Are you ready for this, Meghan has a new show.

This looks tacky beyond belief, will anybody fall for this fake crap?

Her beagle is cute. I hope he gets a spin-off series, "With Love, Guy."

I'm a big supporter. Her arrogance and lack of self awareness inspires me. I'm launching my own home lifestyle brand, 'American Trailer Park Cockroach' at Target this fall!

She's terrible at everything.

Even terrible at acting and terrible at being a narcissist.

Even a mediocre actress and low level narcissist would have known to put on a convincing act and ingratiate herself to the RF not trash them thereby guaranteeing herself a luxurious KP apartment, lovely home in the country and a lifetime of financial security and perks. No hustling for a paycheck as a dime a dozen Hollyweird influencer. She dumb.

Halfwit Harry was never attractive but he is a Prince. The fact this malicious woman who publicly stomped on his grandparents as they were dying is the best a Prince could do tells me what a piece of shit Harry is and why no one else wanted him.

Since when does she cook food?

I bet she’s going to do something while cooking that will appall 1/2 the people here and set off a furious debate.

Every moment seems so genuine and original! Where has the Duchess been hiding her amazing talent for baking a cake? And watching her laugh with her friends, walk picturesquely through the shrubbery, her perpetual smile , is there anything she can't do? You barely notice the vocal fry, the banal utterances, the artificial joy, the planned spontaneity, the total lack of a point, the fact that she's so boring even her dog couldn't stay awake. Just kidding! There will be bees!

You know the tendrils are going to be hanging over the food she's lovingly preparing.

Do they give each other Ozempic shots before they start the meal prep???? Gotta fit into that skin tight brocaded midi dress

Looks dreadful. And of course she lets her nasty shitbeast dog in the kitchen. Any good host will tell you, a house is not a home unless you have fecal matter covering every surface.

Zzzzzz

Is that the camera man tasting the food near the end? Kinda sad when you have to drag crew on to the set to look popular.

I, for one, cannot wait for the "Calligraphy on Produce" episode where we will learn how to cheer up the downtrodden with just a Sharpie and a thoughtfully curated assortment of fruits and vegetables.

She's desperate to be the new Oprah.

She's so embarrassing.

She's just so basic.

[quote]She's just so basic.

like gingerale gone flat

Aren't the women who love this twee shit shown in the pics the same ones who hate her?

Here is a know-nothing egomaniac cunt acting as if she's sharing everything she knows from her deep research and precocious lifestyle skills, when she doesn't know shit about anything but manipulation and how not to market herself.

She couldn't even keep her fake baby bumps from slipping below her well-used yacht-twat.

I find anyone with long hair in dangling tendrils of Indian hair hanging over the food they're making completely disgusting and a reason to not touch their food.

This is DL catnip. I look forward to the avalanche of threads critiquing every nuance.

Its like she thinks that the television viewing audience is stuck in the 50's when being on TV was new and 'magical', that TV actors and personalities were revered to the highest order, that they were unquestionably beyond reproach since they were 'stars' on the TV. She must believe that no one can see right through her performative nonsense.

"I've always loved taking something pretty ordinary and elevating it."

And how!

She'd look marginally better in brighter colours, instead of a bland shirt

Very demure

Such a dreadful person…🤮

I love these threads about Meghan, it triggers so many Brits 😂😂😂

[Quote]"I've always loved taking something pretty ordinary and elevating it."

If you think you've done so with Harold, I don't have much faith in your upcoming endeavours.

R28 Where are the triggered Brits?

Doesn’t Mindy know that Meghan = the kiss of death? Also, the series was not filmed in Meghan’s home but in a place rented specifically for the show. Nothing about this woman is authentic.

She's milking her connection to the Royal Family for all it's worth. What this dumb bitch doesn't realize is the nipples are wrinkled and the milk has curdled.

Meghan or Joanna Gaines...not sure which one I hate more.

[quote]Where are the triggered Brits?

Oh please, you are looking at it right now on this thread. Americans don't care about Meghan. Or the Royal Family for that matter. Who uses the word "dreadful" in the US? It's about as common as petrol.

This should be good. She's not able to drop her pretentiousness for a minute.

Netflix is staring to realize that she isn’t that talented. She is going to be dropped soon. The only thing that will get them ratings is if she trashes the Royal Family. She would do well doing a “Royal Secrets Expose” after things end with Harry.

Lol @ R34

R34 You've got it the wrong way round. I'm a Brit and honestly have never heard anyone mention her 'in real life'. We don't care about her the way you do. These threads are full of Americans. There might be the odd Brit in to correct some mental American who says ridiculous things like "When Meghan is Queen..." but these are American threads. Linking to the Daily Mail doesn't make them British.

God. She could be mingling with world leaders and prominent cultural figures. Instead she’s reduced to making this sad crap for a season. And, after that, what?

Nobody is going to watch this. Martha Stewart was twenty years ahead of this curve in the Riviera, and already covered very nearly every domestic how-to topic. Netflix must be the quietest kept payday lender!

R34, “dreadful” actually is used by Americans, it’s not rare at all.

[QUOTE]Who uses the word "dreadful" in the US?

I do. You make it sound as though having a vocabulary is a bad thing.

[quote] I'm a Brit and honestly have never heard anyone mention her 'in real life'. We don't care about her the way you do. These threads are full of Americans.

Sure, Jan

Triggered Brit telling us how Brits are not obsessed with Meghan. Oh the irony. 😂

If this fails—-as seems almost certain—-what non-tawdry options do they have left? It’s hard to think of anything above QVC or Cameo level.

" I like taking ordinary things and elevating them to another level." 🤣🤣! Well she fucked that up!

R44 mark my words they will sell out to MAGA

"I've always loved taking something pretty ordinary and elevating it" could be her life motto and certainly makes an honest title for her memoir, but is it really a sell line for a lifestyle show? I mean, translated, doesn't "I've always loved taking something pretty ordinary and elevating it" actually mean "Hey, loser, take your suckage and I'll tell you how to tart it up. Worked for me."

Haz, isn’t this so much more glamorous than Troopimg the Colour and state visits?!!! It is, isn’t it?!!!!

