Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Meghan dad tells his ‘truth’ with channel on YouTube
Thomas Markle Snr to air his views
BY MEGHAN Markle’s dad is launching his own YouTube channel.
Thomas Markle Snr and close pal Karl Larsen have been inspired by straighttalking royal author Lady Colin Campbell and US podcast king Joe Rogan.
They plan to broadcast their views on current affairs – which will no doubt include Meghan and Harry – every week.
Thomas, 77, confirmed: “We have discovered YouTube… we’ve decided to join and share our story.”
The first episode is set to go online today and will see Thomas give his views on his eldest daughter Samantha suing Meghan, 40, for defamation.
The lawsuit was first revealed by the Sunday Mirror in November and was formally lodged in Florida last week.
Samantha, 57, is suing her half-sister Meghan for $75,000 (£57,000), claiming she lied about her to the authors of controversial book Finding Freedom and in her TV interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Speaking in the debut episode, Thomas says: “I’m standing up for my oldest daughter, Samantha. In this case, she should win because Meghan’s book was full of lies about her. I would appear in a deposition in this case, if it came to it.”
Michael Kump, representing Meghan, called the lawsuit “baseless and absurd” and a “continuation of a pattern of disturbing behaviour”. He added: “We will give [the lawsuit] the minimum attention necessary, which is all it deserves.”
In November, Meghan apologised to the Court of Appeal after emails contradicting a claim she did not collaborate with Finding Freedom authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand were disclosed.
The messages, revealed by Meghan’s ex-communications secretary Jason Knauf, showed she sent details about Samantha and brother Thomas Jr to pass on for the book. But Meghan insisted: “I
Co-host Karl
had absolutely no wish or intention to mislead the defendant or the court.” Speaking about the motivation behind the podcast, Thomas’s co-host Karl, 53, said: “Tom wants to do it to put his thoughts out there from the horse’s mouth. He wants to speak about how Meghan and Harry have affected his family. The chat will be no-holds-barred. “He wants his truth to be out there, just like Meghan’s truth came out a year ago in her Oprah Winfrey interview.
“He also wants to speak about other things in the news, too.”
Karl – an LA-based photographer who grew up in Winchester, Hants – added: “We’re thinking of referring to ourselves as ‘the yapper and the snapper’ in future. It sounds more catchy than Tom and Karl.”
Tom wants to put his thoughts out there from the horse’s mouth KARL LARSEN CO-HOST OF YOUTUBE CHANNEL