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She Floated Her Buyout Number

[Blind Gossip] We have a fascinating story to tell you about a famous couple!

This actress has caused so much controversy – and caused so many disruptions to the family into which she married – that it is sometimes difficult to figure out exactly what kind of game she is playing.

Allow us to tell you about one game she played that was so public – yet so sneaky – that we all missed it!

There was actually a point at which his family could have made her “go away” by paying her off.

When was that? What was she looking for?

During the negotiations. She would have accepted a very large amount of cash to walk away.

Here’s what happened. She had her people pass along her number to several outsiders. They, in turn, publicly stated the number as the “value” that they put on her brand.

That was the amount of the buyout she was proposing!

That range was her ask. She would have liked the high end, but would have settled for the low end.

Why make that number so public? Why didn’t our actress just have her people negotiate directly with the family in private?

To have asked them for it directly – either verbally or in writing – would have presented serious legal issues. This way it looked like a simple and objective analysis done by outsiders.

Not to mention the fact that her husband would likely have discovered that she was willing to trade him for a very large, ransom-like payoff!

So the ask was made via some very public statements. How did his family react?

His family knew exactly what she was doing. They probably did debate the pros and cons of meeting her demands or making an alternative offer. However, in the end, they decided it was all so egregious that it was better to simply sever the relationship. They just hope that he will return someday.

Supposedly she was surprised that they did not make an offer, but not devastated.

While she did not get exactly what she was wanted – which was a quick buyout – she will now set out to “earn” that money alongside her hapless and naive husband.

Similar: Stockholm Boy

Couple:

Her Buyout Number:

[Optional] Should they have paid her? Where will all these players be in five years?

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  1. charlene2345 says

    I think you’re confused, travolta.

    The only ones likely to lose any of their titles here are Harry and Meghan. Royals also don’t hold very much power either. Parliament is the law-making body there, but the royal family is a symbol for the country. Britain is far from a “silly island.”

  2. charlene2345 says

    “Not taking any crap is met w/ hostility, false rumors & worse. ” What exactly do you mean by “false rumors”???

    Also, whether or not Harry’s grandmother is a queen, she is still his grandmother who helped raise him. What he’s doing to her when she’s 90+ years old is a pretty crappy thing, IMO, so yes she is a victim of his behavior. No one should have to put up with this nonsense at her age.

  3. charlene2345 says

    Markle. Wow, she is vile. There was something I didn’t like about her from the engagement interview- she just seemed phony, and not all there. I don’t understand why more people don’t see through her. Harry’s never been known for being the brightest bulb on the tree, plus he has obvious mental issues. He was an easy target for someone like Markle.

    (Optional) They will be divorced, but she will leave. Nothing’s ever going to be enough for her, and Harry is going to go insane trying

  4. montrealaise says

    I don’t think that Harry is bright enough to grasp what she was trying to do. Anyway, since the BRF didn’t bite, he was never faced with that reality.

  5. MrsWCleaver says

    * Markle
    Horrible as it is to even think it, I’m wondering if she’ll have some kind of “accident” at some point in the future. Otherwise she got Harry & the Royal Fam by the short hairs for 18 years. She can do alot of damage…

  6. aaaFleur says

    It’s Harry and Meghan
    $1 Billion is the asking price.

    Meghan will dump harry when she has sucked all the blood and money out of him. an ex prince with no money is useless to her. She will divorce harry, get so much money it will make the Royal family’s head spin, then move on to some nouveau riche billionaire who thinks he is marrying a duchess. Harry will return to England minus his balls, he will be unpopular, will be shipped off to some remote part of the commonwealth and…

  7. MantisGirl says

    Between 200 & 400 million. Well played, BRF – if they’d paid, Harry would believe that they approached her to come between them.
    Divorced in 5 years. Harry will be devastated & trying to make amends with his family. She will be working a new billionaire, angry that the brand didn’t make enough and blaming everyone except herself. She’ll need custody of Archie so she can harness him as a resource to be tapped. Careful Meghan, Karma is more of a * than you. And that’s saying…

  8. Christina X says

    Meghan never ceases to amaze me.

