As I’ve mentioned before, one of the unanswered questions – perhaps even one of the big conspiracies – around Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is The Curious Case of Cory Vitiello. Cory Vitiello is a popular chef/restaurateur in Canada, and he and Meghan were together before she met Harry. I’ve always felt like Meghan and Harry fudged the date of their first blind date because Meghan was still technically WITH Cory. I also wonder if there’s some kind of quiet drama still between Cory and Meghan, because many people believe she left her dog Bogart with Cory, and only brought Guy (her other dog) to England. Well, I don’t usually get my best gossip from Life & Style, but they’re the only outlet following this Cory Vitiello thread, so let’s hear them out:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle first met in July 2016, but Life & Style magazine has learned that she wasn’t exactly single. An insider tells Life & Style that the Suits actress “was in a bumpy phase” with her on/off boyfriend Cory Vitiello, a Toronto-based chef, “but they weren’t fully decoupled.”
And the future royal didn’t handle their breakup with much grace: As she started secretly dating Harry, Meghan, 36, stopped returning Cory’s calls and texts, the insider exclusively tells Life & Style, until “mutual friends broke the news to Cory [that it was over].”
Meghan’s avoided contact with Cory since then. “Cory is a founding member of Toronto’s Soho House,” another source tells Life & Style. “Meghan and Harry had dinner there in a private room once, and the staff and management were on the lookout for Cory at all times.”
That makes some kind of sense, doesn’t it? She was still kind of/sort of with Cory even though they knew it wasn’t forever. And someone set her up with Harry, so she ghosted Cory. I mean, it’s rude and an immature way of handling the break up, if this is true. Do you believe it? I sort of do, just because Harry and Meghan made it seem like they were fast-tracking their romance almost as soon as they met. They became consumed with each other, and she didn’t even have the time or the wherewithal to send Cory a Dear John letter.
What else? Us Weekly has a dumb cover story this week about what Meghan is doing to lose weight ahead of the wedding. They write a million words just to come down to “she does Pilates” and “she cooks healthy food.”
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
oh, I just find Cory so delicious looking. he is all kinds of yum.
I came here to say the same. He is extremely handsome. SWOOON!!
And he’s a chef. I love me a man that can cook. I’ll take him. I call dibs, good luck everybody else!
I’ll take Cory over Harry!
Just chiming in to brag that I went to elementary and high school with Cory. He was always a nice guy, so were his brothers. His dad is one of my all time favourite teachers.
ooooh! any tea for us?
Yes!
Much like Kate, I hope Meghan doesn’t feel the need to lose weight before the wedding. Kate couldn’t stop, and for a little bit there she had the bobble head thing going on.
Something does seem slightly off about the timeline for the beginning of their relationship. There’s that confusion during the engagement interview and also when she did the interview for Vanity Fair, they had to issue a date correction for when they first met.
It doesn’t seem like a simple case of “we met in August, oops no, it was July.” During the engagement interview Meghan said 2 years and Harry said 1.5. 6 months seems like a significant gap to not recall that early on in a relationship. It could all be innocent, but I have my doubts.
ETA: Also, so many thoughts on ghosting. I’ve been the ghost-er and the ghost-ee (lol) and for me it depends on how far along you are in a dating/relationship. After one date, I don’t see the issue. But if we’ve been seeing each other, even if not exclusively, it’s definitely poor manners.
I thought they were living together. How can she ghost someone she’s living with. I see Meghan must be getting popular so PR is working full time to bring her down. LOl
Articles that came out when Harry and Meghan’s relationship was revealed eluded that Cory moved out because they were going through a rough patch but were not officially over. That seems like a plausible explanation.
Moving out is pretty official. LOL maybe he was working it out with himself and she had moved on obviously.
Also i’ve seen articles saying that he cheated on her. The timing of this article is interesting like maybe she’s getting too popular let’s tear her down.
@amy
Meghan is the one that has given the gossip rags the bait by given different versions of the relationship timeline than the one that the Palace PR want people to believe. The all the gossip rags have done is ran with it. Maybe if she got her story straight to begin with this would be have been an issue.
+1000
@whatever.
And who cares. Which Prince wouldn’t succeed if the partner is interested – What a Prince wants, a Prince gets! – cant remember who said those words…
I don’t see what’s the problem. Ok, she dated two guys for like a week? So?
People pretend to be so perfect. We all hurt someone at some point, for no reason. It’s life.
@Milla yeah, i don’t see the scandal here. it’s nothing. just some people reaching.
Yeah, neither of them should feel the need to even drop one ounce. They’re tiny tiny women!
As for the timeline: It’s the first and probably the last time I will ever comment on this since I usually stay away from Royals gossip (I really like Meghan though) but imho the reason that this looks off is that the won’t admit that they boinked from the very start. Like on the first date and it would look uncouth or whatever to admit that there wasn’t a series of cute dates before innocent white flower intercourse, but immediate hot ginger sex instead. And they only figured what it was afterwards. Anyway, that’s my theory.
@ ichsi
Even though there’s no evidence for it, I wouldn’t be surprised if this were the case (them boinking fast and frequently, before sorting out their actual feelings)…….there’s just a crazy amount of sexual chemistry between them, it’s pretty undeniable.
But having said that, I remember Piers Morgan explaining that Meghan told him she was newly single and had a guy who was persistently pursuing her, before she went on and had what seemed like her first date with Harry……So, if Piers Morgan read the timeline correctly, it would suggest that while it was close, there was no actual overlapping.
