It’s official – Meghan’s former BFF Jessica Mulroney has made her return to social media.
The Canadian stylist was deemed persona non grata after she was publicly called out over a racial dispute with a fellow influencer. The incident led to Meghan cutting all ties with her.
But the 40-year-old – who's married to Ben Mulroney (44), the son of Canada’s former president, Brian Mulroney – came out of hiding to wish her twin sons, Brian and John, a happy 10th birthday recently.
She accompanied her post with a video of the family, which includes daughter Isabel (7), celebrating.
Jessica then went on to address the scandal, writing, “My incredible family have had to witness their mom in the worst state. These two boys have not left my side and gave me the will to live and work hard when everything fell apart. They deserve the best birthday. Only up from here.”
In June, Sasha Exeter, a Canadian lifestyle blogger, shared her negative experiences with Jessica, saying she exhibited “very problematic behaviour and antics” after she posted a call to action for support of Black Lives Matter.
She says Jessica “took offence” at her post, believing it was aimed at her, even though she didn’t mention any names in it.
Over the course of the next week she says Jessica sent her “a trail of offensive messages” in which she tried to explain why she hadn’t posted about BLM including that she was too busy doing promo for her TV show.
Things worsened when Jessica threatened her, saying she’d spoken with companies and sponsors that work with Sasha.
Sasha called Jessica’s behaviour both “a threat to her livelihood” and an “attempt to silence a black woman during this movement behind closed doors”.She accused Jessica of her using her “textbook white privilege” to silence her.
“During the span of about a week or so, Jessica basically ticked every single box of what a white woman should absolutely not do during the biggest racial uproar in history,” she continued.
Sasha also shared a screenshot of a private message Jessica had sent her in which included an apparent threat to sue for libel.
Jessica went on to post a statement on Instagram issuing an apology and announcing her break from social media.
“As some of you may have seen, @SashaExeter and I had a disagreement,” her statement began. “She rightfully called me out for not doing enough when it came to engaging in the important and difficult conversation around race and injustice in our society. I took it personally and that was wrong. I know I need to do better. Those of us with a platform must use it to speak out.
“I want to say from my heart that every word of my apologies to Sasha over the course of the last two weeks privately, and again both privately and publicly today is true. I did not intend in any way to jeopardize her livelihood. We had a disagreement and it got out of hand. For that I am sorry.”
In the ensuing backlash, her show I Do Redo was pulled from Canadian TV and she stepped away from her role as a fashion contributor on Good Morning Africa so she could “reflect, learn and focus on my family”.
But now it seems she’s testing the waters to see if she can make a comeback.
Sources: people.com, Instagram, thecut.com
