JUST IN: Meghan Markle’s ‘Dear Friend’ Finally Breaks Silence After Awkward Red Carpet ‘Snub’ Goes Viral — And His Explanation of What Really Happened Has Everyone Talking.

Meghan Markle’s ‘dear friend’ breaks silence after red carpet ‘snub’ claims

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped out at a gala in Canada on Friday.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attended the gala last Friday (Image: Vito Amati/The David Foster Foundation via Getty Images)

Meghan Markle’s “dear friend” has broken his silence after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s latest red carpet appearance. The couple stepped out in Canada last Friday to attend the David Foster and Friends foundation event, celebrating 40 years since the foundation was set up.

At the event, Meghan and Harry were seen posing for photographs on the red carpet. They were then joined on the red carpet by founder David Foster and his wife Katharine McPhee. While the red carpet moment was seen as sweet by many as the four laughed and smiled together, others claimed online that it looked awkward. Some people even claimed that David snubbed the pair.

Now, 76-year-old David has shared a statement with People magazine setting the record straight and defending Meghan, 45.

In a statement shared exclusively with PEOPLE, he said: “As the host of the David Foster and Friends foundation event, I had already greeted our friends, the Duke and Duchess, at the entrance 10 minutes before the red carpet encounter.

“They both, graciously and selflessly, gave their time and went beyond to engage with everyone. Harry and Meghan are dear friends of mine.

“Anyone watching can see there was no awkward moment and certainly no snub.”

Meghan and Harry were all smiles on the red carpet (Image: Vito Amati/The David Foster Foundation via Getty Images)

The event on Friday was held to celebrate four decades of the foundation, which provides financial support to Canadian families with children in need of life-saving organ transplants.

This is financial support for non-medical costs such as accommodation, transport, clothes, and other basic items.

Harry and Meghan were believed to have been invited to the event as friends of David and his wife, with this friendship dating back years.

It is believed the couples have grown closer since Harry and Meghan relocated to America in 2020, with David’s wife once saying that Harry and David were like “father and son”.