So it’s intriguing……especially since we will never really know the full truth.
The man pursuing her may have been an english soccer player (can’t remember could it be Rooney?) on Twitter. Markle asked a female journalist she met in London if she should go on a date with him. The journalist said probably not, since he is a womanizer and cheater. There was an article where the journalist recounted her encounter.
Piers Morgan is a pos. He’s not her buddy, he is sucking up to everyone and pretends to know everything. He has zero integrity. I would not take him as a source.
But srsly, i heard that Vick posh Becks will make Markle’s dress… Please let it not be the truth…
The notion of Meghan Markle and Wayne Rooney together is making me LOL. And kind of vom. But no, Piers Morgan knows nothing. He had a few twitter exchanges with Meghan. She was polite to him, but gave away nothing. Has the past year taught us nothing? This is how women are socialised to be.
@ Ellaa:
Apparently Ashley Cole was the footballer pursuing her….(shudder)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/news/5054417/megan-markle-rejected-chelsea-footballer-ashley-cole-cheryl/amp/
@ Mills:
Regarding hoping Posh doesn’t make the dress…..from your mouth to God’s ears!
@ Tina: hopefully, the fact that Wayne Rooney’s famously married would have prevented such a preposterous pairing. 🙂
@Bellagio, that’s certainly never stopped Wayne before. (Although I’m sure it would have stopped Meghan).
A lot of body shaming going on. Worry about your body.Not Kate’s or Meghan’s.
<3 Cosign!
Jamie15 you bodyshame Meghan on DM all the time🤔
@Hh, In the VF interview Meghan also said they had been dating quietly for about six months before the relationship became public knowledge. 6 months would have been May 2016, not July. How is it possible for an intelligent women to mess up talking about the timeline of her relationship on two separate occasions?. Seems shady to me.
I get why the overlap in relationships is something that she wants to gloss over. But girl, you gotta stick with your lie and do it right. Ha!
She sucks at math & I find it funny the July thing isn’t the truth but the 6 months thing is what y’all stick to. It was obvious in her no defuncted instagram she was single. Hell Cory said he was single for a few weeks in May.
I’m not sure why people are so anxious about the timeline. So what if she met Harry towards the end of her relationship with Cory? They were clearly having problems (apparently, him cheating and moving out, etc). They also weren’t married, which would have been a while different kettle of fish.
If she was ready to settle down again or have kids and he wasn’t, (for example), i don’t blame her for not waiting around. In fact, I give her a complete pass on ruthlessly moving on, considering she’s at the peak of her childbearing years. (Ain’t nobody got time for that!)
I would like to point out that if there WAS overlap, Harry would be the “home-wrecker” in that scenario, and I’m not seeing anybody complaining about that. If he had been a woman, the cries would be deafening.
Men get away with this sort of sh*t, ALL-THE-BLOODY-TIME!
@Bellagio DuPont
+1
Very shady. If they’ve got nothing to hide then why fudge the timeline.
@Bellagio DuPont
+2
Yes, Harry is let off the hook because some believe he’s too stupid and naive to know when he’s been hoodwinked and bewitched, literally. It’s like they’ve credited Meghan with having all the power, and deemed her smarter and much more clever than the entire BRF.
Quelle surprise.
Is there anything about any male celeb’s partner you don’t find “shady.”
@ Maria:
I know it’s kind of convenient to forget that **they don’t actually owe you that detail**.
What else do you feel entitled to know? The first time they kissed? The size of their bed? The size of………😬😬
@Olenna:
I know what you mean, it’s completely absurd.
Women marrying into royal families have a lot of pressure on them to look a certain way. Look at Crown Princess Mary, she is virtually unrecognizable from before she married Crown Prince Frederik
I think her relationship with Cory was very on/off. In Toronto gossip circles she was known to have hooked up with a NHL players, like Michael Del Zotto and that was only about 3 years ago. I can’t believe her and Harry got together in 2016, it feels like it hasnt been that long since we first heard they were together.
I had heard that her and Cory were “on” during spring 2016 so it definitely seems like there was some overlap, but who cares lol there were rumours of him cheating
@ Anna
Don’t forget both parties (Meghan and Michael del zotto) vehemently denied having had any kind of relationship/hook up.
Meghan’s rep even went as far as saying she had never been alone with Michael Del Zotto, which is a pretty specific denial. I don’t think they dated.
Yeah, no. If this had a modicum of truth, and she was ghosting him, why would she take Harry to SoHo where she knows it’d all get back to him? To rub his face it it for her? From experience, sometimes, you can tell someone it’s over, and they don’t accept it; you have to just firmly cut the cord, or they will keep coming at you over and over.
They were 100% together in may of 2016 and had been dating for at least 2 years.
^ This
86.5% a complete lie.
Sorry, what’s a complete lie?
Just to chime in, Cory knew it was over by May 2016. Gossip in Toronto is Cory cheated on Meghan more than once in the 2years they dated and each time he came crying and begging for forgiveness promising it would never happen again and she would take him back only for him to cheat again. In the 2years they dated Meghan broke it off more than once till April 2016 when she would not take his BS no more and Cory moved out at that time. Cory changed and updated his profile on social media from in a relationship back to single in May 2016. So Cory is no innocent guy that got cheated on, he WAS the cheater. But because women always take the harshest judgment from the general public while men are left to go scot free, now Meghan is the villain while the real cheater sits pretty and smiles while Meghan is tarred and feathered for something Cory did.
