It was intriguing at first. A reclusive former Hollywood lighting director thrust into the spotlight by his famous daughter’s engagement to a British royal.

But as the wedding approached, as Thomas Markle gave interview after interview, feeding the tabloid hunger for insight into his strained relationship with formerSuitsstar, Meghan, the tide quickly turned.

What was once intriguing, started seeming, well, just plain exploitative.

Model Chrissy Teigen captured the mood perfectly over the weekend, tweeting images of one of the 74-year-old’s latest interviews.

“This guy…this guy sucks,” Teigen wrote. “What is wrong with him? Let your daughter be happy, please. This is embarrassing.” [sic]

this guy…this guy sucks. what is wrong with him? let your daughter be happy, please. this is embarrassing. pic.twitter.com/FADsBT5sfX

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) July 28, 2018

Teigen’s pithy tweet referred to Thomas Markle’s recent tell-all chat with The Daily Mail, in which he claimed he’d been cut off from Meghan and the Royal Family.

The interview, which reportedly went for nine hours, included gag-inducing gems like this:

The interview is the latest in a series of embarrassing publicity grabs by Thomas Markle, which included being caught staging paparazzi photographs in the lead up to Meghan’s May 19 wedding.

Days after the scandal broke, Meghan issued a statement confirming that her father, who lives in Mexico, would not be attending her nuptials at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Palace, due to health problems. (He had reportedly experienced a heart attack.)

Markle toldThe Mailhe has not spoken to his daughter since her wedding day, yet in an interview with The Sun earlier this month claimed she was not adjusting well to her new role as the Duchess of Sussex.

“My thing about my daughter right now is that I think she is terrified. I see it in her eyes, I see it in her face and I see it in her smile,” he said. “I’ve seen her smile for years. I know her smile. I don’t like the one I’m seeing now. This one isn’t even a stage smile — this is a pained smile.”

Gosh, Mr Markle, I wonder what could be upsetting her?