The DM article speculated that reactivating her IG account was her opening bid, in conjunction with the show, to become an influencer. Depending on the number of followers, one post can earn on the neighborhood of $600-$800K. I have no idea whether this is true or not. I wonder if she's going to try a QVC approach parading ARO products on Netflix.

The out-takes might be a runaway hit if the rumors of her treatment of kitchen staff are to be believed.

Today I’m joined by my dear husband, Has. We’re going to be making some of the dishes his sainted mother loved to eat but not digest.

Tina, stop standing in my knowing and bring me the fucking axe!

[Quote] the series was not filmed in Meghan’s home but in a place rented specifically for the show.

Where did you hear this, r31? If true it's going to get out and people will have a field day with that.

I hope she offers a special reflection at the end of each show like Jerry Springer used to do.

I’m sure the Wales children are old enough now to be playing this clip on repeat while viciously mocking her.

Today we’re making Pa Markle’s favorite recipes.

"I'm always looking for that special dish, drink and presentation that will make my guests forget that they're only here for the chance to meet my husband. Currently what works fairly well is 90 proof gin, a cheese board, videos of Haz playing polo, and a nice centerpiece in a color that moves me."

R53, Richard Eden said that they rented a house in Montecito to film the cooking show.

Yep, R36, I can see her doing that eventually. She probably won't be able to divulge much, but instead trash Harry. It might not happen for a while, but I believe she'll eventually take that route.

I’m used to taking ordinary things in my twat and elevating myself as a result.

My God it looks dreadful! Can’t wait to hate watch with DL!

So Mindy Kaling is the biggest star she could attract to this feast of banality?

Surely Netflix already is writing this off as a loss leader.

What happened to her stupid podcast? Or the American Riviera expensive jam company?

Where is that guy Nacho? Now I'd watch that.

Cooking with cunt. Of course she touches her dirty weave then the food.

She called it With Love, Meghan?

That's another kick to the cuntbones of Tom Sr, Samantha, Tom Jr, the exes, and all those she has discarded...

The name also makes me think of the Charles in Charge theme song. That was a show I found traumatising to watch as a child.

R58 are you fucking kidding me? Lol...she's gonna get flamed for that. Certainly fits with her brand though (inauthentic).

Is she making pancakes?

Today, we’re making Waity Katie’s 16-hour lamb!

I’m glad GLP-1 medications arrived in the nick of time to upgrade her post-.royal image. She was having a long slog with the post-pregnancy weight.

[quote]The trailer shows the Duchess cooking in her Montecito kitchen, picking produce from her garden and chatting with very famous pals including Mindy Kaling (an early recipient of American Riviera Orchard Jam) while The Lovin' Spoonful's Do You Believe in Magic plays over the top.

She thinks she still has "a young girl's heart" and yet she's forty-three?

Why does she squeal when doing the lemon squeezing? Isn't she supposed to be experienced in the kitchen?

Is she also going to show all the watching Karen’s how she saves money by clipping coupons?

Lately there has been an uptick of posters like R28 who blame anything that they don’t like on “Brits”, or “Europeans”, or “Aussies” or “the Dutch”. Failing that, blaming “foreigners” in general.

Another example of the creeping xenophobia of the DL since 5th November.

The title of the show…oh, where to begin?!

Sadly, I think this will be as much fun to hate watch as Archetypes was to hate listen. Meaning no fun at all. I couldn’t get through even one of her podcasts because they were so dull. Suspect the same with this.

She can’t even manage to give us something bad enough to enjoy. Instead it will be all heavy filters, pastels, fussy food that no one wants to eat and sanctimony.

Creeping? DL is as MAGA at heart about the greatest nation on earth bullshit as Buddy from Cousinfuckingville, Arkansas.

The last thing I want sprinkled on my donut is a fucking flower petal.

Right because before November 5th nobody every blamed foreigners for anything,

[quote] God. She could be mingling with world leaders and prominent cultural figures. Instead she’s reduced to making this sad crap for a season. And, after that, what?

This right here by r39.

And in a receiving line at a gala, or at a reception as the Duchess of Sussex, those world leaders and prominent cultural figures would be waiting for her attention.

Just the opposite of how it is now - her slumming for attention via some low-rent, phony, cheap-looking lifestyle show.

She had the brass ring, the role of a lifetime, risked it all, and lost it. I blame Harry more than her.

[quote]“dreadful” actually is used by Americans, it’s not rare at all.

So is petrol, but it's NOT common. Maybe the only exception to that rule are very old queens who think they are being "posh" with their British lingo. Otherwise no, it's not something you hear everyday. How old are you? Guessing you are pushing 70, am I right?

Dreadful should be used by Americans. Frequently. On balance, if it can't go on the dollar bill it should be declared the national word.

Who says petrol in America? Dreadful, on the other hand, is an American word.

Are you some kind of forensic linguist?

And these are Prince Archie’s dark molasses cookies!

"Dreadful" is not British lingo. Give it up, idiot.

[quote] "I'm going to share some little tips and tricks and how you incorporate these practices every day."

Hints from Heloise!

It will be filled with product placement.

Today we show you how to turn a rescue chicken into a delicious stew!

I'm sensing a lot of hating watching.

Honestly unless she's buying her groceries at Dollar Tree this is such bad timing (as usual for Meghan). We're in the middle of a cost of living crisis where many Americans can't afford groceries...so yeah, a show about luxury is just want is needed.

Also the bitch can't act. Who did she blow to get that role on Suits.

Howie Mandel is more powerful than you think.

I read she doesn’t let her kids faces be seen. So they grow up in America like Michael Jackson’s kids?

You guys are so judgmental!

A girl's gotta keep herself busy while waiting for those A-list only acting roles with top directors to come flooding in.

Considering most of the best rated comments on the DM are jokes about elevating toast or mashed potatoes, I don't think people are even going to hate watch this.

Episode 1: duchess potatoes, chicken à la king, Sussex pond pudding.

There is nothing new with this venture

It’s rehashed shit going back decades.

The Daily Mail is making a huge deal of the fact it's not her house where the magic is taking place.