All the evidence (her blog posts from the time, interviews with her that pre-date even the earliest possible first meeting with Harry, public statements by her ex) indicates that they broke up around or before May 2016 and that the relationship was really rocky for months before that.
There’s literally not a single shred of evidence that Meghan was in a relationship and two-timing when she started dating Harry (and the Tumblr skeptics’ theory doesn’t explain why the man they claim she cheated on is insisting they’d already broken up by then). So anyone saying “she 1000000% cheated!!!111!!111!!” is not basing that on fact – notice how none of the posters claiming she cheated have even attempted to back up their allegation with any details or evidence?
None of us know them, none of us know what happened. We can make logical conclusions from the evidence. The stans screaming liar and cheat and shady, claiming to know with “100%” certainty every intimate detail of her life, have no credibility.
Well narcissists and sociopaths actually do-do that very openly . Just to play devils advocate. A clinical narcissist will cold drop a partner and go out with someone new the next day in public and to the same places etc. It’s very common , narcissists are opportunists (I’m not accusing anyone of bring one I’m just shining a light on the fact that it’s a plausible behavior of someone with a degree of mental illness such as narcissism or sociopathy )
“I’m not accusing anyone of bring [being] one I’m just shining a light”, LOL!
@Olenna: that line got me too! Hilarious.
What do you call someone who clings to a partner for close to a decade despite being treated like dirt and cheated on? Just wondering since you seem to have a mental illness designation for most other forms of relarionships?
The comment I was replying to said “why would she bring him to the same location” and I answered lol if a person had sociopathic tendencies they would do that and much more , so not sure what you guys are getting at 😉 read the whole thread before coming to conclusions .
@NIC when a person clings to a bad relationship despite bring abused/maltreated they’re likely a codependent . Often when children t a young age go through severe emotional trauma or perceived trauma , if I child has sufficient coping mechanisms they will become a codependent (often codependents will seek out mirrors of their original abuser in later life relationships and stay with them despite of the abuse believing they can heal them or they simply don’t deserve better) , if they don’t have a sufficiently strong coping mechanism as a child they will develop a false self and develop what we call a narcissistic personality disorder or a dark triad disorder (sociopathy/psychopathy/narcissism) .
@Lorelai, I had to laugh ’cause it reminded me of Benita from In Living Color when she says, “I ain’t one to gossip, so you ain’t heard that from me”. Plus, it was like things went from zero to 60, and I’m wondering if Harry is safe at home! LOL!
I appreciate your comment and follow ups. You are right @rva-healthy behaviors are not always exhibited by everyone. =@lorelai and @Olenna I get what you are saying and it made me laugh. To paraphrase Boy-you in danger!!!
NIC919: What do you call someone who clings to a partner for close to a decade despite being treated like dirt and cheated on?
A: FLOTUS
I’ll see myself out.
Lol hi Cumberbatch Tumblr skeptics.
Is Meghan a Mafia boss yet, or have you not got to that point yet?
@ RVA:
Voodoo psychology.
Yeah, I’ve ghosted (when I was younger and didn’t know how to say what needed to be said). Not proud of it. It’s a hurtful way to go. Been ghosted too, so there you go….
Truth! 🙂
Um, lose weight? From where?
Hopefully not her legs. She’s got the most delicate ankles I’ve ever seen. And I’m including babies. 😛
And I’m including babies. Lol.
I know. She looks great now. Why do these royal families insist on starving the women joining their families? The only one to escape that was Fergie.
Appearances. ¯\ _(ツ)_/¯
It does seem to be the entire game, there.
The media plays a role too. Princess Catharina-Amalia in the Netherlands has been shamed for her weight by the press. She is only a teenager but the press has no shame.
US Weekly doesn’t have any connections since they were purchased by the Enquirer. The people with the contacts to Meghan have left so this is just a made up story.
It sounds an awful lot like they were off but he figured that they might end up being on again.
I think this probably the right/more realistic option (that few people want to hear). If he had moved out and they had taken a break* she might have saw it as broken up and he might have thought of it as a breather. Poor communication all around (and a reason many relationships end).
*I’m also someone who loathed Friends but thought Ross was right. A break means not together anymore.
I’m glad you brought up Friends. I was thinking I couldn’t possibly be the only one with “WE WERE ON A BREAK!” going through my head. LOL
I mean, she went to England. She got OUT.
Also, people feel incredibly strongly about this.
Lol if you decide on a break with someone and a few HOURS later bang a stranger, it doesn’t make you the good guy because of the technicality
I never understood why no one talked about THAT.
That’s what it sounds like to me, Bridget.
Geeezz…hasn’t anyone on here broken up but gone back for late night hookups periodically? Drunk neediness, loneliness, not sure if it’s gonna stick, remembering only the good times til you’re together and then you’re reminded of why you broke up the following morning?
Perhaps I should change my name to Slutty Ex Girlfriend and see myself out, lol.
Adele, you are definitely not alone! I just don’t think most people would consider that “back together”, though. As you said, it’s a hookup.
I agree with Tiffany – you definitely know that you’re not back together.
Wait, but isn’t her BF Markus also a major Soho House player…This is the gossip angle that is soo interesting to me.
