Overview

• The episode debuted on India Hicks’s Substack about a week earlier and featured Brooke Shields calling Meghan Markle “too precious” for her gender equality anecdote.
• Hicks removed the episode after supporters of Meghan Markle flooded her website with offensive messages and labeled Shields and Hicks “racist Karens.”
• Shields described interrupting Markle during the March 2024 SXSW panel moderated by Katie Couric in an effort to inject humor into the “Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives” discussion.
• During the podcast, Shields recalled Markle’s story about writing to Procter & Gamble at age 11 to challenge their Ivory soap slogan and contrasted it with her own early acting roles.
• Markle has continued her social justice work through initiatives such as co-founding Archewell and partnering with organizations like Smart Works to support underserved communities.