A source has come forward to say that Meghan Markle is staying loyal to her longtime best friend Jessica Mulroney in the wake of the Canadian stylist’s white privilege scandal over the summer. The insider alleges that reports stating that Meghan has ditched Mulroney are simply not true.

“Jessica has been a dear friend to Meghan in her most difficult moments over many years and while Jessica’s comments may have been misguided and tone-deaf, Meghan has not given up on her,” a source told Entertainment Tonight.

This comes a month after Mulroney opened up about her relationship with Meghan in an Instagram post that has since been deleted.

“I’m going to tell this once and for all. Meghan and I are family. She is the kindest friend and has checked up on me everyday,” she wrote in the post. “Tabloid culture is atrocious. It creates lies and hurtful storyline. Stop feeding into it. Done.”

The source went on to say that Mulroney and Meghan will speak, adding, “Jessica publicly apologized for the controversy and has been on a journey to better herself and become aware of the unconscious bias that exists in society.”

Mulroney had been Meghan’s best friend for years before she was accused by social media influencer Sasha Exeter of trying to use her “white privilege” to threaten her back in June. Exeter said she had taken to Instagram that month to share a “generic call to action” on her story urging her followers to speak up in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. Though she did not single anyone out specifically with the message, Exeter said that Mulroney “took offense,” believing the message was aimed at her.

“Listen, I am by no means calling Jess a racist but what I will say is this: She is very well aware of her wealth, her perceived power and privilege because of the color of her skin,” Exeter said, going on to accuse Mulroney of “textbook white privilege.”

At the time the scandal broke, another source said that Meghan was distancing herself from Mulroney.

“She’s distanced herself from Jessica because the comments were unacceptable and offensive,” a source said. “[Meghan’s friends have been] concerned for some time that Jessica has been profiting from her relationship with Meghan and using it to further her brand. That’s something [Prince] William and Harry have never accepted with any of their friends.”

This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.

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