<p id=”par-1_43″>Before <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/meghan-markle/”>Meghan Markle</a>‘s <em>Suits</em> role, she was a struggling actor. After her <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/could-meghan-markle-dust-off-suitcase-deal-or-no-deal-role-reboot-series.html/”><em>Deal or No Deal</em> gig</a> ended, she reportedly set her sights on reality television. According to former <em>The Bachelor</em> producer Mike Fleiss, Meghan wanted to be a contestant on <em>The Bachelor</em>.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-former-the-bachelor-producer-confirms-meghan-markle-casting-rumors”>Former ‘The Bachelor’ producer confirms Meghan Markle casting rumors</h2>
<p id=”par-2_38″>A forgotten detail that could have appeared on Meghan Markle’s acting resume was brought to light by former <em>The Bachelor</em> producer Mike Fleiss. He shared information about Meghan’s connection to the reality dating show in a 2018 tweet.</p>
<p id=”par-3_34″>Fleiss wrote in a message posted to<a href=”https://twitter.com/fleissmeister/status/1001278074007121925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1001278074007121925%7Ctwgr%5E8445f94c60ded83d497472dd9191817571c45ddb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.purewow.com%2Fnews%2Fmeghan-markle-bachelor” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”> X</a>, “Just got the go-ahead to reveal this shocking fact. Right after she left <em>Deal or No Deal</em>, Meghan seriously considered applying to be on <em>The Bachelor</em>.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_33″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/kate-middleton-uncle-prince-harry-meghan-markle-titles-stripped.html/”>The Duchess of Sussex</a> starred on <em>Deal or No Deal</em> as a briefcase model in 2006 and 2007. She has never spoken about considering a role as a cast member on <em>The Bachelor</em>.</p>
<p id=”par-5_25″>Fleiss’ tweet was posted 10 days after Meghan married Prince Harry on May 18, 2018. The couple wed after being engaged for just six months.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-tv-host-weighs-in-on-whether-or-not-meghan-markle-would-have-won-the-bachelor”>TV host weighs in on whether or not Meghan Markle would have won ‘The Bachelor’</h2>
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<p id=”par-6_43″>Revisiting this news from six years prior, <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avULEjxQHTw” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Talk TV</a>‘s Kevin O’Sullivan said, “After Meghan Markle’s stint as a high-heeled hostess on the US version of <em>Deal or No Deal</em>, she seriously considered searching for her prince on TV’s tawdry reality show, <em>The Bachelor</em>.”</p>
<p id=”par-7_31″>O’Sullivan asked, “Would Meghan even have won?” She set her heart on finding love just as she was hitting the small time, landing a role on the cable show drama <em>Suits</em>.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_15″>Sadly, because of that, Meghan’s <em>Bachelor</em> moment didn’t happen. “But it was close,” O’Sullivan claims.</p>
<p id=”par-9_27″>O’Sullivan says he was “glad” that the “ambitious girl from California met and married her prince. And she did it “without the aid of cheap reality rubbish.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-would-the-bachelor-have-treated-meghan-differently-than-deal-or-no-deal”>Would ‘The Bachelor’ have treated Meghan differently than ‘Deal or No Deal?’</h2>
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<p id=”par-10_31″>In the same clip, Kevin O’Sullivan discussed Meghan Markle’s claims she felt “objectified” as a suitcase model on <em>Deal or No Deal</em>. However, would she have fared differently on <em>The Bachelor</em>?</p>
<p id=”par-11_40″>O’Sullivan said, “[Meghan] swallowed her feminist pride to don a short skirt and skyscraper heels on a game show she claimed ‘objectified’ her. A game show hostess was hired just because she looked good. You don’t say? What a shock.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_20″>“Did she think <em>The Bachelor</em> would have treated her as a towering intellectual? Purely there for her brains?” O’Sullivan questioned.</p>
<p id=”par-13_44″>Meghan Markle shared details about her role as a game show model with <a href=”https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a23925/meghan-markle-interview/”>Esquire</a> before getting her role on <em>Suits</em> in 2011. “Working on <em>Deal or No Deal</em> was a learning experience, and it helped me understand what I would rather be doing.”</p>
<p id=”par-14_42″>Subsequently, in an interview with Paris Hilton for Meghan’s podcast <em>Archetypes, </em>the duchess spoke of her game show past. She explained intelligent women surrounded her on the <em>Deal or No Deal</em> stage, “but that wasn’t the focus of why we were there.”</p>
<p id=”par-15_54″>“I would leave with this pit in my stomach. Knowing that I was so much more than what was being <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/former-deal-or-no-deal-model-denies-meghan-markle-claim-women-treated-like-bimbos.html/”>objectified on the stage</a>. I wouldn’t say I liked feeling forced to be all looks and little substance. And that’s how it felt for me then, being reduced to this specific archetype,” Meghan concluded.</p>
<p id=”par-16_18″>Meghan Markle married Prince Harry in 2018. They are parents to two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.</p>