-markle-over-hair-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/133823\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvira takes dig at &#8216;princess&#8217; Meghan Markle over hair comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle should be very afraid.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Sussex, 43, got called out by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for saying she looked like the horror icon when she used hair dye during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Elvira, whose real name is Cassandra Peterson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKBBte-yi77\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=e2cf5c20-cd22-4067-bf18-aa4c4e1a9d71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared an Instagram with a screenshot<\/a> of an Us Weekly article about Markle\u2019s comment over the weekend, and included a dig at the \u201cSuits\u201d alum.<\/p>\n<p>Elvira at Knott\u2019s Berry Farm in California on Oct. 11, 2015. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle at the Invictus Games in the Netherlands in 2022. Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey princess, if you ever need beauty advice from a queen just let me know \ud83d\ude0f,\u201d Peterson, 73, wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Critics reacted to the new celebrity feud in the comments section of the post.<\/p>\n<p>Elvira calls out Meghan Markle on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElvira \u2026 will alway be a lot more BEAUTIFUL then Megan could ever wish she could be,\u201d one fan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElvira is the queen of cool\u2728\ufe0f Markle is as interesting as potato flake,\u201d another person said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe could never be Elvira,\u201d a different comment read. <\/p>\n<p>Someone else wrote, \u201cWhat on Earth did Elvira do to her? Rude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cassandra Peterson\/Elvira at New York Comic Con 2022. Getty Images for ReedPop<\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to Markle\u2019s reps for comment.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/lemonadamedia.com\/show\/confessions-of-a-female-founder-with-meghan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 22 episode<\/a> of her \u201cConfessions of a Female Founder\u201d podcast, Markle compared herself to Peterson while recalling the time she experimented with boxed hair dye during the 2020 lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle at the 2024 Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles Gala. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, my family had just\u00a0moved to California. We were staying in our friend\u2019s home. And because it was the pandemic, I kept ordering boxed hair dye,\u201d she recalled. \u201cAnd I thought, \u2018I\u2019m gonna look just like she does on the box.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd instead,\u201d Markle added, \u201cit was this very inky, almost Elvira-esque black hair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elvira performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend\u2019s Burlesque Showcase in Las Vegas in 2018. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Markle explained to her guest, Highbrow Hippie founder\u00a0Kadi Lee, who opened a salon in Los Angeles when the pandemic happened, that she immediately reached out to their stylist, Serge Normant, for help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had texted Serge, and he said you need to see Kadi, and you came over,\u201d Markle recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Lee said that arriving at Markle\u2019s home while wearing masks for protection is \u201cso vivid\u201d in her mind. She also remembered getting \u201ca big bear hug\u201d from Markle and Prince Harry.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Global Citizen Live in New York in 2021. Getty Images for Global Citizen<\/p>\n<p>Markle isn\u2019t the first star to face Peterson\u2019s wrath. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, Peterson said at an event that one of her worst celebrity encounters was with Ariana Grade. Peterson claimed the \u201cWicked\u201d star, 31, once brought a large group to one of Peterson\u2019s performances but refused to take a picture with her.<\/p>\n<p>Ariana Grande at CinemaCon 2025. Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n<p>Elvira poses for a photo at the 56th International Cannes Film Festival in 2003. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say to her, \u2018Can we take a photo together?\u2019 She goes, \u2018Nah, I don\u2019t really do that,&#8217;\u201d Peterson shared.<\/p>\n<p>Grande later <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/10\/21\/celebrity-news\/elvira-calls-out-ariana-grande-for-snubbing-her-during-meet-and-greet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apologized for the incident <\/a>in an Instagram comment, claiming she had an anxiety attack at the show and left before the rest of her family.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle should be very afraid. 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