Jessica Mulroney, the former best friend of Meghan Markle, has reportedly gone into panic mode and hired lawyers, image experts and crisis PR teams to help her through the “white privilege” scandal that has quickly destroyed her career.

Mulroney is a 40 year-old Canadian stylist who skyrocketed to international fame for being the best friend of Meghan. However, everything came crashing down for Mulroney earlier this month, when black fashion influencer Sasha Exeter shared a series of messages in which the stylist allegedly threatened to sue her.

Mulroney has since been fired from her gig on “Good Morning America” and seen her reality show “I Do, Redo” be cancelled. Sources now say that she is more desperate than ever to put this scandal behind her, which is why she’s hired this expensive team to help her out.

“Jessica has hired a big crisis PR team to deal with all of this backlash against her,” an insider told US Weekly. “She’s been talking to lawyers, image experts and crisis PR teams. She has been having a lot of them over to her house to brainstorm and find a way to put this behind her.”

Phil Pallen, celebrity brand strategist, told Daily Mail that Mulroney is in a very difficult position right now that she may not be able to get out of.

“She’s learning that ties to Meghan Markle and Canadian political families aren’t enough to command respect from the public,” he explained. “We all know the saying ‘actions speak louder than words,’ and people can sense that Jessica’s statement on Instagram is a Band-Aid solution for a much deeper problem.

“Over the years, we’ve seen that Jessica is conscious of emitting a certain persona of luxury,” Pallen added. “This debacle with Sasha Exeter is proof that anything online can (and, when you’re in the public eye, likely will) leak, and the only way Jessica’s brand can survive this is by being consistent in her public and private brand.”

He went on to say that hiring a PR team may not have been the best idea right now.

“Instead of hiring another crisis PR agency, Jessica needs to first hold herself accountable, rethink her actions, and then lead by example,” Pallen continued. “Anti-racist work is just that—work—and a single Instagram statement won’t solve this major brand problem.”

Meghan appears to have distanced herself from Mulroney since the scandal, but sources have said that they were “already on the outs” because the royal was tired of the stylist “making a career out of the friendship.”

“The white privilege row has really given Meghan the excuse she was waiting for to cut Jess off for good,” the source told Page Six. “I don’t know what the tipping point was, but Jess has been on the outs for some time.”

“Their friendship is definitely not what it was,” the insider added. “And really, how can you have such a close friendship when one person is basically making a career out of the friendship?”

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