Like will Soho House side with Meghan now that she is a princess and reduce Corey’s access?
And it really does seem they are moving fast…I hope Harry is ready and not feeling the pressure to wed…
Yeah I think the Soho House angle is interesting too. Until I read this I hadn’t realized that Cory was part of that scene.
Soho House is Membership only. If she was comfortable enough to bring Harry, I don’t think that Cory was making them choose.
I believe she ghosted him. She seems like the kind of person who needs to be liked and hates any kind of open conflict or confrontation. Meghan would most definitely just dissolve into a thin air than tell the guy it’s over.
BTW, when I first started dating in America I thought ghosting was an incredibly rude way of ending relationship. The first time it happened to me I was like “wtf.” Well, I quickly learned that a LOT of people do it that way in America. I feel like it’s almost an acceptable practice.
Sadly, ghosting is all too common here. It’s happened to me more than once, and yes it is incredibly rude🙄
I agree with Becks if the relationship is past the first or second date. Man or woman up and give your soon to be ex some respect. I have had a couple of boyfriends who manned up and spoke to me in person. I still respect them for it even though it hurt at the time to hear good bye.
It’s not.
I continue to think that it is not however the reality is – it is an acceptable practice. Read the comments below. People think that it’s an okay and “everyone does it” kind of thing.
I don’t think it is an acceptable practice, just a common one. The only time it is seen as acceptable is if the person being ghosted did something horrible.
There is a fine line between politely telling someone you don’t want to be together and going into great detail about why. I’ve been accused of ghosting when I was just not willing to be sucked into the repetitive and hurtful dialogue of the reasons I do not want to continue dating someone. At some point we do not owe them any therapy for their issues. I know that sounds cold, but as a poster said above “ain’t got time for that!”
I’ve seen videos on YouTube of crazy ex girlfriends beating up their ex boyfriends and when he pushes her away she screams that he hit her. That would be the only situation where it is acceptable to ghost. I would change my address, phone number and job in that case. Those cases are incredibly tiny percentage of relationships in the USA. For the other 99% of the time, buck up and do the right thing. Say good bye to the person instead of blocking them on your social media, phone and email and disappearing. As the old saying goes “what is common place isn’t always right.”
This story sounds interesting except for the fact that Loud Mouth Piers Morgan was talking with Meghan about her being single before she went on a date with Harry. Just saying
But none of us know as a fact when they started dating. If they were keeping it a secret of course she’s going to say she’s single.
But his interview with her was from the beginning of June and she said she was single. And everything points to her dating Harry starting in June/July.
KP and Meghan’s PR people have leaked like the Titanic to muddy the waters which makes me lean toward the truth not making Meghan look good. So my money is on an overlap of the relationship with the chef and Harry. The same with who introduced Harry and Meghan. At first it was the sleaze ball from the SOHO House who went to the Invictus Games with Meghan and when that wasn’t roses and rainbows for Meghan’s image the story changed to an old aristocratic friend of Harry which seems like KP and Meghan’s people trying to give the establishment’s blessing on their relationship.
This is true and a well known fact in Toronto. Cory is a smoke show too
What makes him a smoke show?
(I’ve only read some rumours on here but obviously don’t know how credible they are.)
Google him he is hot but also he can cook, which is always sexy 🙂
Errrr…….at the risk of sounding thick……what’s a smoke show? Is that like ghosting?
Sorry I got confused for a second and thought it meant something else (something negative as in smoke and mirrors).
@bellagio and Lorelai
It means he’s pretty smoking hot I think.
Sorry, my old school term for hot lol
It’s also a know fact that cory cheated on her while he was on a trip to Florida. So if she did ghost him she had reason.
Amy dropping gossip bombs, i had no idea. It just got more interesting
Ooh, that’s some good tea.
Well there you go. He deserved it then.
she’s in her mid 30’s, has been dating a hot chef for 2 yrs, he’s fooling around and he hasn’t proposed. Meanwhile a hot ginger prince that wants to marry you and have babies is bombarding you with text messages and wants to take you to Botswana for a week. This is a no brainer.
A fact? Only rumours.
@merrit
There you go. Case closed.
@merrit lol true if true. Also I take any and all breakup stories with a grain of salt – you kinda never really 100% know what happened, even if it’s YOUR breakup lol
Where did you hear that the chef cheated on Meghan? Citations please so we can read them.
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I feel stupid having to ask this, but what is a smoke show?
Sorry my stupid term for hot
Much like Kate, Megs’ history and accomplishments are being embellished and re-written. This makes me believe the two of them DO get along with each other perfectly. Both women had the same goal: Land the Prince!
If meghan’s goal was to land the prince as you claim, she would not be discussing Trump on TV shows in 2016. She also was auditioning and trying to book shows.
Meghan got married to someone else first and held jobs until two months ago. That’s a pretty backwards way of trying to land a Prince.
They may be stretching the charitable connections, but even there, she had actually spoken at the UN well before Harry even met her.
The palace always whitewashes at first. They did it with Diana and Fergie and look at how the palace’s tunes changed when it was time to go to war with the two women. I’m sure the palace is keeping some information to themselves in case the need arises given how past behavior is an indication of future behavior.
Lol!
Ghosting is mean but if you fall in love you fall in love. Sometimes there is no good/perfect way to end things.
How about meeting the person and telling them that it’s over? Ghosting is for High School, not mature people.