"At home with Meghan... just not HER home! Duchess rents £5m reality TV mansion a stone's throw from her own £11m Montecito mansion for new Netflix cookery show - kitted out with a £15,000 range, £600 pans and chopping boards a snip at £60 each

When Meghan Markle announced her much-anticipated Netflix cooking show, With Love, Meghan, she promised viewers an intimate 'at home with Meghan' experience.Instead the 42-year-old duchess has set up shop at a sprawling estate just two miles from the £11million home she shares with Prince Harry and their children, Archie and Lilibet."

R81, there's a strain of people here and many other places on the internet who think that a word that isn't in their own daily vocabulary is "special" and pretentious, as well as that a compound-complex sentence or really any longer sentence using multiple clauses is "a run-on." I challenge such people to diagram the preceding--if anyone is still capable of it (I would have to brush up on it myself)--and tell me if it's a run-on sentence.

Target had a line when they opened this past Sunday morning. The fraus were licking their chops to get their hands on the new Stanley cup release. Those cups are about 50 bucks a pop. Who are all these broke ass people who can't afford groceries?

I am going to watch the episode with Hillaria.

[quote]God. She could be mingling with world leaders and prominent cultural figures.

Except she couldn't, and neither could he. They don't have what it takes to be in that position. They're both entirely uninterested in anything but themselves, neither has ever shown any indication of anything more than having their heads rammed right up their own butts. Neither of them have any calls, and I mean real class, not just some birthright royal title. They are utterly infantile, even as parents in their late 30's and 40's, they remain preposterously self-absorbed.

Will Netflix release the behind-the-scenes footage of Madame screeching at staffers and reducing them to tears?

It's sure to be a flop, like all their shows. "Polo" received hilariously bad reviews, and failed to ever once make the Netflix Top 10.

I love watching them keep trying, though. It's like the Netflix executives are just convinced that SOMETHING they do is going to a success, if they just keep letting them try and try again.

[quote] Sharing some of her favorite tips and tricks for cooking, gardening, crafting, and more, Meghan reveals how even the most minute details can help add beauty to our lives and, most importantly, help bring people together.

I smell a Nobel Peace Prize.

The idea of Meghan crafting nearly staggers the mind.

Macramé?

Découpage?

Whittling?

Soap carving.

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

The Daily Mail are going in for the kill on this one.

My bet is that it will do very well in the beginning. With headlines about it being a big ratings success. People will be watching it out of curiosity. Whether it'll have legs or not is another issue. Remember her failed podcast got good ratings at the start. But the preview clip looks like this show is at least very well produced.

Oh, everyone, hold onto your seats because we’re witnessing culinary brilliance here: strawberries, jam, and ice cream… in a bowl! Groundbreaking stuff. Move over, Michelin chefs—this is the kind of innovation that makes history. And calling it a “children’s party treat” without the children? Pure genius! Why not call it a wedding cake while we’re at it—just skip the wedding and the cake!

But the real masterpiece? Her gift for beige. She’s turned the dullest color into an even duller art form. And let’s not overlook her pièce de résistance: transforming Prince Harry from “the royal everyone loved” into “that guy you mute because the cringe is unbearable.”

And of course, it all comes with love—from someone who doesn’t even love her own family. The irony could feed a banquet. Bravo, truly. A legend in her own mind!

I won't be watching, but I'll be depending on those who do for recaps.

She looks like a man in that enormous shirt at r105. Will she break out some enormous taffeta skirts and wear them with camisoles?

She rented a mansion it is not even at her house. She is so fake.

I haven’t watched any of their Netflix shows I refuse to give them any ratings

R109 I can’t stand MM, but oversized man shirts for women are in and they are fabulous

[quote]Also, the series was not filmed in Meghan’s home but in a place rented specifically for the show.

Why have that big-ass house if you're not going to use it?

Surely they can't afford to throw more money away.

Well it looks like she wasn't able to secure the trademark for ARO afterall so had to quickly come up with a new name for her show. I guess this explains the Instagram launch the other day too.

Everything about the show trailer looks harmless, but utterly boring and has been done a million times already (and done better). She continues to be stuck in the 2000s (maybe even the 90's).

This “new” show seems too little too late in her attempt to grift the public. We know too much about this fraud and wonder why Netflix is wasting millions on her and her phoniness.

I know she's never had much of an acting career, but why doesn't she just self-fund acting projects for herself? Hire herself in the lead role?

I never believed her suicidal ideation and threat stories. She know exactly how to manipulate halfwit Harry-it’s sad but intriguing to watch this-like watching a slow motion crash.

I believe if the royal family paid her enough she would give up the kids and Harry could go home with his babies. I think she would sell her own children.

Agree with poster above, Daily Mail is definitely going in for the kill. This article is delicious, pointing out all the people she has copied for her new show - and that's just from the trailer alone. Emma Weymouth, Marchioness of Bath (and woman of color) has a cooking/lifestyle show and the DM details the ways Meghan (in the trailer - just wait for the actual show) has ripped her off. Never, ever leave us Meghan, it's all too good.

All this is Meg’s campaign for stardom. You know Harry would be happy on a small farm anywhere with his children a down to earth wife and NO PAPARAZZI. She has him by the balls-probably threatens to take the kids. Wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up harming himself.

In that interview with Oprah she was so obvious in her exaggerations and lies-heartbreaking. She’s thrilled she came into the royal family at the right time with so many sick-dying-dead. This could really be a boon for her and put her in an unimagined position.

None of those platters, cake etc are hard to make. I would assume some skivvy behind the scenes prepares all the food and then she just adds a leaf, dob of cream etc.

[quote]She's so embarrassing.

And yet not quite as embarrassing as the DL Klan Grannies who are obsessed with her.

There was some irony in Harry briefly appearing as a walk-on part in the trailer since it seemed he was so resentful of royal life as he was considered an "extra" and less important than William and now he's moved country but is finds himself in the same situation... rolled out to perform briefly every now and again while the real "star" gets the limelight. Once again Harry, you're being used.

Maybe she'll let him bus the table occasionally.

Releasing a cooking show in the middle of January seems a bit weird. They'd have been better doing it in December at least then they could capitalize of that most fat whores rejoice of all festive occasions.

