I have a question that isn’t all that PC and I should offer a trigger warning. Hell, even Piers Morgan steered clear. But I don’t understand what brought on her suicidal ideation. It sounded to me like she was pointing at the potentially racist comments relayed by her husband. But what then? Did she fear some sort of retaliation? I might have missed the point because I didn’t watch her Oprah Winfrey interview in full - I wouldn’t have been able to keep down my dinner if I had.
The tabloid attention couldn’t have been a trigger. She had been experiencing that for a while.
People don't shoot me for this, because I'm no way undermining the gravity of the situation when people genuinely feel suicidal, quite the opposite, I think she is making the mockery of it.
Knowing what I know about her behaviour, and having had to deal with a female narc in our life for many years, I strongly suspect she was embroidering the truth to say the least. She was furious she wasn't getting her way, even might have had moments of sadness because people didn't recognise what a wonderful asset to the RF she was (sarcasm, obviously) - but genuinely depressed to the point of suicide? Unlikely. Just to give you a glimpse how their mind works - 3 examples from the narc we had to deal with (one I mentioned before):
1. Claimed to have had a surgery to remove cancer, and was allegedly advised to go on holiday to a hot country to recuperate (an excuse to get us to have the children for a period of time, we would have done without her lie). Needless to say we established later she didn't have cancer.
2. Bruised herself badly to show the bruises to her younger children to tell them that their older sibling did it to her - to explain the older sibling's decision to go and live with the father, after she changed partners, yet again. This came out after many years, the older sibling won't speak to her.
3. Last, but perhaps most relevant. She advised one of her children to go and tell the GP that they felt suicidal. Not because they did (they were going through a rough patch, caused by her actually - they were NOT, by their own admission, suicidal) - but because it opened doors to assistance, like housing (it's complicated, and I have all details, but can't post, just in case). It sort of came back and bit them on the arse later in life, because this is still on record.
Anyway - my point is that there is nothing the narc won't do or say if they want to achieve a desired effect. The long-term consequences of such actions or lies are not really considered. When caught lying, and even presented with evidence, they either still deny it (trying to make it out that you must have got it wrong somehow), or blame it on someone else (they made me do it, I had no choice) and put the tears on. Both witnessed many times in my experience. Sorry for a lengthy post, but I felt I needed to justify my statement. I know suicide is not to be taken lightly, which is why Megs really pissed me off with her claims. They will threaten to do it - it's just another tool in their box they manipulate and control people with.