D.B. Woodside, who co-starred with Meghan Markle on USA Network’s legal drama Suits, also has nothing but good things to say about the Duchess of Sussex following her bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey earlier this month. In the special, which aired on CBS on March 7, Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, shared several shocking details about their life in the U.K. before they stepped down from senior leadership roles within the royal family. Woodside, who recently finished filming the final season of Lucifer, called Markle one of the “sweetest, nicest, most intelligent, thoughtful human beings” he has ever met.
“Meghan went out of her way to always see how I was doing, to just talk to me when we didn’t have any scenes together, but we might just be on set at the same time,” Woodside told Entertainment Tonight on Friday. “She is an amazing human being. And it bothers me so much what’s happening to her because I know that what they’re saying is untrue.” Woodside starred as Jeff Malone, the boyfriend of Gina Torres’ character Jessica Pearson, on Suits.
Woodside said it was “very, very upsetting” to see Markle deal with racism and bullying allegations. “It seems to me there are people who are setting her up to be the fall person,” Woodside said. “There’s people who are setting her up to blame her for something. And listen, every single one of us as human beings, we’ve had bad days. Maybe we’ve sent not the best email. Who cares about that? Give me a break. Every single…