That’s assuming that she actually “ghosted” him. None of us really know what happened, and this “news” is coming to us via a celeb gossip magazine.
That would be the mature way I suppose, to meet up and end things, but I guess the circumstances of the relationship they have would also have to factor in, which we (the public) don’t know.
Also can I just say that men do this to women all the time and women are usually expected to just move on without complaining.
I think she was still with Cory in May. They said they met in July. So the thing with Cory may have been over by then. Cory has refused to comment. But really who
Knows?
It’s not a great look. I’m not mad at her for it (it doesn’t really bother me) and I still like her.
That being said, I’d hate to be Cory Vitello and your ex runs off with a prince, though. It’d bruise my ego, so let’s hope Cory has rock solid self esteem.
he is a stone cold fox and a super popular chef, and was on Food Network in Canada..im sure he is fine
Being with a prince is not everything it’s cracked up to be IMO. Her life from this point forward will stop being hers. She won’t be able to decide anything on her own. Down to the nail polish. Sure, she will live a comfortable life and won’t have to work again, but she will be pretty bored too, with limited things to do, always worrying about wearing the right thing, her weight, being perfect next to Kate, and pleasing the Queen, the public, and the ruthless British press. She’s living in some place new with no friends and with 90% of the people thinking she’s not good enough for Harry. The comments so far have been cruel and mocking. I don’t think she realizes what she’s getting into.
Idk, I think it seems like a lonely, weird life and if she’s fine ghosting a man she lived with and shared pets with just to run off with a Prince, it says a lot about her. If I were her ex I’d move on knowing that at least I still have my job, my friends, my freedom, my dogs, my career and full agency of my life. I wouldn’t sweat it. Everything looks like roses and honey from the outside but the British royal life is far from a happily ever after. One mistake and the press won’t let her forget. And she’s going to have to be a baby machine fast too, since her age is already controversial at only 36.
@Annie yep! I also was appalled to see how racist British people are after reading what they are saying about her. I really thought they are more advanced in the UK than all those weirdos out here who genuinely believe a skin color (!!) defines a person and tells you everything you need to know about them.
Yes, I agree Annie. Most look at it like Harry made a poor choice in choosing a mate but I think she is the one that made the crap choice. Meghan should of stuck with the chef or anyone but Harry.
Rhys: the British press and the commentators of the Daily Mail do not contitute all British people. You can not say that all British people are racist!
@Annie I agree with everything you’ve said, but I think that lifestyle will actually suit Meghan quite well. The stuff I had read on her website made it seem like she really likes the kind of pomp and circumstance that comes with royalty. She seems the type that would prefer dressing up for afternoon tea and pleasant conversation to pizza in pajamas. That kind of life would be really stressful for a lot of (most?) people, but she seems to enjoy those types of things.
What Alyse said.
She had the opportunity to date a prince and she took it. Like I said before on articles on this couple, doubt it was a fairytale romance to begin with and more clear planning and not so civil maneuvers (ghosting a current 2yr bf). She knew what she wanted and was going to get it one way or another. Doesn’t make me hate her but I never bought the Prince fell hard for the commoner actress with the heart of gold/kismet bull crap. Hope the chef finds some very hot love…
Some say the ex cheated on her. If so, she was probably emotionally detached from him months before she met Harry. And, Harry is responsible for his own feelings; she didn’t make him fall for her.
It may be that they were on a break or something and she met Harry and decided it is a break up not just a break anymore.
That’s possible, too, magnoliarose. They were legally shacked up, not married, so one or both may have decided it just wasn’t worth the effort anymore.
@Magnolia & Olenna
Let’s not forget, she had probably reached that “I’m in my 30’s, we’ve been living together for 2 years, what’s happening” stage of their relationship.
People tend to make ruthless choices when in that state of mind.
Bottom line: no one really knows what happened with the relationship except the two people involved. Speculating about whether the relationship was on the rocks anyway and he didn’t want to get married and she did are all irrelevant. And maybe it wouldn’t be a topic of discussion except their uncertainty over the timeline. Somewhere the truth lies but we will never know it.
JA: ITA including your last words. But then, what did Harry fall for? Someone suitable for and willing to do *the job*?
Eh, not going to judge. They were in a “bumpy phase” of an on/off relationship and I have next to no information about Cory or Megan’s temperament. Sometimes, one needs to make a clean break instead a tortured/tense fight over the end of a relationship. Being on/off, they probably know what to expect when breaking up with the other. There’s no reason to put yourself through that again if you don’t believe it to be pleasant.
I believe. And I get it. When you find the one, to hell with everybody else. When I met my now husband, he had a girlfriend. He broke up with her right away.
I’m wary of guys who do that. I’d be fully expecting him to do the same to me. He dropped his gfriend easily, can drop his wife just as easy.
jesus, that’s a shitty thing to say to someone. what is wrong with you?
@Jeanne
The saying goes “You lose them how you got them”, Rhys is taking it to an extreme (the commitment to a GF is much different from the one to a wife), but if they were a long term thing, it’s not wrong to be wary that he can just as easily sever the relationship, in a similar manner, if he “falls in love” with someone else.
I completely agree. And this ‘the one’ concept is very Disney. There is no such thing . The truth is people move on , whether they break up or someone dies or whatever happens , people move on and love other people it’s just a fact of life and in our human nature to do so. We are not monogamous creatures, this coming from a devout believer in monogamy.
