Meghan Markle Says Tabloids Once Confused Her W/ Serena Williams: I’m Not From Compton

Meghan Markle Says Tabloids Once Confused Her W/ Serena Williams: I’m Not From Compton

Meghan Markle says she was once confused with her friend, tennis star Serena Williams.

On the first episode of Meghan Markle’s new podcast “Archetypes,” she discussed misleading media reports with her guest, Serena Williams, 40.

In 2017, Markle, 41, was newly engaged to Prince Harry, 37 at which point reports circulated that the Duke of Sussex would be walking down the aisle with a bride “straight outta Compton.” While The Duchess of Sussex is from the Los Angeles area, she is not from Compton.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

During her podcast, Markle joked,

“This morning, I was saying to Harry: ‘Do you remember when they said, ‘Harry’s girl is straight outta Compton?’ I was like, ‘are they talking about Serena?’ “

She continued,

“I’m like, I’m not from Compton, I’ve never lived in Compton, my mom doesn’t live in Compton, but by the way, what’s wrong with Compton? My girl Serena’s from there.”

Serena Williams

The 40-year-old tennis star laughed at the mix-up, saying she’s “so proud” to be from Compton, and shared that there are other well-known celebrities from Compton, including actor Kevin Costner.

Meghan responded,

“Oh my gosh, that’s wild.”

Serena adds,

“He even talks about it — isn’t it fascinating?”

Meghan Markle clarified that she did grow up in the Los Angeles area, however, she “can’t claim Compton.”

During the interview, the two ladies mainly discussed their thoughts around ambition — particularly the negative connotation with being an ambitious women. The Duchess, who introduced herself as “Meghan” on the episode, described Archetypes as

“my podcast about the labels and tropes that try to hold women back.”

Meghan Markle – thejasminebrand

She said,

“Over the course of the next dozen episodes, we’re going to live inside and rip apart the boxes women have been placed into for generations — boxes like diva, crazy, the b-word, slut. Some of these words — these labels — are harsh; they’re abrasive. And I want to get to the bottom of where they come from, why they’ve stuck around for so long, and — importantly — how we can move past them.”

Serena Williams added,

“Often women are definitely put in these different boxes when we are ambitious or when we do have goals or when we reach our goals, it’s a negative connotation on how we reach the goals.” 

The interview also touches on motherhood and Williams’s decision to retire from professional tennis.

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