Meghan Markle Shares Her Hopes For Daughter Lili In The Future In 'Archetypes' Podcast

Meghan Markle opened up about what she hoped for her 1-year-old daughter Lilibet when she grows up.

The Duchess of Sussex spoke about her experience on "Deal or No Deal" in the recent episode of her "Archetypes" podcast and shared that the gig reduced her to "a bimbo" because it was all about "looks" and not "brains."

"Curious to hear your thoughts on this idea of, when I hear the word 'bimbo,' I have a very negative connotation to it. I don't see that as an aspirational thing for women," Meghan told her guests Paris Hilton and Iliza Shlesinger, People reported. "I want our daughters to aspire to be..."

"Slightly higher," Shlesinger, 39, replied. The "Spencer Confidential" actress announced in January that she and her husband, Noah Galuten, welcomed their first child daughter Sierra Mae.

"Yeah. I want my Lili to want to be educated, and want to be smart, and to pride herself on those things," Markle added.

The celebrities talked about how they got objectified in their previous projects. Shlesinger said that when she got into comedy, her critics would call her out for being "too hot" and use her image against her.

"All of a sudden, it's like, 'She's the hot cheerleader.' I'm like, was my high school mascot," she said. "It's just an example of how they take it away from you any way they can."

Markle also shared that she never felt like she was the "pretty one" around ages "10, 11." She clung to the conviction that she was the "smart one."

Prince Harry's wife said that no one cared whether or not she attended a party. She also shared having a crush on one boy named Chris, but she couldn't get him to look in her direction.

"Those are the things that sort of inform how you go, 'Okay, well, if I could be prettier, or if I could be funnier,' but again, that's that angling, constantly, as a woman, to try to be something that is desirable," Meghan explained.

"You know, we fault women for playing into something, and it's like, 'Well, you said this was bad. You made her this, and you wanted her to be this," Shlesinger agreed. "And then when they became that, we're always like, 'You have to be something else.' And that goes for body types, achievements, archetypes."

Meanwhile, Claudia Jordan, who appeared alongside Markle on the game show, disagreed with her statement about "Deal or No Deal" because, for her, the show had been her stepping stone in her 25-year career. In a series of posts on her Instagram Stories, Jordan explained how it opened a lot of opportunities for her.

"For clarity - yes getting a modeling gig on a game show isn't necessarily about your intellect, but every show the executive producers picked five models with the most outgoing and fun personalities to place mics on, who they knew would engage with the contestants," Jordan wrote.

"And 'Deal or No Deal' NEVER treated us like bimbos. We got so many opportunities because of that show, Fremantle and @nbc," she added.