Meghan vs Meghan

I feel like for this show to work on any level I'd have to believe she actually has an interest in homemaking and gardening. But no one anywhere including her fans believe she spends more than 20 minutes a week in the kitchen, or actually gardens f or fun do they? As a concept Meghan the domestic goddess seems about as ridiculous an idea for a show as "Princess Anne on fashion" or "Paris Hilton on the art of medieval Hungary".

r99, you 're entirely right summing-up these 2.

They exited Royal service and all of the of Would Have, Could Have, Should Have, don't get down to the brass tacks like you do.

I still agree with r39 and stand by my post at r78 as exercises in futility of "What might Have Been", but so what?

The Sussexes simply lack the stuff - ability, desire, a sense of duty to something bigger than themselves- to be working Royals, and if they had those things, they'd be that.

If viewed in the best possible light on their behalf, no human beings should be miserable. If they concluded that they could not serve as working Royals, there's nothing wrong with that. If you're heart isn't in it, then don't do it.

But man, since they left, they own all of their bad moves, words, behavior. And I'm convinced that they know they've fallen short of where they saw they would be by now with regard to their fame.

As I've written before, I See Divorced People.

I think Markle would like to rid herself of Harry. I suspect she's waiting for King Charles to die before she files. For status and financial reasons, she still wants to be King Charles' legal daughter-in-law when "The King is dead. Long live the King" is uttered.

Self "Oh, dear"

If YOUR heart isn't in it. ^

You want her to taste something, have it stick in her throat with nobody about to perform the Heimlich manoeuvre.

She has the smile of those little carnivore dinosaurs that ate Wayne Knight in the first "Jurassic Park."

What r108 said

Who does she think she is?

R124 and what I've heard, there was very little of Harry in his own documentary "Polo". Why not? Has he become unstable?

The Royal Family has entered ignore mode. Just like they did to the former king and divorcee. In about three years, unless they leak a sex tape, no one, not even DL, is going to give a shit about them. They fail to realize they are nothing without the royal family connection. That really has to sting. Charles is about to die and George and Charlotte are teetering on becoming teens. H&M will be nothing.

[quote] H&M will be nothing.

Forever.

Alice Waters is a friend of hers? How is that possible- is Alice in desperate need of boosting her brand and slapping her name on anything just as Martha is doing? ( you see that bitch everywhere)

I don’t watch any cooking/lifestyle shows so can anyone tell me if this is a valid criticism. Megs has long fingernails and wears nail polish while handling food, supposedly unhygienic. Her hair is hanging down in front and she touches it and goes back to handling food. Okay, the hair touching is bad but other than that, I don’t think Martha Stewart or any of those wear hairnets. Someone even said “she didn’t move her hands like a person who is familiar with food handling”. So we’re clearly at the bitch eating crackers stage. The series will be woefully dull and artificial but carping about nail polish?

So totally fake it hurts to watch.

Oh! Happy Days! A new thread on them in 2025!

This review in The Guardian pretty much sums it up for us mere peons!

I can’t believe she thought she could get away with pretending to be a domestic goddess in someone else’s house.

Either use your own house, or use a studio. Don’t lie.

I bet Harry put his foot down about using the house. I think the one thing he's can still find his balls for is privacy relating to home and kids. Nothing more than an observation, he's plainly an idiot. But I'm sure there's some mummy damage informing his desire to keep home and kids out of the picture. I would be curious to know what his wife thinks, privately.

What this comes from is the foundational idiocy by Netflix: The idea that these two are so popular and compelling that the content will just create itself. So now we get an actress who married a prince pretending to be a homemaker in someone else’s home. It makes an about as much sense as creating American Riviera Orchards out of nothing to sell incredibly expensive jam. .

She's fun to mock because she makes it so easy but I'm fascinated by her implosion when it comes to discipline. Up to and including Megxit, she showed incredible strength of will. Her career was obviously B+ success but she got there, compared to the thousands who didn't. To meet, marry and runaway with a senior member of the royal family takes some determination.

Yet since then she seems utterly foundering. Nothing gets done well, everything is half-assed, announced early and momentum lost, and then it flops.

I think she's deplorable but I can't deny her ambition and what you could call ruthlessness... so I'd love to know what happened to her mojo because she keeps failing in the same predictable pattern and hasn't really achieved anything since they ran away from home.

I don’t care and won’t watch it but I wish her well with it.

Only weirdos would be seething with hatred for someone they don’t know and has done nothing to them. See a therapist for your rage issues and why you’re displacing it.

Yes. A fair bit of determination. But a huge element of luck and the race card.

Harry was probably the most famous person stupid enough to marry her. Most people with fame have to have at least a tiny bit of intelligence and judgment in order to achieve their fame. Since he was massively famous by birth, those conditions didn’t apply.

She was a disaster apparently from the moment of the engagement onward. Outside of the royal family, the big wedding and perhaps the marriage itself might have been cancelled. But the royal family couldn’t be seen cancelling weddings in general, much less for a marriage to a woman of color.

R145, she’s also wildly delusional and entitled.

People like Meghan succeed when they have something to fight. When nobody cares, and your success has limited you more than your failures, there's nothing left to fight. She's bored. I know this scenario all to well. It's the reason I've been a job hopper. I'd rather leave a job I've achieved a lot at and go start all over at the bottom again.

[qoute] Only weirdos would be seething with hatred for someone they don’t know and has done nothing to them. See a therapist for your rage issues and why you’re displacing it.

Wow. Your pretty invested in this woman. You might want to see a therapist about it. Or send her a card wishing her the best if you care about her so much.

The rest of us just find her stupidity and total inability to be likeable endlessly amusing. And she never stops volunteering for the mockery. And since she’s such a nasty person, it’s guilt-free mockery

Another sad story is Harry’s children won’t grew up with their cousins across the pond-those relationships probably won’t happen and this is all Meg’s fault.

Yeah she’s easy to trash because she is so obvious and predictable.

R146 serious question - if you don’t care and won’t be watching the show, why did you feel the need to open this thread, presumably read at least the OP and then add your reply about not caring and not watching the show, along with your little psych assessment? That seems a little “weirdo” to me.