No, sorry. Corey said in June that he has been single for a few weeks. This was reported by a Tornoto celeb column. The same guy who has spoken out against Meghan btw and is a friend of Corey. Meghan also told Piers Morgan that she had been single at the end of June before she met Harry. Sadly her instagram is now deleted but it was pretty clear that she was going through a break-up in May. Life and Style is a rag, please don’t use them for information.
Thank you +1
@Beta. Save that gossip column! Its a historical document and belongs in the National archive!
(I’m only *kind* of kidding. Meghan will be a part of British history when she marries into its ruling family.)
Lord they broke up in May by Cory’s own admission & Meghan & Harry said they were set up in July. And it’s life & style, they even had a story claiming Meghan was pregnant.
Yeah why do people keep ignoring this fact…? This was reported ages ago.
Probably because Harry & Megan don’t even seem to agree on the timeline. I don’t care either way, but the fact that they don’t have their story worked out together is what is weird to me. I just hope they are happy together in the end, and bring on a Royal Wedding!
meh, i’ve been on both sides of ghosting, and i think it’s just how things can go these days. especially if you were in a very tumultuous relationship, i can see feeling like trying to cut things off [after apparently having them cut off multiple times in the past without success] via ghosting makes sense. obviously the other break ups did not stick, vanishing has a better chance of it.
and maybe that was more rude a decade ago, but these years it seems more acceptable. imo obviously.
Well, we’ve probably all behaved less than perfectly at the end of a relationship at some point. Lucky for most of us the tabloids don’t care what we do!
This is ridiculous! Cory is one of Toronto’s biggest players. His normal dating pattern is usually 1 year, so Meghan lasted longer than most. He’s a notorious cheater, who broke HER heart, so good on her for finding someone who loves her. Their relationship ended in May and she met Harry in July, so this is a malicious smear.
She dated a notorious cheater and he broke her heart? I somehow doubt she is that stupid. Her life is a very clear indication the woman is going for what she wants.
I just read a short piece in Town & Country about Hollywood allegedly being jealous as in “why her and not me?” Someone from the industry interviewed said she remembers Meghan “trying to her into Golden Globes party”. She has always been a hustler (which I like about people). I wouldn’t be surprised if Meghan dated this hot chef with her career in mind. Just look at who her friends are – all the important connections.
So yeah, she had her heart broken? Nah.
No matter what you think about Meghan, no one is above being cheated on. Meghan had to hustle in Hollywood, just like everyone else. Why is it called “social climbing” when she does it, but for everyone else, it’s called “networking”?
Cory has dated an older (sugar mama) Austrian/Canadian politician/socialite, (who got him great connections in high places), an influential tv entertainment host (who got him connections in the burgeoning Toronto tv/movie scene), etc., so he’s not some angelic creature either. He moved into Meghan’s home, so I’m pretty sure that when he moved out in May, she figured it was over.
So he dated Belinda Stronach? Interesting. Who was the entertainment personality?
You know, Rhys,
I think wanting to be a working actor/actress, networking to get into the Golden Globes, (an industry event for actors) and getting your heart broken by someone (you thought were exclusively involved with), is not mutually exclusive!
I’m less interested in knowing if he was ghosted, than knowing if he was paid a ‘princely sum’ because he has been shockingly silent on all matters and I’m guessing this is not merely down to gentlemanly behaviour.
I think he got her dog. Maximum pain inflicted. IMO
That whole SoHo crowd – Markus, Cory, Meghan, Violet, Priyanka, Mulroneys etc – are all working to get themselves to the next level of whatever they’re after eg fame, money, position. No-one is an innocent and fragile flower from that set. I’d guess Cory has been paid to keep his mouth shut. I’d guess that Meghan and Cory’s relationship had not been tidied away before Meghan took up with Harry. I’d guess that Harry followed his usual practice of bombarding Meghan with texts till he got what he wanted. I’d guess they shagged asap for their own reasons, only it’s not politic to discuss. I’d guess the whole cast of characters primp and preen all over the place, if their Instagram accounts are anything to go by, full of artifice and ‘look at me’.
Who cares. Let’s get to the wedding…
100%
yep lets get to it lol
Yes.
I do believe it but whatever…she is happy and Harry is happy. The show must go on! We all have done horrible things to exes so nobody walks around innocent.
The scenario that came to my mind is that mid -30s Meghan was ready for marriage while mid-30s Cory Vitiello was not. His fame/celebrity status was juuuust starting to expand while they were together. A guy like that is gonna wait to see where it goes and marry in his early forties. Harry was game to fast track and get a move on for Meghan’s tick tock. In other words Harry and Meghan were in the same place, Cory and Meghan not. I doubt Meghan felt comfortable announcing to Cory who she was dating, thus the ghosting. Still, if true, ghosting doesn’t fit with how Meghan is so “kind.” Nothing less kind than ghosting someone. Anyway, I seriously doubt Cory minds. His name recognition keeps increasing thanks to this, he’s hot, and a guy on the way up.
Cory isn’t complaining. I’m sure he’s happy for her that she moved on and found what she wanted. He’s got a good career and a name-check out of it, so.
Maybe he is a gentleman.
eh i’m going to give this a pass. i had a situation a few years back where my ex was telling people in our friend group that i “ghosted” him but really, i just stop obliging his requests to talk about it and reconsider it. in a sense, i guess i did ghost him, but when you tell someone it’s over and they won’t take that as an end, what do you do?
