John Legend sympathises with Meghan Markle's embarrassing family dramas

John Legend has admitted he can relate to Meghan Markle amid her embarrassing family dramas. The 10-time Grammy winner shared his own story about a relative trying to cash in on his fame on Thursday. 

He tweeted: 'I had a cousin try to raffle off tickets to have "Christmas Dinner with John Legend".

John's tweet was in response to a post from Chicago radio host Angi Taylor of KISSFM.

From his tweet, it was clearly the Jesus Christ Superstar lead could relate to the Suits actress-turned-royal fiance.

Miss Markle has been dealing with a firestorm since it was revealed her father Thomas 'staged' paparazzi photographs that threatened to overshadow her big day.

Only adding to the drama, he then announced he wouldn't be walking Meghan down the aisle or even attending the wedding after suffering a 'heart attack.'

She revealed in a statement on Thursday that she is 'sad' he will not be attending and sources say she is still 'tearful' about the chaos he has caused.

Meghan's estranged half-sister, Samantha – who has made no secret of her bitterness at not being invited to the wedding – has made a series of public attacks on the bride-to-be.

She has accused Meghan of abandoning her family, particularly their father, during her quest for fame, and said Prince Harry would be 'appalled by what she's done'.

Meghan's half-brother Thomas Markle Jr recently penned an 'open letter' and told Harry: 'As more time passes to your royal wedding, it became very clear that this is the biggest mistake in royal wedding history.'

He also described Meghan elsewhere as 'acting phoney' and claimed she was 'trying to reinvent herself as the new Princess Diana'.

Meanwhile, John Legend is celebrating one of the more joyous parts of family life, welcoming a baby boy with wife Chrissy Teigen this week.

The beautiful cookbook author announced the arrival of their new bundle of joy on social media, tweeting 'Somebody's herrrrrrre!' alongside some cute baby bottle emojis.

Chrissy announced she was pregnant last November and her legions of fans have been following along since.

The Lip Sync Battle DJ and All Of Me crooner are also parents to two-year-old daughter Luna. 

- Daily Mail