{"id":1383962,"date":"2022-03-16T07:37:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T11:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1383962"},"modified":"2022-03-16T11:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:53:02","slug":"meghan-markle-sent-simon-rex-a-thank-you-for-refusing-70k-to-lie-about-them-sleeping-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-markle-sent-simon-rex-a-thank-you-for-refusing-70k-to-lie-about-them-sleeping-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle Sent Simon Rex A \u2018Thank You\u2019 For Refusing $70K To Lie About Them Sleeping Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeghan-markle-sent-simon-rex-a-thank-you-for-refusing-70k-to-lie-about-them-sleeping-together%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1383962&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Meghan-Markle-and-Simon-Rex.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Actor Simon Rex revealed a lot of truths during his recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2022\/mar\/11\/i-was-running-naked-with-a-fake-penis-how-simon-rex-found-redemption-playing-a-washed-up-porn-star\"><span>interview<\/span><\/a><span> with The Guardian, including discussing his regret over starting his career with pornographic films when he was 18. Royals fans, however, thought the most fascinating tidbit from the conversation had to do with Meghan Markle. Apparently, Rex was offered a ridiculous amount of money to lie about her and refused.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Back when Markle didn\u2019t know Prince Harry, she was a B-list actress just trying to make it in Hollywood. She and Rex appeared together in 2005 on the short-lived UPN sitcom \u201cCuts.\u201d Much later when the Duchess of Sussex was rich and famous, multiple UK-based tabloids apparently tried to convince the actor to lie about their relationship and say they slept together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 47-year-old former MTV VJ said he and Markle shared nothing beyond \u201cone platonic lunch,\u201d the Guardian reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rex said turning down the $70,000 to lie and make it seem like he had sex with Markle was difficult yet necessary. \u201cI was broke as f***! I really needed the money,\u201d the actor told the publication. \u201cBut I\u2019ll be on food stamps before I do that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said Markle wrote him a thank you letter, which he still has framed in his house. \u201cShe said: \u2018It\u2019s nice to know there are still good people,\u2019\u201d Rex recalled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Elsewhere in the interview, the actor talked about faking it until he made it in the extreme. Rex has been making headlines for his new movie \u201cRed Rocket\u201d about a a porn star (Rex) who returns to his hometown and begins a relationship with an adolescent girl (Suzanna Son). The critically-acclaimed film includes an excessive amount of male full frontal nudity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The role earned him Best Male Lead Actor at the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards. During his acceptance speech, Rex recalled how his career was \u201cin the toilet\u201d before being cast. The actor is best known for his work on the \u201cScary Movie\u201d franchise and for working as a model and MTV VJ back in the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rex recalled how his decades-long career didn\u2019t have a promising start. When he auditioned for the 1997 cult classic \u201cGood Will Hunting,\u201d the director told him bluntly how terrible he was.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI go in and sit down with [director Gus Van Sant] and Matt Damon,\u201d Rex said. \u201cWe\u2019re doing a reading and then Gus stops me in the middle and says: \u2018Simon, this is really bad, you\u2019re not ready.\u2019 Matt Damon is laughing and I\u2019m embarrassed. Gus says: \u2018But don\u2019t worry, you have something. Trust me. Go to acting school.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rex\u2019s interview is full of incredible stories even beyond the surprising tidbits about Markle and \u201cGood Will Hunting.\u201d The actor said some of his wildest moments happened while hanging out with Charlie Sheen during his 2011 tour, \u201cMy Violent Torpedo of Truth.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat was a weird one, man. That was a f***ing circus,\u201d Rex recalled. \u201c[Sheen] was up on stage every night talking s***. Then a pro baseball player would come on and play catch with him, then I\u2019d do a Dirt Nasty song. It was a s***show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The actor said he and Sheen were always traveling via private jets and getting VIP treatment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCharlie would tell me: \u2018Order everything on the menu. Lobster, steak, whatever. Use the spa every day, get a facial, get a massage.\u2019 I said: \u2018I don\u2019t wanna waste your money,&#8217;\u201d Rex said. \u201cHe said: \u2018Simon, I make more in one day of \u2018Two and a Half Men\u2019 reruns than you could possibly imagine. Spend all of it.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Enter for the chance to hang out with Gina Carano at the premiere of her new Daily Wire movie, Terror on the Prairie! Two lucky Daily Wire members will be given the complete red carpet treatment \u2013 free airfare, hotel, premiere car service, and exclusive merch. Daily Wire members can click<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/redcarpet\"> <i><span>here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span> to enter for a chance to win. If you\u2019re not a Daily Wire member yet, click<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> <i><span>here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span> to join us so you can win this once-in-a-lifetime experience.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Simon Rex revealed a lot of truths during his recent interview with The Guardian, including discussing his regret over starting his career with pornographic films when he was 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}