Priyanka Chopra found Vanity Fair’s cover story on Meghan Markle, Prince Harry sexist

Priyanka Chopra thought that to focus so largely on Meghan Markle’s relationship was sexist on Vanity Fair’s part.

Published on: Sep 13, 2017, 21:25:46 IST

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“A woman is not just a plus one,” says Priyanka Chopra while giving her opinion on friend Meghan Markle’s recent interview in Vanity Fair.

Priyanka Chopra and Meghan Markle have been friends since she started working in Hollywood.

Chopra said the cover story should have focused more on the Suits star many achievements, rather than her relationship with Prince Harry.

The center of a global media scrum, @MeghanMarkle is simply a hardworking American actress with a buzzed-about British boyfriend. Photographer @therealpeterlindbergh captures Markle as her hit series, @Suits_USA, reaches a milestone (link in bio).

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“I don’t if I will get into trouble for this, but I have an opinion,” Priyanka told ET Online. “I mean, she’s on the cover of Vanity Fair. It would have been nice to write about her not just her boyfriend. I’m just saying. I mean, she’s an actor, she’s an activist, she’s a philanthropist. I mean, she does so much more.”

#Regram from @vfvanities: What thrilled @MeghanMarkle most about shooting for @VanityFair with @therealpeterlindbergh? The chance to show off her freckles: "He rarely retouches and he believes in such little makeup." On @vfvanities, see more online-exclusive photos from the cover shoot, which can be seen in full at the link in bio.

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While dating one of the planet's most famous bachelors has its complications, Meghan Markle's taking it all in stride: "Nothing about me changed. I'm still the same person that I am, and I've never defined myself by my relationship." Read Vanity Fair's latest cover story at the link in bio. Photograph by @therealpeterlindbergh.

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The Baywatch star said that she found the move a ‘little sexist.’

“It’s just a little sexist,” she continued. “Look, I’m a feminist and I love boys, okay. The only thing I’m saying is that there needs to be a certain sense of equality where a woman is not just a plus one, you know. It’s nice to be your own identity too.”

#TBT to girl time with @priyankachopra & Mubina in #Malibu last week #californialove #homesweethome

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The Vanity Fair article dedicated much of its space to Markle’s relationship with Prince Harry. Probing about their relationship, Markle responded: “We’re a couple. We’re in love.”

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