    They might make $100 million. They’ll probably get into bed with Live Nation to do a speaking tour. Their riders would be amazing to read.

    The Markle remind me of another famous (kind of) couple: Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman. She is an attention-seeker and he was one of the nicest people that I ever met. I used to go to his free readings all the time. I’ve read that he’s become less nice. His farewell tour…done by Live Nation.

  9. Gerseychick says

    If the Greedy Grifter don’t fall off a cliff…..She will be going after Jeff Bezos, Next……Harry should be back in England with his child……

  10. aaasuzyq says

    The Sussexes.

    They will be divorced within 2 years, probably less. Harry will get Archie because an egg donor/surrogate was used. That ‘wandering’ baby bump on Meghan did not go without notice.

    Because Meghan is a greedy narcissist, the settlement will be north of Diana’s which was $22.5 million with an additional $600,000 per year for her office.

  12. radishreindeer says

    Harry and the detestable Meghan. No idea on the number but good for the RF, not playing her game. Harry’s lucky his family wants him back. I don’t know how they’d ever trust him again.

  14. queenpin says

    Meaghan Markle and Harry
    $100 million
    They should never pay.
    In five years – they will be divorced, Harry will be mumbling to himself in a secluded country house in England, Meaghan will be dating a nearsighted, elderly, rich foreigner who does not respect women.

  17. ItsBouquet says

    Couple: Meghan and Harry Markle

    Her Buyout Number: $10 million

    [Optional] No absoolutely not! Glad they didnt pay her. She thinks she can beat an institution that has stood the test of time, shows her narcissism. Where will all these players be in five years? Hopefully she’ll be an unknown, Harry has made his bed he should be shunned. The royals should just become honorary and not acting upon the Queen’s passing. No more funding, no more status.

  21. luv2guess says

    Meghan you dirty dog you! Hopefully her true colors will be seen by everyone sooner than later…

  23. Cornish Pixie says

    *? You have got to be kidding us. If this is true, I wonder how her supporters feel now. I never cared for her from the beginning.

    • montrealaise says

      Her supporters either don’t know about this or refuse to believe it, insisting that she is the victim of a racist smear campaign. However, I’ve noticed that the US media is starting to turn on her- the coverage, which used to be glowing, is now becoming critical.

    • charlene2345 says

      Her supporters seem to be dwindling these days, so maybe people are finally catching on to what I suspected all along- that she’s a phony, fake-hungry grifter who couldn’t become as famous as she wanted as an actress, so she latched on to a mentally-weak gravy train to achieve fame.

      I notice, of all the comments on here, only two people are still talking about giving her the benefit of the doubt and saying the royals are evil. I guess some people never learn….

  24. laura1083 says

    Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

    The more I hear about her, the more I dislike her. I hope her ventures all fail and she is left on her a@@!

    Harry, please wake up you fool!

  26. MinnieMe says

    Harry and Markle
    Not sure of the payoff amount
    they should have just kicked her to the curb. In less than five years, Harry might come to his senses and divorce the home wrecker.

  28. tawse57 says

    15 million – half of what Ginge is said to be worth PLUS an additional shut-up sum of 5 million.

    20 mill total.

  30. mary55geelong says

    Prince Harry and Meghan.

    Payout figure ?

    No way does she deserve a huge payout.

    Harry will be alone, broke and back in the UK with Me Again selling access to Archie!

  33. slix96 says

    Markle… not sure how the world sees through her and he does not. At this point, if things are true about her behavior and intentions, he is most likely waiting it out so he doesn’t have to hear the world say “We told you so”.

  34. carriebradshaw says

    Harry&Meghan, I think the lowest number was 300 milions. I have no idea how they want to earn it, neither of them is so smart or talented as they think. In 5 years he will live alone in Africa, because he wanted it, and british public will hate him very much, and she will left him for someone richer.

