Meghan Markle appears to get brutally snubbed as awkward video goes viral

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry arrived at a high-profile Canadian charity event expecting the attention to fall on its celebrated host. Instead, a brief encounter captured by cameras has prompted questions about the Sussexes’ relationship with one of their longtime celebrity friends.

Footage from the David Foster Foundation gala in Victoria on Friday shows an interaction between Meghan and music producer David Foster that some social media users interpreted as noticeably frosty.

Yet accounts from behind the scenes offer a rather different explanation, raising doubts over whether the viral clip tells the full story.

Brief encounter attracts attention

Harry and Meghan attended the event marking the 40th anniversary of Foster’s foundation, joining the 76-year-old musician and his wife, singer Katharine McPhee.

Cameras recorded the couples as they prepared for photographs. Meghan appeared to extend an arm toward Foster as he approached, but the producer continued past her and directed his attention toward Harry.

McPhee subsequently joined Meghan before all four posed together.

The few seconds quickly circulated online, where speculation grew that Foster had deliberately ignored the Duchess of Sussex. One account sharing the footage described the exchange in considerably stronger terms.

“TENSION on the red carpet! Meghan Markle publicly snubbed by host David Foster. Watch as he refuses to greet her and ignores her outstretched hand. Ouch,” the user wrote, according to the original report.

No public statement from Foster confirms that interpretation.

Page Six reported that the couples had already greeted and hugged one another away from the cameras before appearing together for photographs. Such an account would provide a less confrontational explanation for the moment captured on video.

Long relationship with Harry

Suggestions of friction have attracted particular attention because Foster and Harry have previously been described as having a close relationship.

Following Harry and Meghan’s departure from royal duties and their move to North America, Foster reportedly became an important figure in the prince’s new life outside Britain.

McPhee discussed that connection publicly in 2020.

“My husband has a really, really beautiful relationship with Harry,” she said.

Foster also played a practical role during the Sussexes’ transition away from Britain. He reportedly helped arrange private accommodation for the couple in Canada while they were seeking greater distance from intense media attention.

“David is the resource guy, he knows all the places. He loves to help people, so we just hope they end up somewhere where they feel like they can really settle down,” McPhee said at the time.

Meghan and McPhee also knew of each other long before their husbands developed their friendship.

Both grew up in Los Angeles and attended the same school, although their lives would later take them into very different public careers.

“She went to a school called Immaculate Heart, as did I,” McPhee previously recalled.

Neither the Sussexes nor Foster’s family has publicly indicated that their relationship has deteriorated. No official comment has been issued about the Victoria footage either.

This article is made and published by Nicolai H, who may have used AI in the preparation