Meghan Markle's 'bimbo' attack slapped down by entertainment chief

Meghan has blasted the role on the show for reducing her to a "bimbo".

She said on her Archetype podcast: "I didn’t like feeling forced to be all looks... and little substance.

"And that’s how it felt for me at the time being reduced to this specific archetype – the word bimbo."

The Duchess added: “We were even given spray-tan vouchers each week because there was a very cookie cutter idea of precisely what we should look like. It was solely about our beauty.

"I was surrounded by smart women on that stage with me, but that wasn’t the focus of why we were there and I would end up leaving with this pit in my stomach.

“Like I said, I was thankful for the job but not for how it made me feel, which was not smart."

However, Lucas Green – the chief content officer at entertainment company Banijay, which owns the Deal or No Deal format has hit back at the Duchess of Sussex's claims.

During an interview with Variety, Green explained that he disagreed with Meghan's assessment as the company is always "modernising" the game show format.

Green said: "We are constantly evolving the format so that it isn’t the same show it was 15 plus years ago."

He added: "A lot of work goes into modernising our formats to ensure they represent our values as a company and wider society."

Meghan's "bimbo" claim has been criticised by one of her former fellow models.

Claudia Jordan disagreed with the assessment saying that the show "never treated them like bimbos" and that it instead helped provide "so many opportunities".

Jordan said: "For clarity – yes getting a modelling gig on a game show isn’t necessarily about your intellect, but every show the executive producers picked five models with the most outgoing and fun personalities to place mics on, who they knew would engage with the contestants."

She added: "And Deal or No Deal never treated us like bimbos. We got so many opportunities because of that show."