Not that it matters at this point, but I clearly remember that when news of the relationship first broke, May was given — from many outlets — as the month they met. Which lines up with Harry’s letter being sent out six months after they’d been together.
In any case, I’m just excited for the wedding!
No the tabloids were not accurate, that’s why their stories changed afterwards and they settled on July. In May prince Harry was in Toronto for a night to promote Invictus 2017, then he was off to Orlando for Invictus 2016 and from Orlando he flew right back home. Meanwhile in May, at the time prince Harry was in Toronto, Meghan was visiting her father and was in Mexico at that time, she updated her fans on the Tig. The tabloids claimed that they met in May when prince Harry came to promote Invictus becauae they thought since Meghan lived in Toronto that’s how they must have met; once they figured the facts did not add up, they changed to met in June or July.
i will ditch my husband for Harry héhéhé lol
Harry comes with the DM all in your business are you sure?
I don’t get why people care. Her ex isn’t running around crying foul about her cheating on him, so…
The ex had already cheated on her when he was in Florida
Why, I mean WHY would she need to lose weight before the wedding? This is so stupid. I can’t.
She’s finally wearing a cute coat and it looks great on her!
Man, oh man, the knives are out for Meghan! (The gossip rags, not the commenters here.)
I guess she needs to buckle up. This won’t end soon.
Which knives?? The majority of the comments here are defending Ms. Markle and her “relationship timeline”. Oh I see……it’s not 100% percent support, that would have been better.
There’s a big difference between not being “supportive” and the kind of Tumblr stan nonsense going on here. We’ve been through all the “shady, narcissist, liar, fake CV, prostitute” stuff literally word for word with Sophie Cumberbatch (and at least half a dozen other women), it’s tedious and misogynistic to pander to obsessed stalkers who launch hate campaigns against every single woman who dates one of their crushes.
@ Keepitreal, your comment sounds defensive. Anastasia wasn’t talking about the commenters here; she was talking about the gossip rags.
Rachel, it does appear that many of the DM and tumblr folks have made their way here. The absolutely ridiculous ones who think she is a prostitute, was a paid hook-up for Harry who threatened him with a sexual assault charge to get her to marry her, etc.
My hope is CB starts recognizing them and blocking their accounts. I’d hate to lose this relatively sane royal discussion site, when so many have gone off the rails due to unhinged commenters or have up and quit (KMR, Lola, etc.)
Who cares? They weren’t married and no one knows for sure. HE isn’t griping about it. Made up pearl clutching.
+1 Pandy
Now let’s get on with the wedding!
Thank you so much for covering this story. I’ve been saying it on here for weeks and get chewed out virtually every time. Some people make excuses for the ghosting, but I think it’s pretty bad considering they dated for two years and had a dog together. Ghosting is bad enough when you’re just dating. It’s cruel if you’re in a serious relationship, especially combined with cheating. Rant over. I’m still really excited for the wedding.
Hmmm….. So you would rather buy a line from Life and Style (which like DM is known for dodgy stories) over the word from Mr. Plaayer Chef himself ? In his own words he was single in June of 2016 (see up thread)
It’s strange the gossip people choose to believe or ignore. With all the cheap shots and nasty gossip being made of her character and intentions, it’s a blessing Plaayer Chef and Meghan only “had a dog together” and not a child.
This was also in the latimes.
It was also in the National Post a reputable Canadian paper.
The LA times entertainment section reported the same thing other news outlets were reporting. There were no details about dates and the chef refused to comment. Personally, I’d believe what the National Post reported as about as much as I’d believe the DM Online.
A boyfriend did that to me and three months later became engaged. It took me three years to get over it.
what a jerk.
here’s my deal – yeah sure you have every right to get out of a relationship and never talk to someone ever again- if there are no kids involved, go do whatever you want….. But it DOESN’T mean you aren’t a full on JERK of a person. I love karma coming to bite those types of people in the butt. People like that treat people like they are dispensable, like garbage you just throw it and it’s a sign of poor character in my opinion or…they just weren’t into you….. Because they are only in love with themselves! people like that are sociopaths!
Meghan kinda sounds like a jerk!
I am so sorry. Hugs.
Thanks Houston Girl.
I was ghosted after 7 years and two babies. That was 17 years ago and man to this day he is still a ghost . Not one sighting ever .
For what it’s worth… on Nov 27 the engagement was announced, and the interview with the claim of getting engaged while making roast chicken. On Nov 28, Cory, ex BF and owner of a string of roast chicken restaurants, posts a photo of roast chicken with the comment “Never gets old.”
Hahaha! Brilliant!
Lol I think the roast chicken thing is kind of funny. I don’t know much about Cory but I had read that roast chicken was his specialty dish. She has claimed it as her signature dish and says she makes an Ina Garten recipe, but I think she probably learned how to do it/perfected it with Cory.
That is really funny!
who cares?
they weren’t married and they didn’t have kids. no one leaves unless they got somewhere to go.
And if he moved out (thats a break up) but they were still doing the nasty together- thats a gray area that meant she could see other people—which she did?
that being said – she sounds like a jerk. maybe she didn’t actually love anyone of these men before Harry but I personally side eye jerks that behave like this towards people they are in intimate relationships with…How you exit a relationship (whether romantic or work etc) is a HUGE sign of your personal character. She treated the Chef and her first husband all like they were very dispensable based what we have heard about her habit of sudden break-ups/ghosting of previous relationship. How can you treat people so poorly that you supposedly “loved”? These are Huge red flags to me of someone with sociopathic, narcissistic tendencies.
