If you're a non-meghan markle hater, what's your opinion on her show on netflix?

Hating on people that are famous or that you don’t know is such a ridiculously stupid thing. But so is being a ‘huge fan’ of them too. They’re people doing a job. That is literally it. It’s so weird to me how invested people get into it. 😂

I just think that carrying her own programme is a bit much for her, so a slot on a sort of reality/lifestyle thing might be a better shout.

I don't really know much about Real Housewives I must admit so I expect you're right! (I watched about 5 minutes once and thought oh my, not for me!)

Well, I think the RH would allow her to do all those things, without carrying a whole programme, which I think is a bit much for her. Maybe a slot on a magazine show?

I just think a Real Housewives thing opens her up for more criticism whereas this lifestyle pap could cover all sorts of handicrafts, light gardening, outdoor stuff, BBQs, .....I hasten to add I haven't seen all of her series and there's more episodes to come so all this might be covered.

I'm wondering about a Real Housewives sort of show. I think that might showcase her without her having responsibility for content.

Seems rather pointless to me. Watched a bit just so I could judge for myself. I read that pre marriage she had a lifestyle blog that was quite good, but that on the show she doesn't come off the same way at all.

I think she has found her thing and I think this is possibly it. It's harmless, people can take the piss out of it if that's their bag, but it's just frothy pap and harmless.
I hope she does more.

I like her but the show was a bit cringey. I did enjoy the aesthetic though to be fair and it was an easy way to pass the time

I don't hate her. That doesn't translate as I like her though. It's still dross. Pretend friends in a pretend setting doing pretend dull things.

Engineered banality.

D R O S S

Most people don't hate her, they just find her a bit of a dreary, grifting twit, along with Hapless Hazbeen Hazza. There's a long way between "tedious, no thanks" and hate.

I agree, @BustingBaoBun . I think the victim narrative went down badly, however justified she felt, or however much some people sympathised.

She's right to move away from that. She's tried all sorts of stuff, I just don't think she's found her thing yet.

I have no hate for Meghan or Harry but I also have no interest in watching her Netflix show as it’s not the kind of thing I watch.

As for her correcting someone on her name, what’s wrong with that? I correct people on how to pronounce my name all the time. It’s a reflex action. Can’t help it.

Wish she would use the platform to inspire. Her story resonates with many people that have had similar experiences (not necessarily in royal spaces! - but she could really use her voice).

She would be absolutely crucified if she did anything like this. The media (and Mumsnet) would have a field day shredding her. I am so glad she is not doing anything like that but instead is doing a frothy lifestyle programme. She gets enough criticism for even doing that but the bits I've seen have been harmless and no one has to watch it!

@TENSsion you have a point, it's definitely cringe worthy and I think there's a cultural difference.

It's not a cooking show, it's a lifestyle show really, as pp have said. I think that's really her strength, promoting a kind of luxury lifestyle. A fruit platter for kids, all the sprinkles, it's not real life for most of us, but I don't think that matters.
I genuinely don't think she's found her groove, though, and she's obviously trying to work out how to promote herself, what to do. As someone has said, maybe style and fashion?

I don’t dislike her but I do think she really misjudges her public interactions.
She’s not a horrible person, in fact she seems very sweet.

But there are definitely moments in the programme that were very uncomfortable for me to watch. She is very, very American. Very comfortable with overt bragging. Terrible at pretending to be humble. Her reactions to flattery are incredibly over the top and she does come across as very self affected. The part where she melts into the fridge because someone compliments her clothes for example.
The “dear friends” seem to have only met her a couple of times. It all seems very stilted and uncomfortable to watch.

All this said, she doesn’t come across as a horrible person but I think it’s really clarified why she didn’t go down too well in England. I think it’s a very clear clash of culture.

Wait..seriously a thread hinting that people are BU because they DON'T hate Meghan Markle?

Being asked to justify WHY?

This site is bonkers.

Believe it or not there are some normal people out here that don't froth at the mouth when hearing her name, and simply don't care that she has a TV programme, book etc.

I am however, starting to care about the weird number of bullies that are getting wound up by her. It's not a good look .

I watched it all over 2 nights while up with my newborn.

I wouldn’t say I’m a Meghan superfan but I think she’s very stylish and I think she was treated horribly by the press while she and Harry were still part of the RF. As far as after that goes, I haven’t paid much attention.

My main takeaways from the series are:

1. It’s visual porn as opposed to meaningful content. In one of the episodes, Meghan herself even references the Nancy Meyers aesthetic which is what appealed to me in the first place. If someone is looking for a serious cooking show to watch, I would hope that they would have the common sense to know that this probably isn’t going to fit the bill.
2. Meghan has beautiful clothes, but they are utterly ridiculous to cook in unless you only eat beige food and drink clear liquids.
3. I don’t give a toss that it’s not her real house, I’m still jealous.
4. I’m not convinced that the guests are actually her friends- the interactions seem a bit too stilted. How Mindy Kaling didn’t laugh when being shown how to make peanut butter and jam sandwiches, I’ll never know. I absolutely loved Roy Choi though.
5. There was really no need for dried flower sprinkles to be used THAT much.
6. And finally- this show would be great to use in a drinking game. Take a shot each time Meghan uses the word “elevate”, take another for each mention of her preserves.

The show is fluff. But I enjoyed it, and look forward to the follow up episodes.

I don’t hate Meghan at all. I think she gets a lot of flack. But the show does not work. It is just bland. I think the problem with H&M is that they must not follow advice from the team around them. To do a show like this you need authenticity and that’s what it lacks, it’s not filmed in her home , her family is not in it, her friends do not seem like her friends. She just hasn’t shared enough of herself to make a success of this format.

Shs should have picked a different theme; like learning skills from other people,

I’m team Meghan but the trailer is cringe and it doesn’t look interesting at all sadly! Wish she would use the platform to inspire. Her story resonates with many people that have had similar experiences (not necessarily in royal spaces! - but she could really use her voice).

I haven't watched the show because I don't enjoy that kind of program but from the clips Ive seen it seems harmless escapism.
I hope it proves to be very successful

I’ll not watch it, don't wish to pry.

This is the problem- she's not better than you and the ideas are not interesting. It's filmed as if it's aspirational but everyone I know does this sort of thing- putting flowers in a vase, chopping veg nicely on a plate, arranging fruit nicely for a party blah blah.

The programme would be better if she had allowed herself to be in the viewer's position and invited proper experts on to show her how to do things (a bit like Kirstie's Homemade Homes etc- Kirstie plays the muppet who can't do it, like the viewer, and the guest is the expert). But instead her guests have to act as if they're wowed by Meghan making pasta or putting a raspberry on a cake- it just doesn't work.

(Disclaimer- I have no views on Meghan generally EXCEPT for when she stood up to everyone saying she had to tell the press when and where she was giving birth so they could loiter outside like a bunch of weird peeping toms and then expect her to come out next day in full hair and make up and show the baby off like a prize ham. She was dead right on that and brave to make a stand.)

Incidentally, I'd rather eat wasps than watch the show, but some of the recipes are on the Netflix's website and the ones I looked at look pretty sound. And mostly proper cooking. No idea whether she actually made them in the show, though.