Hollywood super-agent and power broker Ari Emanuel has revealed the Duchess of Sussex is 'getting booked' by his agency for 'reality stuff and TV stuff'.
Meghan Markle signed with his William Morris Endeavor (WME) Group in April 2023, in a deal aimed at promoting content production and brand partnerships.
But Mr Emanuel confirmed that he is no longer personally representing her after they parted ways last year - although she is still working with other WME agents.
He was quizzed by US broadcaster Megyn Kelly over why he said in an interview last month that it was a 'great thing' that 'I don't have to think about that anymore'.
Mr Emanuel replied: 'Listen, I got a busy life. She is finding her voice, I am happy for her. The great thing I hope as a parent of starting William Morris Endeavor is there's people here that they can handle stuff and handle clients.
'And for me, I just had a lot on my plate with I've started a new company, I run TKO, I have clients. And it was it was better to let them deal with her and execute against her needs and her desires. And I'm happy that everybody's doing it for me.
'It couldn't, I didn't want it occupying my brain. And when I'm involved in somebody, constantly, when I wake up in the morning, clients occupy my brain, that's what happens. And I just didn't want to do that anymore. Having nothing about her, I just needed to move on to other things I was doing.'
Ms Kelly, who has often criticised Meghan and Prince Harry over the years, then asked Mr Emanuel whether there was a 'big appetite for her services'.
Ari Emanuel and his wife Sarah Staudinger at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023
He said: 'Well, I mean, you know, I think there's a bunch of things that our people are doing for her now. So, that's a good thing. I'm just not involved. I'm not involved.
'And not in a bad way. I just I just have a lot on my plate and I have to be rangeful and all those things. I can't, you know, on her behalf, I can't be rangeful.'
Mr Emanuel confirmed it was his decision to stop representing Meghan, adding: 'Yeah, I just I just had to shift my focus to other things that were a priority for me.'
Ms Kelly suggested he wanted to focus on 'things that actually could get bookings and make money for you', but Mr Emanuel responded: 'The great thing is I hope I've done with my own children, my four kids - you have to let them grow up.
'I don't want to be a helicopter parent. And here at the agency, agents can go do their job. They've been taught really well. They are doing their job. Fantastic.'
Ms Kelly then suggested to him: 'It doesn't seem to be going that well actually, but I don't think that's the fault of your agents.'
But Mr Emanuel replied: 'I think she's actually getting booked and there's reality stuff and TV stuff. They're doing stuff. I don't know about it.'
He did not expand on what these projects might be – but it follows rumours Meghan could be in line for a role on series three of Netflix show The Gentlemen.
Meghan initially signed with WME on a team involving Mr Emanuel which also included Jill Smoller, the agent for Meghan's tennis star friend Serena Williams, as well as Brad Slater, who represents Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.
But reports then emerged in February last year claiming that WME had dropped Meghan and she had not had a meeting with Mr Emanuel since January 2024.
WME insisted at the time that it was still working with the duchess, specifically on projects related to her Archewell Foundation with Harry.
The Sunday Times then confirmed in an interview with Mr Emanuel last month to promote his new memoir Roll the Calls that he and Meghan parted ways last year.
Harry and Meghan at a David Foster Foundation 40th anniversary event in Canada on August 7
Asked where he thinks her career is heading, Mr Emanuel told the newspaper's magazine: 'Here's the great thing: I don't have to think about that any more.'
Multiple sources have confirmed to the Daily Mail that Mr Emanuel is no longer on Meghan's team – but she is still being represented by WME, which is based in Beverly Hills.
Mr Emanuel's book was ghostwritten by John Moehringer, who was also behind Harry's controversial memoir Spare which was published in January 2023.
He is one of the entertainment industry's most powerful figures, having founded the Endeavor talent agency in 1995 which merged with WMA in 2009.
The Chicago-born WME executive chairman was also an inspiration for the fictional super-agent Ari Gold played by Jeremy Piven in HBO comedy-drama Entourage.
Harry and Meghan returned to the UK in August with their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet after living in the US for six years.
They have since been involved in a public exchange with Buckingham Palace about their status and security detail.
The couple have reportedly settled in the Cotswolds and their children have moved schools after issues were raised by their security team about the school run.
Last month, a letter sent on the King's instruction insisted that Harry and Meghan should be viewed as 'private citizens' on their return to the UK, which 'surprised' the Sussexes.
They have both expressed their happiness about returning to the UK despite the public disagreements over their security detail.
They are thought to be spending Christmas with Meghan's mother Doria Ragland, 70, who lives in California, not with the King at the traditional royal family gathering at Sandringham in Norfolk.
This Thursday, Harry and Meghan are set to visit a youth and community charity in their first joint engagement since returning to the UK.
The Community Recording Studio (CRS) in St Ann's, Nottingham, was originally set up to give young people access to music and recording facilities and now offers them a range of creative activities to take part in, alongside sport, mentoring and youth development.