  35. ameliatx says

    Meghan and Harry. The amount of articles painting her as a victim make my blood boil especially when she is so calculated and manipulative. I dont think the royal family should have bought her off, it will all go wrong in the end and then Harry will realise what a mistake he has made!

  36. bluedots says

    Meghan markle & prince harry.. a billion dollar.

    Nah don’t pay them we’ll see how it goes in a couple of years

  39. ChattyCathie says

    Also, if they did agree to pay her off, She’d probably turn around & show him the written terms of the payoff, lie & say they were the ones who offered her the $$ to leave him & threatened her with taking Archie if she didnt agree to do it. She’d make up some lie that Harry would believe, thereby making him hate his family and become even more dependent on her because he would renounce them & be completely cut off financially.
    #Greedy*
    #EvilWoman

  40. loopylou600 says

    The entitled greedy Sussex’s
    In excess of £100 million

    If they had paid her, would she have come back for more via blackmailing them over something? So, no, they did the right thing. Stripping them both of their privileges and titles would have been the best thing. The Sussex’s will be divorced, possibly broke or bankrupt, I don’t believe all the stories about their dodgy deals. The royals, people in Britain are fed up with them all, in the least a slimmed down monarchy or none at all.

  43. ChattyCathie says

    Meghan Markle of course. And this is the Royal family we’re talking about. My God: She’s even worse than I thought: Willing to sell out Harry for a payoff from his own family. I wonder if Archie was part of that deal.
    They were right not to pay her., Because you know she’s going to toss Harry aside like yesterday’s fish once she no longer needs him. Which will be as soon as she gets enough $$ & fame by marketing their brand. I give it two years max.
    What an evil, evil , woman! Poor…

  45. DDCASK says

    The indecipherable Markle and Prince Harry.

    Had to be at least 5 or 10 Mill? Who knows with her.

    I think Harry would have hated them if they paid her, he would have been made aware by Markle at some point. Who knows where they will be, he might stay forever for the sake of his son.

  48. sunshine702 says

    Rachael Megan Markle has done this before. Her first marriage was annuled after the groom’s parents payed her to go away.

    You are for sale Harry.
    That’s not love.
    No never pay extortionists/ blackmailers. Never!
    I see a divorce

  52. Midsomerfan says

    Harry and Meghan
    I seem to recall the number $1 billion being mentioned, which seems completely crazy.
    They were absolutely right not to pay her; it would be the equivalent of negotiating with terrorists ( I exaggerate to make a point). The Royal Family would have been showing that they can be blackmailed.
    In five years they will be divorced and Harry will be back in the UK , tail between his legs. 🙁

  53. Tinytoon76 says

    Couple: Prince Harry & Meghan

    Her Buyout Number: $10,000,000.

    [Optional] Should they have paid her? Where will all these players be in five years?
    No, hopefully divorce.

  54. Gerseychick says

    The Grifter will fall off a cliff or car wreck…..Dimwit Harry will end up in a Nut House and heavily medicated…..Baby Archie will be raised by Beautiful Kate and Prince William….Harry should have listened to his Grandad and Beloved Brother…They knew what she was…Just Toxic Trouble……

  55. lunadogmom says

    Couple: Meghan Markle, Harry Windsor
    Worth: Estimates the Sussexes together hundreds of millions to a billion dollars. Meghan alone her high number was a half a billion dollars and her low number was a quarter of a billion dollars
    Pay her? Hand over the journals, recordings, Archie, sign NDA, deal done.
    In five years: Meghan will have moved on to a billionaire. Harry will just be picking himself up off the floor after realizing he had been played. The royals will be trucking along as usual.

  56. amagod121 says

    Meghan Markle and Hapless Harry.

    Her buyout : $10-20 million.

    Optional: Oh heck, yes! She will bring down ALL of them with her (and Harry’s) endless greed and deal making.