I had to google who Mindy Kaling is. Very telling that was the best she could do. Even with their Netflix money.

[quote] I think she's deplorable but I can't deny her ambition and what you could call ruthlessness... so I'd love to know what happened to her mojo because she keeps failing in the same predictable pattern and hasn't really achieved anything since they ran away from home.

There’s only so much you can achieve without talent. Marrying into the heart of the British royal family is certainly an accomplishment. Her problem was not anticipating that it would be a miserable experience for her. Everything after Megxit has been flailing. She was smart enough to go to the exploitation capital of the planet, but there’s only so much grifting one can do before one has to deliver.

[quote] I'd love to know what happened to her mojo

My guess is that she got what she wanted and doesn't really need for anything else to be a success. By snagging Harry, she got the fame and riches she'd been striving for, plus a mansion in one of the toniest addresses in the world in her home state and A-list adjacency. All the serious podcasts and philanthropy is just posing.

I do think she's loving swanning around Nancy-Meyers kitchens, elevating vegetable platters and ice cubes.

Didn't she talk about wanting to star in a Marvel comic movie? And force Harry to accost some movie mogul and ask about his wife doing voice-over work? And she wanted to produce "Pearl" about a little girl (her) exploring the world? Then she turned to doing a podcast with A listers like Mariah Carey and Serena Williams, but that was sort of a dud because she's too stupid to make it interesting. Barbara Walters she ain't.

I think she went back to LA to become a "star" - but that hasn't worked out and she doesn't know what to do about it. So we get this nonsense.

R145, she wasn't important enough to face criticism before.

I don't think so, R157. I think she went back to LA to live the life of a rich Californian. The projects are a side gig to justify the nanny and a sop to her espoused feminism. The shopping, lunching, entertaining, red carpets, vacationing, beauty treatments are the main attraction. All under a warm Californian sun in a beige McMansion.

No, that’s what she SHOULD do, move amongst the wealthy and entitled living a quiet, comfortable life but no, she has to prove she’s a star, the biggest feminist, the most philanthropic, crusader of the cause du jour to make up for being a dud at being a royal.

This is cuntology. I have bees fir years and no fucking way is that bitch an accomplished and cavalier beekeeper as is shown...if indeed it is her. I also object to her cultural appropriation if straight hair. Hers is naturally crinkled.

She has always been desperate for fame, money and adulation and does whatever she can do to get them with decreasing returns as her real personality shines through. She only achieved marrying Harry because she was relatively unknown. Now everyone knows her and the deals have dried up. Netflix had to push out this show and Polo to fulfill their end of the contract signed several years ago.

All that rambling to say, Meghan will be hard pressed to bring in any more money. Harry can still trade on his title to bring in some cash, like merching the surfing school. But no one wants Meghan. If they are not already hurting for cash, they will be soon. This year should be interesting.

I am surprised how brutal the Guardian critique was. I thought they are on her side.

[quote] Meghan also whips up an Eton mess and a Victoria sponge that she serves to the actor Mindy Kaling, who declares it “probably one of the most glamorous moments of my life”. Kaling has been to multiple Met Galas and Oscar parties, but a slice of three-layer cake is nice too.

Its the little things in life.

r153, I'm not r146 and can't speak for him, but I find her continuous pretensions and ensuing failed projects amusing. I'm still waiting to see what she did with her Uvalde footage. I assume she wanted to use it for some Netflix show about her caring and generosity, but saner minds prevailed.

[quote]And of course she lets her nasty shitbeast dog in the kitchen. Any good host will tell you, a house is not a home unless you have fecal matter covering every surface.

Most people have dogs in their kitchen if they have pets. What planet do you live on?

I think it's hilarious how this woman triggers so many psychotic cunts into a gibbering, spittle flying rage for no real reason.

ALLEGEDLY, the reason they didn't film in Meghan's own home is that she demanded Netflix pony up for a kitchen reno and they declined.

No worries. She brought her own dog.

From a security standpoint they wouldn’t want to film in their own home. Why show burglars and kidnappers any hint of the layout and security of their own home?

Plus she wouldn’t want to risk one of her brats being filmed in the background or interrupting Mother as she nails her 17th take of sprinkling flowers on donuts.

R163 The reaction across the board in the UK has been solely negative. Honestly, this show feels like it's at least a decade out of date. The era of the celebrity chef is basically over. The luxury market is also dying. If it does well, it's because people are watching for a laugh.

"When I'm not busy ghosting all my family (in-laws too), my former cast mates, most of my friends, or sending my wedding ring back to my ex-husband via fed ex, or stealing my ex-boyfriend's recipes before cheating on him with a British prince, I love setting up a camera crew in someone else's house and pretend to be authentic with mint leaves."

"Dreadful," "grand," and "horrid" are the words affected queens use to sound fancy around these parts.

Please tell me the move to Portugal is still on.

We can't wait to get rid of them.

Sociopaths try on different personalities to fit into whatever social situation they are in, but their true nature is hard to fully mask. It comes off as a cyborg in a costume.

Valley of the Dollface thread

Do they have even a concept of a plan to fund the enormous expenses they will incur for the remaining decades of their lives? They are heading soon into deep middle age. Their connections to royal glamour are pretty tenuous at this point. The next generation of royals is about to enter their teen years and will draw attention further away from them. They have no talent and no attention span.

R172 "fancy" is a word used by rubes around these parts.

How many of these has she filmed? How many episodes will there be?

When has it ever been known that Meghan Markle has any interest whatsoever in cooking and gardening in the years she's been a public figure? She's never expressed any interest in those things as far as I can recall.

This seems like she's just jumping on the "celebrity chef and gardener" bandwagon that is such a cliche at this point, has been done a million times already and is beyond tired, just so she can try and stay relevant in a world where few people could give a shit about her.

I would love to know what Martha thinks about this.

r176 William's kids are going to be the big stars of the Royal Family when they reach their teens, which isn't too many years away. It's going to be all about them, and Harry and Meghan surely must be aware of this.

To keep something like this going, year in, year out requires an enormous amount of work and dedication. Martha is a workaholic and a brilliant business woman. I just double Meghan Markle is going to be able to keep up.

