I Wanna Marry Harry, Reality Show Winner, Brands Meghan Markle A ‘Nobody’
The winner of the reality show I Wanna Marry Harry said she thinks it’s ‘ironic’ that Prince Harry chose Meghan Markle to be his wife – almost a decade after the show’s critics told her she had no chance with him because he’d never date a ‘nobody actress.’
I Wanna Marry Harry was a Fox reality show that aired for one season in May 2014, and it followed 12 American women who believed they were competing for a chance for date Prince Harry. Instead, however, it was a lookalike named Matthew Hicks.
After winning the series, Kimberly Birch, an aspiring actress living in New York City, faced a slew of nasty comments from viewers who told her the royal would never actually be interested in her since she wasn’t British or famous enough.
Now, nine years after appearing in the I Wanna Marry Harry, she has reflected on her win in a new interview with Insider, she said she finally feels ‘vindicated’ knowing he went on to wed an American ‘B-list’ actress like Meghan.
At the time, it was just something that seemed so far-fetched for people,’ she explained.
Now, nine years after appearing in the I Wanna Marry Harry, she has reflected on her win in a new interview with Insider , she said she finally feels ‘vindicated’ knowing he went on to wed an American ‘B-list’ actress like Meghan
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Now, nine years after appearing in the I Wanna Marry Harry, she has reflected on her win in a new interview with Insider , she said she finally feels ‘vindicated’ knowing he went on to wed an American ‘B-list’ actress like Meghan
‘There were a lot of comments like, “Did you really think that Prince Harry would ever actually date some nobody actress in America?”
‘Then I remember hearing about the backlash that Meghan Markle got. She was just this B-list actress.
‘She was a nobody, and now she’s married to Prince Harry. For me, it’s just so ironic. It was life imitating art.’
While contestants on the show weren’t told that the suitor they were fighting for was Prince Harry at first, they were all made to believe it was him thanks to Matthew’s strikingly similar looks to the Duke of Sussex.
They were also all housed in the luxurious Englefield House in England – which resembles a castle – and were constantly surrounded by security and servants who only referred to Matthew as ‘Sir.’
The show even went as far as staging paparazzi following them and security threats to make the women believe they were dating Prince Harry.
Viewers watched on as the women went on a series of lavish dates with the man whom they believed to be the Prince, but the show was ultimately pulled from the air after only four episodes due to low ratings. The rest premiered on Fox’s website.
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