{"id":311194,"date":"2025-08-02T06:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T06:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/311194\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T06:07:11","slug":"meghan-markles-ex-bff-jessica-mulroney-regrets-being-friends-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/311194\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle’s ex-BFF Jessica Mulroney ‘regrets’ being friends: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jessica Mulroney is divorcing husband Ben Mulroney<\/a> after 16 years married \u2014 but it\u2019s her friendship with Meghan Markle<\/a> that she \u201csomewhat regrets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jessica\u2019s fallout from the Duchess of Sussex<\/a>, 43, \u201clater caused tensions \u2026 in her marriage,\u201d the Daily Mail reported<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n

The stylist, 45, and Markle became estranged when Jessica was accused of racism<\/a> in 2020 after allegedly threatening influencer Sasha Exeter\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

Jessica Mulroney reportedly \u201cregrets\u201d her friendship with ex-BFF Meghan Markle. WireImage<\/p>\n

The stylist sees their time together as a \u201cdark cloud,\u201d a source alleged to the Daily Mail on Friday. jessicamulroneyInstagram<\/p>\n

Amid the rampant online \u2014 and professional \u2014 backlash<\/a>, Jessica issued an apology<\/a> and Ben quit his job as a television presenter<\/a> to help her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf [Jessica] could go back, a part of her wishes she was never part of [Markle and Prince Harry\u2019s 2018] wedding<\/a>,\u201d an insider alleged.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile she enjoyed all the exposure it brought her at the time, that same exposure is what caused her social media rift to blow up in the way it did and led to the end of her friendship with Meghan<\/a> and her marriage,\u201d the source claimed.<\/p>\n

The duo had a public fallout in 2020. WireImage<\/p>\n

Mulroney allegedly believes \u201cexposure\u201d from Markle led to her 2020 racism scandal \u201cblow[ing] up the way it did.\u201d WireImage<\/p>\n

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While Jessica \u201cdid consider Meghan family,\u201d she now reportedly \u201csees that whole time as a \u2018dark cloud.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Markle and Jessica\u2019s reps have yet to respond to Page Six\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n

The \u201cI Do, Redo\u201d alum<\/a> initially insisted post-scandal that she was still close with her \u201ckind\u201d pal<\/a> \u2014 but the duo noticeably stopped posting about each other<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n

This led to \u201ctension\u201d in her marriage with Ben Mulroney. George Pimentel \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Page Six broke the news earlier this week that the \u201cI Do, Redo\u201d alum and Ben are divorcing. WireImage<\/p>\n

Instead, Jessica has repeatedly made headlines for cryptic Instagram quotes<\/a> over the years.<\/p>\n

She hit out at people \u201clooking for a way to be against\u201d her<\/a> in 2023 and admitted to \u201clos[ing] friends\u201d<\/a> two years prior.<\/p>\n

Page Six broke the news Tuesday that Jessica, who found \u201chope\u201d in \u201csobriety and therapy\u201d<\/a> after the drama, is splitting<\/a> from Ben. <\/p>\n

We heard they separated \u201csome time ago.\u201d Getty Images for Sick Kids Hospi<\/p>\n

Jessica now allegedly \u201cwishes she was never\u201d in Markle and Prince Harry\u2019s 2018 wedding. Getty Images<\/p>\n

We heard Jessica and the 49-year-old separated \u201csome time ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

A source told us that the marketing consultant divulged the news to fellow guests at a recent Toronto wedding, noting, \u201cJessica seemed sad, but also relieved to have some clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n

She and Ben tied the knot in 2008 and welcomed three children \u2014 daughter Ivy and twin sons Brian and John \u2014 during their time together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jessica Mulroney is divorcing husband Ben Mulroney after 16 years married \u2014 but it\u2019s her friendship with Meghan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[26085,4082,111494,1281,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-311194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-celebrity-friendships","9":"tag-celebrity-news","10":"tag-jessica-mulroney","11":"tag-meghan-markle","12":"tag-royal","13":"tag-royal-families","14":"tag-royal-family","15":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114957676974928457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}