Troy Aikman is maintaining his distance from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
The NFL legend has a property in Montecito, Calif., which is positioned close to the royal couple’s house.
The athlete says he received’t be spending time along with his neighbors anytime quickly, nonetheless, joking in a brand new interview that they don’t have a lot in widespread.
“I don’t assume they’re ingesting a lot gentle beer,” the EIGHT Elite Mild Beer founder informed Us Weekly.
Aikman, 58, famous that everybody in the neighborhood is aware of Markle, 43, and Harry, 40, reside there.
“I haven’t run into them. However they’re there, from what I can collect. I believe anybody with a heartbeat is aware of that they’re on the market,” he continued.
“However I’m not hanging with them, that’s for positive.”
One in every of Markle and Harry’s different neighbors, Richard Mineards, claimed that the As Ever founder — who has reportedly been dubbed “the Princess of Montecito” by her neighbors — by no means tried to “slot in” with the Montecito crowd versus the extra “approachable” Harry.
“She pays consideration to each look, each phrase, each gesture,” Mineards informed the Every day Mail final month. “And right here in Montecito, we recognize easy individuals, even well-known ones. Meghan doesn’t play the group recreation.”
Mineards praised Harry as being rather more pleasant towards locals within the ritzy Santa Barbara County neighborhood.
“He’s at all times charming, approachable, with that very recognizable Windsor accent. He smiles, shakes fingers, willingly exchanges just a few phrases,” he stated. “We’ve seen him on the seashore, in an natural espresso store, or biking within the hills.”
Markle and Harry have been dwelling of their $14 million Montecito mansion with their kids, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, since 2020. Although they is probably not hanging out with Aikman, they’re good mates with neighbors Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King. They had been additionally near Ellen DeGeneres, although the comic has since offered her house and moved to England.
In accordance with one other well-known neighbor, Sharon Stone, the couple was down-to-earth after shifting in following their royal exit.
“They’re part of our group, they’ve turn out to be a giving, caring, collaborating a part of our group,” she informed Hey! in 2020. “They’re not right here to be like, ‘Would you wish to kiss my butt?’”