  58. mrskjae says

    Couple: Meghan Markle & Harry
    Buyout Number: whatever number Sparkles had her people flaunt in the press

    The family made a good decision into not giving into her demands. In five years, Harry will probably return to the family and Meghan will not be better off. Her only asset, the only interest she can garner, is from Duchess title. People are only interested in her cause of her royal husband.

  59. sanbets says

    Couple: Prince Harry & Meghan Markle

    Buyout: 1 billion

    Yes, they should have low-balled her and gotten rid of her

  60. GayleStorm says

    Oh, for heaven’s sake! This blind takes the cake! I want to laugh, but this is actually too sad and disgusting.

    The con woman, Ms. Markle, and her duped and clueless husband, hapless Harry, are the couple.
    It has been stated that these two are capable of building a billion-dollar brand. That’s billion with a B! Haha! Who actually cares that much about them at this point?

    I am glad they didn’t pay her.
    H&M will be divorced in five years. Hapless will crawl home defeated and…

    • GayleStorm says

      severely messed up. He will be in dire need of extensive counseling and psychiatric care.
      Ms. Markle will find another sucker, then proceed to ruin his life

  61. Holivexer says

    Meghan Markle has to be a complete idiot to think that the RF would have paid her that much money. Not only that, she would have verified her gold digging status to the rest of the world if she dropped Harry after less than two years of marriage. As it is, I think she overplayed her hand. The “speech” at JP Morgan has really rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.

  62. Skillaty says

    Couple: Meghan and Harry

    Her Buyout Number: 90 million

    [Optional] Should they have paid her? Where will all these players be in five years?

    No, they shouldn’t pay HER. Meghan will be in her mid40’s still giggling and playing with her hair and desperately following bankers and celebrities around still looking for her big break. He is going to end up a mental wreck no matter if he’s in the US or UK. Notice how there’s no mention of the child? Very interesting and telling.

  63. dadiegirl says

    Meghan.

    Lest we forget, she was a C/D list actress before Harry came along. HE is the ONLY reason we know who she is.

    Her value& $1. LOL

  65. ferretsrus says

    The dreadful Meghan Markle.

    They shouldn’t pay because the marriage will be over in a matter of years anyway. Also, the US media seem to have cottoned on that she is a major grifter so I doubt that she will make the figure that she was planning to by exploiting her husband and his mental issues. Nobody cares enough to pay her as her reputation is * after taking $$$ from Goldman Sachs.

    • Jthenurse says

      @ Ferretsrus yes, I think the US media is catching wise….I was reading in, I think, People, a mainstream, pretty reliable magazine that her public persona painting a close relationship with her own mother was created for her image and that she rarely if ever saw her own mother prior to this romance. She’s a fame-hungry piranha who cuts loose her “close” friends and family as soon as they outlive their usefulness or threaten her ambitions.

  67. renedahl says

    Meghan and harry
    He’ll be back, they’ll be divorced in less than 5 years.
    Hopefully the paps won’t chase her recklessly.

  68. badgerette85 says

    The Sussexes
    75-100 million dollars
    Op- hopefully Harry will get wise and return to GB and leave Sparkles behind.

  69. theheb says

    Couple: Megan Fartckle and Prince Harry

    Her Buyout Number: 10 million

    [Optional] Should they have paid her? Where will all these players be in five years?
    No. Harry needs to see it himself. They’ll be divorced soon

  71. montrealaise says

    Meghan Markle, of course. So she would have dumped Harry in exchange for a large payout? Oh Harry, you’re such an idiot. I think she will eventually dump him for someone richer and while she will go on her merry way, he will be beyond devastated.

  75. UptownJunk says

    Hmm who could this be? 😂 M.Markle & Harry.

    Her number was $1 billion

    In 5 years she will be running for President and he will be serving soup to homeless shelters with Archie.

  76. munkeemunkee says

    Couple: Meghan and Harr(iet) Markle?