Tell us more.
Tell us more.
By the way Harry and Meghan are attending a charity event right now, pictures are out there.
+ 1000
Uh…yeah! when you are “dating” and you meet a prince, you focus on that.
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it, Cory.
Except there was an article in May stating she’s just broken up with him, and a blog post in Feb implying problems.
Too much logic, Rachel. The people who do not want to acknowledge the timeline as it was shown at the time – they’ll never believe it after the fact.
I dated a guy once for a year. I was 30 he was 40. He played a lot of stupid mental games with me. I had a lot of pressure to behave because “I had to lock this one down it is time for you Egla”. One thing that he liked to do was NOT answering my texts and phone calls for 2-3 days and then acting all surprised and pretending he hadn’t recived either. I had warned him several times but stayed with him until one fatefull day. I told him I was leaving work early and that I would be aviable to meet him at a certian time. He was calling me all the time until the moment to meet arrived. I started calling him texting-no answer. All in the spawn of 2 hours. Our city is a small one with a straight boulevard. I was walking and looking at my phone. I raise my head and he was there just standing and chilling with a friend with his f…g phone in his hand. It was the time of messages reports. You couldn’t escape a delivered message report. I walked past him sent him a single FU text and never looked back. Best decision ever. Never felt guilty or sorry. It was a relief in fact. He continued to write to me on my FB page for years. Never answered. We were suposed to get engaged at some point and then he started playing with me?!??? Honestly cheating would have made more sense.
As to Meghan here. I like to belive she was fed up with the chief and Harry came in the right time and made her happy again. Often there are not clear break ups. Shit happens.
I honestly don’t care about this one way or another, or even have an opinion on it. It’s her own private business. And it’s certainly not my business. I don’t really see why anyone would care about this at all.
As far as her losing weight–that’s a weird story. She tiny already and very fit and active.
This wouldn’t surprise me a ton. The Hollywood gossip is that her first marriage came to an end in a similar way. They were living apart and she started hanging out with a more glamorous crowd in Toronto and started calling her husband less and less. Then stopped visiting. And then she basically told him it was over in a phone call and that was it. He was apparently blindsided by the whole thing.
Her ex husband was fired for repeatedly misusing company letterhead for his own purposes. And he’s now trying to profit from his connection with Meghan by shopping around a project. Her exhusband has no credibility.
@Natalie, that “Trevor Engelson was fired” rumor was just that. A rumor. It isn’t true. There’s nothing about it in the media. And trust me, the media would definitely report on it if it was true. That’s a juicy story and would help Meghan. And if it was true, he wouldn’t be working in Hollywood now. He’s the producer of Snowfall.
This is some good tea @natalie
Oh…and he’s the Executive Producer of the Heather’s remake. So excited about that one!!
He certainly has no class, given the theme of the tv show he’s shopping around.
Ohowie, same thing. The TI fired story being a rumor is just like a what you reporting about Meghan and her break ups, it’s all rumor. Do you have any verifiable facts?
How do we know what Markle and the chef might have said or not said to each other during an on/off relationship. Pure speculation. They were not married so either of them were entitled to see who they wanted. I would not hold it against her if she started dating Harry and never looked back. Having said that, isn’t it kind of douchey to take your new BF to eat at the restaurant your old BF owns? What’s up with that?
It’s sad that I saw this post late cause now my comment won’t be seen but like the chef boyfriend did an interview with his friend Giovanni or whatever in June and said he was single so …I don’t know what there is still to speculate on.
Even if they heard the words from the Chef’s mouth, they would still believe what they want.
These same people that hated Chelsy, are now claiming she is the best thing since slice bread.
If Meghan was married six time before, and Harry wanted to marry her, what can they do but bitch and moan, almost four months of more pearl clutching, it’s going to get harder on then.
Don’t know why people are so concerned about someone elses’ relationship timeline. Their success as a couple depends on their ability to work through their shit together. Lust only greases the relationship for so long. Time will out any bad intent. I don’t care what color, race or how many marriages. Also people are quick to jump at others because they express an opinion about Megan. Good or bad the celebs and RBF hire PR agents to show you a more favorable image. Not everyone is requires to drink the coolaid and people are entitled to an opinion whether – or +.
Never ghosted but have been ghosted over 10 years ago. Its perplexing and rude after months of dating. I continued to call back till they picked up , so they could tell me face to face. Not acceptable , just pure laziness and inability to man up in difficult situations. This behavior spells bad outcomes for close relationships especially marriage when you need to talk things out in order to improve. I have heard from friends who think their pattern will change immediately they meet the love of their life..ahahahhah
Yes narcissists do drop people cold and you can end up with PTSD. They are notorious for keeping those long back and forth relationships, to keep the victims hanging on. If you value your emotional health, you stay away from them.
There are a lot of things that happen in modern relationship that should not, but are now considered normal.
Stans are desperate to prove that Meghan/Sophie/Amelia/Elizabeth Chambers/twigs/Eleanor/Briana/etc etc etc etc are evil and their relationships all fake or doomed so they can keep their fantasies alive and still feel their Internet boyfriends are theirs.