Why Suits' Patrick J. Adams Regrets His Meghan Markle Throwback On Instagram

While Patrick J. Adams' Instagram profile is playfully taglined as "the guy from that show you're watching on that app because that girl married that prince," he and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, have a tight bond from their "Suits" experience. When Meghan prepared to leave the show for royal life with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Adams saw an opportunity for his character to exit, too. Like Meghan, who felt fulfilled with her time on "Suits" and ready to focus on her life with Harry, Adams thought his role on the show had reached its potential, and he wanted to prioritize family time.

When Meghan and Harry announced their engagement in November 2017, Adams congratulated the couple on Instagram, predicting, "your long life together will be joyful, productive and hilarious." In May 2018, the actor, along with his wife Troian Bellisario, joined some of the "Suits" cast as guests at the royal wedding.

In the years since, Adams has admitted that while they have connected via text, he's unsure how to bridge the distance in their friendship as he's a little intimidated by Meghan's life now. However, as Adams demonstrated with the recent "Suits" photos on Instagram, the bonds he developed during "Suits" are a big part of his life. In 2021 he used social media to support Meghan in the wake of bullying allegations. A year later, Adams posted another blunt message to dissuade people from online drama involving the duchess.