Meghan Markle has spent the last few years learning, the hard way, that fame doesn’t just follow you. It feeds on you. And now, if the gossip pipeline is to be believed, one of the few people who once had an actual backstage pass to her pre-royal life is being tempted with a very American number to talk.
Jessica Mulroney—once Meghan Markle’s closest friend in Toronto, her stylist ally, and a familiar face in the orbit around Suits—has been offered a book deal “rumored to be worth up to $1 million” to write a tell-all memoir about the wife of Prince Harry, according to Rob Shuter’s Substack, Naughty But Nice.
Shuter quotes a source claiming Mulroney has “absolutely nothing left to lose,” adding, with the kind of theatrical finality that publishers adore, “Meghan cut her off years ago. The friendship is dead. The loyalty went with it.”
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— Tatler (@Tatlermagazine) February 6, 2026
If you’re hearing echoes of a thousand celebrity breakups-turned-contracts, you’re not wrong. But what makes this one pricklier is the subject: a woman who has made privacy part of her brand, living in a family that treats it like a myth.
Shuter’s reporting frames Mulroney as “inner sanctum,” not peripheral. It’s a neat phrase, and it’s doing work: it suggests proximity, access, and the one thing readers are always promised but rarely get—specificity.
And yes, specificity is the point. Shuter’s source claims the potential book wouldn’t be “vague,” but “specific, personal and deeply uncomfortable.”
OK! Magazine amplified the claim, reporting that Mulroney had “reportedly been offered a $1 million contract” to write a memoir about her past friendship with Meghan Markle, and citing Shuter’s Substack as the origin.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex pictured with professional tennis player Sloane Stephens at the 2026 Fifteen Percent Pledge Fundraising Gala.
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— ChrisBaronSmith (@ChrisBaronSmit1) February 9, 2026
The tabloid also repeats the idea that Meghan Markle and Jessica Mulroney haven’t spoken in years and ties their fallout to the 2020 controversy involving influencer Sasha Exeter, after which Markle “quickly cut off” Mulroney, according to the outlet’s account.
Here’s where the story gets messy, because real life always does.
Ben Mulroney—Jessica’s estranged husband and the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney—recently addressed the relationship on the “Can’t Be Censored” podcast. Asked directly where things stand between Meghan and Jessica, he offered a careful deflection that was also, notably, not hostile: “It’s Jess’ story to tell,” he said, adding, “from what I understand, they are on positive terms.”
That contradicts the scorched-earth framing in Shuter’s item, which insists there has been “no real contact for years.” It’s possible that Ben is smoothing out the rough edges. It’s also possible the truth is boring: they drifted, they cooled off, they stopped being close, and nobody wants to admit how ordinary it was. Celebrity friendships are rarely ordinary.
Ex-husband of Meghan Markle’s former BFF Jessica Mulroney reveals the pair are on ‘positive terms’ after major public rifthttps://t.co/agM41ZTJlI pic.twitter.com/RvUEfbPxmk
— Tatler (@Tatlermagazine) February 2, 2026
The bigger point is what this whole episode reveals about Meghan Markle’s ongoing narrative problem. Every time she tries to build a new chapter—new projects, new public messaging—an older chapter gets hauled back into the light. A former friend. A former workplace. A former palace staffer. The past keeps coming with receipts, real or rumored, because the market demands it.
And for Jessica Mulroney, the temptation is obvious. Shuter’s source says she “saw everything” and “remembers all of it.” If publishers truly are courting her with seven figures, that isn’t just money. It’s a promise of relevance. In celebrity culture, relevance can feel like oxygen.
Will she take it? The reporting doesn’t confirm she’s writing anything—only that the offer is on the table and the idea is being floated loudly. But even the rumor functions as a warning shot: there are people close enough to Meghan Markle’s old life to make her uncomfortable, and close enough to publishing to monetize it.
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— Page Six (@PageSix) December 16, 2025
That’s the uncomfortable truth about modern fame. Privacy isn’t a right you claim. It’s a luxury you keep paying for.
