“Use their relationship to promote herself”: That time Meghan Markle flirted with Rory McIlroy for her career
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Meghan Markle, Rory McIlroy
Meghan Markle and Rory McIlroy seemed to flirt quite a lot, especially so much that her boyfriend demanded to know whether she was cheating on him with McIlroy, a new book claims to say. Rory met Markle in quite an interesting way, when he nominated her for the ice bucket challenge and she insisted he come to her friend’s apartment in New York City to dump the ice on her himself.
At this point, McIlroy had just split from his fiancee, and seemed to be up for dating. After the ice bucket challenge, they enjoyed a drink at the Fitzpatrick Hotel, where the sportsman was staying. After that night, McIlroy drove 30 miles for Markle and refused to sleep at a hotel near the golf course. “I wasn’t quite on my game,” he confessed later according to Page Six. “I was enjoying myself.”
Meghan Markle flirted with Rory McIlroy for the fame and to promote herself
However, things seemed to be a bit different for Meghan Markle. She was keen to use their close relationship to promote herself, adding, “She encouraged the media to publish photographs of McIlroy and herself. As she would later admit, she ‘occasionally set up a paparazzi photo or let info slip out to the press.’” Markle at that time was starring in the show ‘Suits’.
Markle also went on to mention that their time together was not beyond that of a friendship and Cory Vitiello- her then boyfriend- believed her. Markle however seemed to be smitten by McIlroy, and had to convince Vitiello several times that they were just friends. Markle’s agent called the newspaper for a correction and the following day, it printed a story about Markle and Vitiello, saying, “They’re madly in love … The two of them were sewn at the hip the entire time they spent in Ireland.”
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