Martha is in a class by herself. She is truly a genius in her field and of course she worked her ass off for many years. Meghan just seems like she woke up one day and said "I want to do a lifestyle show. Let's make this happen."

R178 Economic Times (India Times) reported that the series is a total of eight episodes.

[QUOTE]"celebrity chef and gardener" bandwagonthat is such a cliche at this point, has been done a million times already and is beyond tired

Remember when everybody and her sister became "celebrity handbag designers?" That might be next if this falls through. I've said for a while that QVC is her final destination.

Even the Guardian was being cunty about this show, which is really something.

The boyfriend she dumped for Harry was a chef. She actually did a food-related bit on someone’s show—it was on YouTube. Sampling pickles? Her contribution was “it tastes good”. Just a complete nonentity.

Everyone's invited

to create wonder

in every moment.

[quote] “We’re not in the pursuit of perfection,” Meghan assures us from somewhere deep inside a Nancy Meyers-esque farmhouse kitchen the size of a small airplane hangar. “We’re in the pursuit of joy!” According to Elle Decor, the Thermador stove and range seen in the trailer could set one back anywhere from $12,000 to $16,000.

[quote]The trailer, which looks like a “quiet luxury” Pinterest board come to life, is a symphony of beige: beige sweaters, beige hummus, beige focaccia, personalized beige candles and an assortment of beige flowers. “I see what color I gravitate to, and everything goes from there,” Meghan says, re: beige flower arrangements.

[quote] Imagine you’re about to host friends for dinner. How would you go about it?

[quote] It’s simple. You start in the lush, verdant garden that abuts your estate, strolling through rows of ripe, juicy berries, gathering tomatoes, squash blossoms and jewel-toned lettuce leaves in a dainty wicker basket. Then you stop by an apiary and collect fresh honey.

[quote] Make sure you have roughly seven acres’ worth of edible flowers on hand to decorate the elaborate salads, doughnuts and beverages you will serve your guests, all of whom are fabulously wealthy and famous celebrities. I don’t even know why I’m telling you this, it’s so obvious. Also, your husband is a prince.

[quote] If this wasn’t all immediately evident to you – wow, embarrassing! But – don’t worry. This week, the trailer dropped for Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex’s new Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, which premieres on 15 January. According to Netflix, the series, produced by the duchess, “reimagines the genre of lifestyle programming” by “blending practical how-to’s and candid conversations with friends, new and old”.

All Meghan is copy what Martha did. Martha wasn't Martha overnight.

Personally, I'm really looking forward to the prison years.

The Duchess of Sucksass is multi-talented.

her performative overtures and insincerity really is an insult to her audience; its like "thanks for coming, but I really couldn't be bothered,"

AKA “Dialing For Dollars”??

Did someone say "Dollars"??

She's so cold and unlikable.

They're not fabulous on her, r112.

She's already pushing it with a jaw that's wider than any other part of her face.

R145, HG Tudor explains how narcissism keeps prompting try-overs, even when failure is inevitable.

R179 and R182, she did a whole lifestyle blog, appeared on cable making (elevating) cinnamon toast, dated a celeb chef in Canada, and apparently floated the idea of doing some kind of cooking show—all pre-Harry. Her wedding cake was a lop-sided (perfectly imperfect) affair with edible flowers. Post-marriage, she used her homemade banana bread as a calling card.

This is exactly her thing and aesthetic.

[quote] Even the Guardian was being cunty about this show, which is really something.

This is her conundrum. Those who reflexively supported her would need her to be a natural-haired, titles-renouncing maker of uplifting documentaries. Those who hate her are the natural audience for this frau-bait.

The twitter comments on Netflix's announcement are vicious. They're basically paying Harry and Meghan to go away.

I'm not a Meghan fan (nor am I a hater, but I do get a big kick out of the endless entertainment she provides with her "pick me!" personality). Having said that, in her defense, shooting a TV series in one's own kitchen would be a giant disruption. TV crews include a lot of people milling around, cameras everywhere and the crews would want to leave their setups overnight meaning the Royal Sussexes wouldn't be able to use their own kitchen much while the series was shooting. I'm sure she has other reasons to not have used her own kitchen (security, outdated space, etc) but logic says using a house that is empty and frequently used for shoots is the most practical way to go.

Except, R201, when she says it’s her kitchen and it’s not, she’s proving she’s just as phony as her hair, something everyone already knew. She pissed away what little cred she had left with this show.

It’s the artifice; artifice so easily exposed, that makes her a laughingstock.

Each new thing she does is more of an embarrassment than her last fuckup. There’s no bottom with her.

What a load of horseshit and an utter cringefest. Her lack of charisma, genuineness, and self-awareness are almost epic in their awfulness. And yet she keeps plodding on, each new endeavor more dreadful (there's that word again, ladies!) than the last. Fascinating.

She hasn't done anything in the domestic realm since marrying Harry. So yes, this whole "look at me! I love to cook and entertain" (sorry, writing on bananas doesn't count) comes out of the blue and seems completely forced and unnatural.

[quote]cameras everywhere and the crews would want to leave their setups overnight meaning the Royal Sussexes wouldn't be able to use their own kitchen much while the series was shooting.

Like they actually do any of their own cooking.

Exactly r205. Since when has Meghan been known to be a domestic goddess?

The domesticity is not out of the blue. In addition to what I mentioned at R198, there was the story that their engagement happened while roasting a chicken at home; the visit to her hen house with Oprah; gifts from her garden with twee labels to The Cut journalist. Y'all really don't know Meghan.

R208: "Y'all really don't know Meghan."

I suspect we know her pretty well by now.

To know her, though, is not to like her.

R161 I’d push her into the bees

^^I tried that at Windsor Castle.

R210 They'd die.

R212 😢

Annoying as fuck and it's so fun to hate her. She's like a tinted Gwyneth Paltrow.

[quote] This is her conundrum. Those who reflexively supported her would need her to be a natural-haired, titles-renouncing maker of uplifting documentaries. Those who hate her are the natural audience for this frau-bait.

Astute observation, r199 ^

Next up: Vagina scented bath salts

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Pa packing up and leaving Mexico. My guess he’s headed for Thailand and Pattaya is more his style.

