EXCLUSIVE: Meghan Markle STILL Being Slammed as a 'Total Hypocrite' Over Her Attempts to 'Reach Out' to Frail Father Through 'Email and Hospital Calls'
Meghan Markle is under fire over her tangled attempts to reach her estranged dad after Thomas Markle Sr. was taken to the hospital.
Dec. 12 2025, Published 10:51 a.m. ET
Meghan Markle is under massive fire over her tangled attempts to reach her estranged dad after Thomas Markle Sr. was rushed to hospital in the Philippines – with commentators and family members accusing the Duchess of Sussex of "hypocritically" failing to show compassion as he fights for his life after a leg amputation.
As RadarOnline.com reported, Markle Sr., 81, was admitted to intensive care on the island of Cebu after a medical emergency at his home earlier this week.
Indirect Outreach Angers Family
Critics accused Meghan Markle of failing to show compassion as her father fought for his life.
Doctors in the Philippines performed a three-hour operation to remove a blood clot that resulted in the loss of his left leg below the knee – all while 7,000 miles from his daughter's California mansion.
Meghan and her father have not spoken since 2018, following a highly publicized falling-out shortly before her wedding to Prince Harry, 41.
The rift has prevented Thomas from meeting his grandchildren, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4.
A source close to the family told us: "It's heartbreaking for the Markle family. He's literally fighting for his life, and Meghan is saying she is trying to find a phone number for him and deliver a handwritten letter.
"The family is frustrated because reconciliation is what everyone hoped for, especially in a moment like this. She could just contact them and find out where he is – anything else is just hypocritical."
Accused of 'Pure Hypocrisy'
Thomas Markle Sr. underwent emergency surgery after losing his leg below the knee.
Another added: "Thomas Sr has always wanted to mend things. The lack of contact now feels like a deep wound reopened.
"And with Meghan constantly posing as this hippie-dippy, loving mom at home in her Netflix shows, it really rankles. It's pure hypocrisy."
Columnist Jan Moir, writing for the Daily Mail, also highlighted what she described as Markle's hypocrisy before the duchess said she had "reached out" to her dad by phoning around hospitals and messaging him on a years-old email address.
She snarled: "Mr. Markle has been exiled, banished, cancelled and snubbed for seven long years by the Sussexes; treated like an embarrassing sack of family rubbish hurriedly put out with the bins while the Duke and Duchess get on with their gilded lives.
"(Meghan) has shown no compassion over the past few years, not one drop, as her father suffered one health blow after another, from two heart attacks on the eve of her wedding to a massive stroke in 2022 that robbed him of the power of speech."
Moir – renowned for her bile-filled rants – also spat: "She makes treats and cosy memories for loved ones while simpering about warmth, love, friendship and family.
"On the Netflix set, an eager crew of celebrities and 'new friends' – i.e. total strangers – have gathered to grease up the old Duch as if she were a fattened goose and the onscreen mood is very come-let-us-adore-her, oh Christ, the lard... It's not the hypocrisy that gets me, it is the pity of it all."
Brother Pleads for Compassion
Jan Moir attacked Meghan for showing no compassion during her father's years of health struggles.
Thomas Markle Jr., 59, has also urged Meghan to show compassion amid Markle Sr.'s health emergency – which insiders say left his "languishing on his deathbed" before he stabilized.
He said: "My only wish is that Meghan shows my father some compassion. He is literally fighting for his life."
Markle Jr. detailed the emergency, explaining: "I took dad to a hospital close to our home and they did various scans and the doctors said his life was in imminent danger. They raced us by ambulance, with the sirens going, to a much bigger hospital in the center of the city. My dad has undergone emergency surgery."
Thomas' half-sister Samantha, 61, described her father's resilience.
She said: "He is a strong man, but he has been through so much. I am praying that he is strong enough to survive this. My father has been through two heart attacks, a stroke and an earthquake. I hope he can pull through this."
Ailing Thomas Sr. has repeatedly expressed a desire to reconcile with his estranged daughter and see his grandkids, saying in 2018: "I'd hate to die without speaking to Meghan again."
Timing Exacerbates Backlash
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The backlash intensified when Thomas’s health crisis broke on the same day as her holiday special.
One source said about Markle: "This hospital dash has again left fans and commentators questioning her character.
"While she promotes messages of family and compassion publicly, her actions towards her own father show it could all be a sham."
Another said: "The timing of this with her recent Netflix Christmas special release, has only heightened the backlash against her.
"She plays happy families for the camera, but in reality, this is a brutal snub to her own father."
News of his health crisis broke on Wednesday, December 3 – the day his daughter's With Love, Meghan festive special show was released.
