Chrissy Teigen defended Meghan Markle, saying criticism is 'hitting too close to home'

• Chrissy Teigen spoke out in defense of Meghan Markle, who is pregnant, in a tweet on Friday.
• "These people won't stop until she miscarries," Teigen wrote.
• Teigen, who suffered pregnancy loss, previously defended Markle's 2020 op-ed about her own miscarriage.

Chrissy Teigen spoke out in defense of Meghan Markle, who, just days before her and Prince Harry's "tell-all" interview with Oprah Winfrey airs, was accused of bullying palace staff members when she was a working member of the royal family.

Representatives for Markle called the accusations "a calculated smear campaign based on misleading and harmful misinformation" and said the timing of the report - leading up to the couple's interview - was not coincidental.

In a tweet on Friday, Teigen wrote: "this meghan markle s--- is hitting too close to home for me. these people won't stop until she miscarries. f------- stop it."

Teigen suffered a miscarriage in September 2020 due to pregnancy complications and posted about the loss she and her husband, John Legend, experienced.

"We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we've never felt before," Teigen wrote in an emotional Instagram post about the miscarriage.

The model and "Cravings" author, who has been open about her pregnancy loss, came to Markle's defense after the duchess chose to write about her miscarriage for an op-ed in The New York Times published in November 2020.

In Markle's article, she detailed the July 2020 day that she lost her unborn child.

After Markle's op-ed was published, Sunday Express journalist Marco Giannangeli criticized the duchess for writing a "1,000 word op-Ed about herself."

Teigen then wrote in a since-deleted tweet, according to BuzzFeed: "Award for today's absolute piece of s--- goes to Marco Giannangeli."

Teigen is one of many stars and friends of Markle to stand up for the duchess recently

In addition to Teigen's post standing up for Markle, several others associated with the duchess - from her makeup artist, Daniel Martin, to her former "Suits" costar Patrick J. Adams - have defended her in recent days.

On Tuesday night, The Times of London published a story citing senior palace staff members that told reporter Valentine Low they were bulled by Markle.

The Times reports that "staff would on occasion be reduced to tears," and that "one aide, anticipating a confrontation with Meghan, told a colleague: 'I can't stop shaking.'"

A spokesperson for Markle on Wednesday said that she was "saddened by the latest attack on her character" in regard to The Times' report.

"It's no coincidence that distorted several-year-old accusations aimed at undermining The Duchess are being briefed to the British media shortly before she and The Duke are due to speak openly and honestly about their experience of recent years," the spokesperson continued.

Buckingham Palace then announced in a statement on Wednesday that it's investigating the allegations that Markle bullied members of the royal staff.

Markle and Harry's interview with Oprah, their first sit-down interview since announcing their engagement, airs Sunday on CBS.