Now we know how Pa Markle will be spending the 50k GFM money that annoying Colin Campbell woman raised for him.

Plenty of 80 year olds don't get help from their kids and are struggling. What makes Pa Markle so special he needs a GFM? And I doubt he's struggling. He has social security PLUS a pension from his union as an electrician plus has been living in low cost Mexico for a decade.

The whole family is slimy. No wonder Meghan turned out as bad as she did.

Can you blame him, R218?

He’ll feel at home on Walking Street as so many of the residents will remind him of his daughter.

Tom Jr. said in that InTouch interview that his father spent a couple of weeks every year in Thailand while married to stoner Doria. Every Christmas Pa Markle would also send gifts of toys and kids clothes to Thailand and the Phillipines and Tom Jr. wondered if he had half siblings there.

Maybe Pa Markle is going to seek out his other children in Southeast Asia and see if they treat him better than Meghan has, lol.

Oh god, they’d make Megs look like an amateur

I think she puts on makeup to look darker.

👹

Is Netflix even bothering to promote this dreck? The only promo I’ve seen is on her Instagram. I’m on Netflix all the time and have seen zero teasers. Same situation as the Polo flop.

I almost feel sorry for them at this point. Leaping into abyss after abyss.

I was surprised at her speaking voice (I never watched "Suits" and she didn't talk on Deal Or No Deal). Is that vocal fry, or do they even still make Kools?

Kools-funny!

BBC's take.

The promo is corny as hell and when you click on the BBC link above, she looks like a tank with stick arms.

Well if you want to talk about looks in the Royal family lets start with King, Queen and Prince. Just saying.

[quote] Well if you want to talk about looks in the Royal family lets start with King, Queen and Prince. Just saying.

They are fulfilling duties designated for them by the UK constitution, which the King at least had no real choice in. Being head of state does not have a beauty requirement, and many heads of state are not particularly attractive.

Good looks, on the other hand, are still something people who electively pursue a media career often have. Since she has no particular talent and isn’t exceptional to look at, people are questioning the reasons to watch her.

R230, they haven't revised their faces and bodies repeatedly through surgical and cosmetic procedures, you tedious, slow, and insufferable cunt.

The PR expert who labeled it trad wife is interesting. This is the antithesis of Markle’s purported philanthropic/change the world messaging. I don’t think she thought that far ahead. But wearing a floral dress and having tea in a gazebo is some kind of England between the wars imagery. Oops.

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if this is a modest hit.

Not to me. I'm already a long-time fan of the best to ever do this - Martha Stewart. Everybody else stands in her shadow.

I mean a hit to whoever is within her niche fandom. They'll tune in, possibly making for a respectable number of eyeballs for Netflix measurements.

But, actually, if that happens, that's a massive tell of how she's had to adjust (lower) her self-perceived position and place within the A, B, C and D List pecking order of California stardom.

Her niche fandom wasn’t enough to support her podcasts. Arguably though this is visual, Megs in the flesh, and less “serious”, more aspirational. If they watch other lifestyle entertainment videos, this won’t be anything new, just with added Meg. Will that be enough?

Meghan's fan base is miniscule and propped up by bots. The general public, even those who are not terminally online as some of us are, don't seem enamored of her and the initial interest has worn off. It's going to be a dud an Netflix knows it. Like Polo, they're giving it the least amount of fanfare and dumping it all at once in hopes the resultant memes and whatnot will be limited to a weekend or a week at most.

This whole escapade has been an embarrassment for Netflix. Technically, they still have one project in the hopper which was that book that Netflix optioned for them. But nothing ever progressed on that project and now it is too late in the contract to proceed. Netflix probably wants this whole terrible decision to fade away quietly.

So, those of you who are familiar with this business and the contract with Netflix - how much was the contract for? How much money did the duo actually receive?

I assume they did not get the full amount up front, but did they get paid for presenting output, no matter how dreadful or how little the public response is?

How much money did Netflix lose on this whole deal?

R237, none of that information is public as far as I know. Netflix itself has never said anything about the financial terms of the contract. When Harry and Meghan first announced the deal, they said it could be worth “up to” some mega-millions amount. That doesn’t mean anything by itself.

Is it being released all at once?

A lot of people will hate-watch (at least at first), just to see how awful she is.

Harry and Meghan's PR claimed the contract amount was $100 million, which might be true since streamers were throwing cash at everyone at the time. But it was a production deal, which meant that production costs came out of that pie and they only received a certain amount in pay if they reached various benchmarks. They probably made a decent amount of cash for the fauxmentary but not on anything else that followed.

It will be interesting to see how cleanly they part ways. Spotify had to pay up to get rid of them and arrangement was so sour Spotify openly called them grifters. Netflix has probably been pretty careful behind the scenes with fulfilling their end of the contract to ensure Meghan and Harry do not try any shenanigans. But this is Harry and Meghan, so I would not put it past them to pull their usual stunts when parting ways. They've already comments distancing themselves from these projects and acting as if they were powerless with the choices made.

[quote]Is it being released all at once?

You can't rush perfection.

If it really was $100,000,000, I imagine that was the ceiling after certain performance incentives kicked in. And everything has bombed, so…

The last time I watched Markle in anything was the dastardly duo's Oprah interview, which I turned off early after having my fill of her victim/martyr drivel. Hate watch is a waste of time and energy.

Let's say the show was amazing. I still couldn't watch it because her voice is so grating and condescending.

[quote] I still couldn't watch it because her voice is so grating and condescending.

She has a horribly unpleasant voice. I watched clips of that elephant documentary she narrated a few years ago and god, it was like nails on a chalkboard complete with vocal fry. If I hadn't known who was narrating that doc, I would've thought "how the hell did this woman get a narration job?" It wouldn't have made any sense to me at all.

These celebrity guests are sub-Hollywood Squares level.

They know that Harry is a vexatious litigant so netflix is quietly discharging their contractual obligations so that when the Douche and Douchess try to put the squeeze on them...

R233, my mixed race grandmother was obsessed with being as white and English as possible and was also obsessive about having a gazebo in her backyard, despite living in the worst socio-economic area of our city!