    Her Buyout Number: In the BILLIONS. I’m gobsmacked at her audacity and her calculated cruelty towards the family. Karma, baby, Karma…

  78. MaryQuiteContrary says

    Meghan and Harry
    They’ll be paying one way or another. In five years, they will be divorced, she’ll be remarried to a billionaire, write a tell-all book, and have a career doing speaking engagements. He will shuffle off back to the UK with no job, no wife, and no regular access to his kid, You know…like a “normal” divorced couple.

  79. sogeni says

    Couple: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

    Her Buyout Number: $200M ?

    [Optional] Should they have paid her? Where will all these players be in five years?

  82. lovetheblazer says

    Couple: Meghan Markle/Prince Harry

    Her Buyout Number: $100 million, according to Simon Huck

    [Optional]
    No, the Royal Family shouldn’t negotiate with terrorists, plus they’d lose Harry once he realized Meg was divorcing him because granny paid her to go away. In 5 years, Meg will be in L.A. giving glitzy conference talks and taking random acting jobs. I think Harry will still be hanging on by his fingertips (for Archie’s sake) but he’ll be homesick & over it/her.

  84. Sleepyandconfused says

    Markle
    1 billion
    Nope! They won’t get to that number. So many people despise them now. And she?! I hope karma catches up to her. What a horrible being, not a human being, just being.

  85. zappy2050 says

    Meghan and Harry.

    Harry has NO skill set. There are allegations about how he got through his high school, though he did pass 2 A level exams. They are not easy to pass in my opinion, are equivelaent to the first 2 years of college. He then went to the Royal army, which has been accused of being a cushy organization for the elite AKA no real work. Yes, I know he did go to Afghanistan.

    Meghan did a theater degree at Northwestern U – but a B/C rate actress at best. Again no skill set.

    • zappy2050 says

      Do I think she would take a payout to have it all over? DEFINITELY YES. She is trying to figure out the moving parts. What would she do with Archie? Would she leave him behind? She would have to. She is trying to figure it all out now.

      These billions being thrown around are fool’s gold.

      Harry will get paid randomly here and there for talking about how much his mom’s death impacted him – until that gets old.

      Meghan is going to try something but might eventually go back to…

    • Loulou1 says

      He got a B in art and a D in Geography, there was also a suspicion that he was helped to get the B in art. Either way it is appalling that he went to one of, if not thee best, schools in the world and was given every advantage possible and this is what he ends up with. Also A levels aren’t that much of a stretch. Lets just say Harry mustn’t be the sharpest knife in the draw if this is what he ended up with after his extremely expensive and privileged life and education.

  88. ILUVCA4evr says

    Couple: Megan the Mercenary and Harry the Dupe

    Her Buyout Number: 100 million dollars

    Should they have paid her? Nope-Grifters NEVER disappear
    Where will all these players be in five years? M & H: Divorced. M will have discovered that she is ‘box office poison’ & NO ONE will pay her what she thinks she is worth. H will go back home, tail between legs. Ball-less. No The RF will just keep on keeping on. Steadfast and true. William and Catherine? WINNERS all the way around.

  90. Theaterfan says

    Meghan Markle
    Stupid Husband: Harry
    Her Buyout Number: $1 Billion

    No, I’m glad they didn’t pay her. Meghan and Harry will be either divorced in five years (and he’ll be back in the bosom of his family) or he’ll be institutionalized.

  91. Henrietta says

    Markle. Realistically I think Harry will be dead; the family will have Archie, after either another pay-out or just a straight-up court case; and MM will have moved on to some forgettable TV movie career, if that, quite possibly still trying to find a billionaire to make her life complete. She’ll be playing the race card all over the place still trying to portray herself as the black Madonna. Funny thing is that U.S. tabloids have been reporting this for a few weeks now and I didn’t believe…

    • MinnieMe says

      Legally, Queen Elizabeth or the current monarch is the guardian of all the grandchildren and great grandchildren who are not legal age by a 300 year old law on their books.

  92. JHntr113 says

    The Sussexes

    Buyout number: $100 million, which was rather hilarious when I first saw it. Who would actually buy anything with the SussexRoyal brand on it to make it worth that much?

