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Meghan Markle's BFF spills on royal wedding blunder

When actress Janina Gavankar attended close pal Meghan Markle’s nuptials in May, many royal wedding spectators were left wondering, ‘Who is the woman in the orange dress?’

Now the 37-year-old has come clean on why her identity was a major mystery, and it’s all because the actress forgot to do one essential thing.

I was the only person who didn’t tell my publicists to announce that I was going [to the royal wedding],” she told Bustle.

“In some ways, I was so naive.”

Janina Gavankar has revealed the reason she was barely recognised at pal Meghan Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry. Source: Instagram/meghanmarkle
Janina Gavankar has revealed the reason she was barely recognised at pal Meghan Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry. Source: Instagram/meghanmarkle

The True Blood star says she didn’t approach Meghan and Prince Harry’s wedding like she would with a usual Hollywood red carpet, where event organisers are informed of her attendance in advance, so “cheat sheets” can be laid out with her face and name.

“This wasn’t a Hollywood thing! This was just a wedding, y’all! So I didn’t think that I needed to announce that I was going,” she explained.

Nonetheless, Janina had an absolute ball at the royal wedding, and said she cannot be happier for her famous pal.

Right before we watched our friends combine their hearts, forever.

A post shared by Janina Gavankar (@janina) on May 26, 2018 at 8:59am PDT

Old Instagram photos show Janina and Meghan spending time together during Meghan’s Suits days, the two actresses having plenty in common, extending beyond their careers in acting.

Another thing they’re both passionate about is race relations.

In her recent interview with Build, Janina spoke about the importance of openly discussing racism and white privilege, and how her new film Blindspotting explores this.

Janina said the movie which follows two childhood friends in Oakland, California, illustrates the issues “in a very understandable, tangible, approachable way”.

In her recent interview with Build, Janina spoke about the importance of openly discussing racism and white privilege, and how her new film Blindspotting explores this. Source: Getty
In her recent interview with Build, Janina spoke about the importance of openly discussing racism and white privilege, and how her new film Blindspotting explores this. Source: Getty

“It also delivers this message at a moment when you love these characters so much that you’re like ready to receive it,” she said.

“So few people have done that really well and almost everybody feels it from both sides.

“From people who experience white privilege, they, [if they’re woke enough], they understand it but it’s very hard to articulate and it’s also a very new conversation.”

“This is a really helpful movie because it can explain things that maybe you might be feeling that you haven’t seen before, you haven’t been able to explain to yourself,” she added.

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