She spent every spare cent on Royal Doulton and magazine specials about the late Queen.

The interwar years were when she was at her happiest.

Now I know why the gazebo was such a big deal.

I do feel bad for Harry. She seems to be pulling all the strings-manipulating the puppet.

Aw R249, your granny sounds sweet. Was she like Hyacinth Bucket?

[Quote] I do feel bad for Harry. She seems to be pulling all the strings-manipulating the puppet. R250

Seriously?! He’s as guilty of narcissistic behavior as she is. She didn’t write Spare for him.

Serious wild fires in So Cal yet tone deaf Meghan decides to announce her dog has died.

Oh, hell, I blame Harry almost totally for their circumstances.

It's a given, almost too obvious to note, that Markle was on the make when she met Harry. So what? There's not one damn thing wrong with that. I don't join in with her detractors on negatively judging her climbing. Why single her out for that?

Nothing succeeds like success. She got her man. She got a position in one of the wealthiest, most elite, families of Earth (whether or not they should be, or monarchy should exist. is a different discussion).

And then....they both blew it.

I meant to add.

I think they should have left Royal service if their lives were so miserable. Who wants to get up every day in dread?

It's the way they stupidly, self-servingly, blabbingly left and its aftermath that the Sussexes totally own.

And I'm convinced it's cost them as a celebrity couple, which is what they now amount to.

R251, she was genuinely kind, but ashamed of our non-English roots. She avoided the sun to look whiter. Some of us are even darker than she was, which concerned her. She thought white skin, blue eyes and blond hair was the most desirable way to look to avoid suffering racism. She and my uncles were routinely called the N word on at least two continents.

Hasn’t this woman suffered enough…

I don't feel bad for either one of them as they are both likely sociopaths. Their actions keep getting framed as bad decision making. I think it goes deeper than impulsivity or judgment. People with any level of empathy would not have used Uvalde for content, nor abused their elderly family members, nor have sent their proxies to heap online abuse on their ill relatives.

They are sick and twisted and even people who don't follow this saga very closely have picked up on it. Meghan cannot even come close to an approximation of acting human for the cameras. Shiver to think what their children and pets go through around when there is no one else around.

I don’t believe anything she says-even about this rescue dog’s death. Watch! we will see her next in Eric McCormack rescue ads.

[quote]Markle was on the make when she met Harry. So what? There's not one damn thing wrong with that.

Well, there is, actually, Della/R254. Being ambitious is fine. How you go about it and what results from it matters too, doesn't it?

R259 Conveniently timed to keep them in the news as the flames spread across Los Angeles.

Who knows when the dog died, or even if he did.

Jesus, the woman is insufferable as is her husband but manipulating a pet’s death would be beyond crazy.

Two words- Lucrezia Borgia

I've noticed something. Every time some Trump threads start, as always about stupid, insane things he's doing, the "I hate meghan" threads get bumped up again. We know there is a link between magats and a hatred of this couple.

Don't be distracted DL.

r264 Here. You dropped this.

[quote]We know there is a link between magats and a hatred of this couple.

I think you're seeing patterns that aren't there. The "I hate Trump" threads stem from actual concern about the future of the country. The Meghan threads are celebrity gossip.

R266, the cows I've blocked were not just gossiping. They were rabid with hate. Not normal celeb gossip.

[quote] How you go about it and what results from it matters too, doesn't it?

r260, what specifically are you referring to? If you're going to raise this question, set forth your objections to how they "go about it" and "results".

I've already pointed out at r254 and r255 they blew it.

I was devastated when my cat died, so I get the sadness at her dog's death.

But please--making a huge "my dog died" IG post all about yourself, featuring your cutesy kids and promoting your upcoming Netflix show?

I've been reading that her dog actually died in 2024? Like maybe October? If true, what a twat to announce it now, but then again it is Catherine's birthday tomorrow, so it's right on cue.

[quote] I was devastated when my cat died, so I get the sadness at her dog's death. But please--making a huge "my dog died" IG post all about yourself, featuring your cutesy kids and promoting your upcoming Netflix show?

It’s not just a dog. It’s a rescue dog. Okay?

Meghan is probably hoping to be a Lauren Sanchez to a Jeff Bezos

In r257 pic, you can see them acting the part. It’s all theatre and performative

[quote] I've been reading that her dog actually died in 2024? Like maybe October? If true, what a twat to announce it now, but then again it is Catherine's birthday tomorrow, so it's right on cue.

It can take a long time to process these things. They probably needed private time to grieve.

You forget this comes after the attempts to kill both of them in New York and the UK government’s attempt to offer Prince Archie as a burnt offering in South Africa. It’s a lot to deal with.

[quote]Meghan is probably hoping to be a Lauren Sanchez to a Jeff Bezos

I think this likely her most important and ultimate goal. A socialite wife of a filthy rich, powerful man. Maybe she'll ditch Harry if an opportunity like that presents itself.

[quote]Maybe she'll ditch Harry if an opportunity like that presents itself.

Maybe?

She may ditch Harry but she won't be ditching the title, meaningless or not, whether she's entitled to it or not.

Do we know when the dog died? Her post doesn’t say. And I hate to be cynical, did the dog die a while ago and is she just bringing it up now as sympathy ploy because show is going to tank? I very well could be wrong, but this is just the type of stunt she’d pull.

R278 Allegedly the dog died a few weeks ago. This wasn't a "it happened yesterday" kind of event.

What about Bogart? He was her first rescue dog who was left behind with friends in Canada. Ibble Dibble thinks he was put down.

Bogart didn't like Harry. Who ditches a rescue dog? She used Bogart in so many interviews because Ellen told her to get him. Ellen doesn't remember.

R266, some of us hate Trump and the Harkles. All three are narcissists.

Oh I remember Ibble Dibble! The last video of hers I watched, she said she had been 'shadow banned' and wasn't showing up in people's feeds. Could it be that Meghan organized her bots or cult and had them complain to youtube about her?

Brilliant woman but her voice did bother me - sort of Valley Girlish? Cutesy? I don't know how to explain it but it was a chore for me, though I admired her knowledge, like of fashion and H'wood and such, and her insight into what goes on in Meghan's mind (a very scary place).