  95. Auds22 says

    Meghan markle and Prince Harry
    Not sure

    Absolutely should of paud her off, no amount of money will fix what she has done to the family unit, poor archie

  97. ghostrider44 says

    Wow, she is truly a Narcissist. Meghan & the hapless Harry. Personally I think she was trying to get them to pay her off so she could tell Harry and put an even bigger wedge between him and his family. I don’t think for a second that she would walk away….yet. She has a lot more to milk out of this relationship. I give it 2 years until she is done with him. That way she can milk the divorce and do the tell all that is inevitably coming. Harry snap out of it son.

    • Geniecat says

      I like your theory about Megan telling Harry they were trying to buy her off! It would be a great way to further distance him from his family. When I was a teen, I was deeply in love with a terrible guy my age, though I couldn’t see who he really was at the time. My parents wanted to pay him to go away, but didn’t tell me until many years after we broke up. I don’t know how long it would have taken me to forgive them if they went through with it.

  98. Annaliese says

    Meghan Markle. What an absolutely vile human being. I hope she falls on her face. Poor Harry and poor little Archie who is certainly being used as a tool. She has a screw loose for sure. Ghosts everyone eventually.

  101. Steffy44 says

    Absolutely MEagain sparkles and dimwit harry. They should never pay miss social climber off. In 5 years they will be divorced and she’ll be holding the urchin as ransom to keep the $$$ flowing.

  102. tundrapetal says

    Oh my God this is so sad, poor Harry. I know there is a lot of hate directed at him at the minute, rightfully so, but anyone who has been hurt by someone they loved will see how awful this is.

  103. Jeanesgenes says

    Harry and Meghan
    20 Million $
    She’s a bad penny and would keep coming back because she’s got the child.
    Divorced with Harry and Archie back at the palace.

    • Cricket03 says

      I believe it’s 1 billion. Have seen numerous stories leaked by her PR team about how they will now be able to make 1 billion dollars. I think number is a pipe dream. People that are not liked can make money but that’s a high number.

    • amagod121 says

      WTH??? $1 bilion??!? No, she’s not even worth $1 million! Gads, who does she think she is, Sir Paul McCartney?? I mean, come on, now!

      They probably got their biggest payoff with the ‘Harry being in therapy for 7 years’ speech. What else do they have to say/offer? The “Wokes “will love them but they are mostly young and brokeish. The elites will hold onto their money, so * and * will need many interesting & SELLABLE topics in order to rake in the big $

    • mybellyistoofulltothink says

      Yes, I remember reading these weird articles that somehow claim the duo could make $1 billion to surpass the Obamas. I couldn’t help but laugh and thought these “insiders” clearly suck at their job if that is how they calculate star power. Now it all makes sense – it was her PR team. Ridiculous.

  119. NativeAtlantaGirl says

    Miss Sparkle will be a divorcee unless she has n unfortunate incident with a moose during rutting season. She will be shagging her trainer and a few others… Daft Harry will be cucked in the corner… then crawling on his knees for Granny to save him.

    • Aurelia says

      Markel and Harry.
      Buyout number: Bet it was in the billions, US dollars
      5 years: He dumps her, she tries to use their son as tool to get more money, Harry prevails. She gets her own talk show, “exposing” the royals. Smart not to pay her, she’s a parasite.

  123. pitbull says

    Harry and Meghan

    HOW can Harry not know? HOW can he be so stupid? Kudos to the Royal family for not handing over the money.

    In five years? She will be campaigning for public office. They may be divorced, if Harry would allow himself to be separated from Archie. He will come home. She will blame conservative racists.

    • clayco says

      Wait. He will come home and how do we know that the Queen isn’t helping him by asking them to come back for their “final” official engagements.

    • carriebradshaw says

      As my great granny saw my uncles fiancee for the first time, she said, this woman will never have enough. And she was so right. They split after 10 years, after next few years, by the divorce, he finally realised what person she is. It took him almost 20 years…