Meghan Markle, Martha Stewart's feud takes new turn

Meghan Markle and Martha Stewart are said to be at the center of a growing Hollywood rivalry!

Recently, the lifestyle icon told People that she had dinner with the Duchess of Sussex and claimed that she had been talking about her trip to the UK.

These comments sparked speculations because Meghan and Prince Harry had recently returned to Britain for a private meeting with King Charles and Queen Camilla at Highgrove House.

Now, an insider told Closer Magazine that Martha's comments may have been more deliberate than they appeared. "The way she tells it, she was just innocently answering a question and telling the truth. She says she heard Meghan chatting about her time in the U.K., and she sees nothing wrong with saying as much."

"But Martha is very territorial and very catty, of course, she knows that her words carry a lot of weight, so no one thinks it’s an accident that she managed to make Meghan look bad and get herself a load of attention in the process," the insider added further.

They also noted that Martha Stewart doesn't like people coming to lifestyle space. "Just look at how vicious she’s been to Gwyneth over the years, and when she feels at all threatened, she goes on the attack."

It is pertinent to mention that Martha Stewart, who has built a decades-long lifestyle empire, has previously made blunt comments about other celebrities entering the industry. "Martha has decades of playing these social games and manipulating the media. She’s acting as though she doesn’t see what all the fuss is about, as though she didn’t just drop a grenade," an insider said.

On the other hand, Meghan Markle is said to be "fuming" but yet she is not going in a public war of words with Martha, sources claim. "Cooking has always been a passion for her, and it still is; you can see that in her incredible state-of-the-art kitchen, it’s clearly something she’s invested in and takes seriously," the insider added further.