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I'm sorry, with love is meghan is awful

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Tricho · 05/03/2025 08:28

I tried.

I really did.

But JFC it's absolutely awful.

"Come and watch me make the most basic of crafts while telling me how much you admire me, and I gently patronise you"

Really awful.

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Tomatotater · 08/03/2025 23:03

@BackoffSusan "I wanted it to feel authentic but it's the opposite."
Did you though? You said you don't like her, but you watched her show. Did you really hope that a show she made would be 'authentic'? What does that even mean? Its obvious it was going to be some kind of aspirational show. She lives in a mansion in California with a prince! I don't really know much about her (because I don't obsessively read every single article ever written about her or spend every waking hour trying to find out how she has insulted the Royal Family this week) but think she has been made a scapegoat for things Harry has done, and is subject to ridiculous amounts of vitriol for no reason. I wasn't going to watch the show, but if I didn't like her, I would just not watch. I certainly wouldn't watch it hoping it was going to be good!

Jacquettes · 08/03/2025 23:14

Tomatotater · 08/03/2025 20:32

I think the ' would Kate be as successful point is a moot one' The circumstances would be totally different. The reason Meghan is getting so much traction over here is because of the whole ' leaving the Royal Family and wrenching poor Harry away from his role as 3rd wheel' business. Most people watching seem to be hate watching or indulging in their Meghan obsession and part of that depends on Harry and Meghan being the 'baddies' and Kate and William being the sainted saviours of the Monarchy. Without them, it's just another fantasy lifestyle show. If Kate divorced William, I think it's naive to think she wouldn't get the same treatment from the press and the Royals. If William wanted to marry someone else she would suddenly be painted as an awful person, unhinged, etc, not fitting in with Royal traditions, etc, because the Royal Family is the most important thing and William needs to be popular. Diana was painted the same way until she died, and even now.

I agree about how Kate would be treated if she left. It would be awful for her. And Kate, more than anyone, would know this.

Jacquettes · 08/03/2025 23:19

BustingBaoBun · 08/03/2025 21:27

Fair enough! We can't like all the same people!
I have chef's I love, chef's I can't stand, presenters of food programmes who I think are pretty decent,others who are really useless!
It's all different with varying opinions!

Exactly.

Jacquettes · 08/03/2025 23:21

EternalSunshine19 · 08/03/2025 21:52

The only bit i found hilarious was an ep where a chef who was cooking with her was using Monosodium Glutamate. Megan looked a bit shocked and said back in the 90's people didn't want do consume MSG but she didn't know why. the chef said the reason why everyone would say no to MSG was because they were racist.

That was not hilarious. You need to listen harder.

Lestelle · 08/03/2025 23:29

The pretzels : the clip I saw, some pretzels were transferred from one single use plastic bag to another single use plastic bag. They live in an area of the world with a huge plastic pollution problem. Maybe it’s a great show outside of that clip but I found it really annoying because of the plastic. I’ve not read or watched or listened to anything they have done other than reading the The Cut interview (I subscribe) and didn’t feel it did either of them any favours. The guttural sounds thing was bizarre and manipulative but it was no doubt a weird time for all who were personally involved and the really bad idea has been blasting internal family drama out on such a public scale. There’s no going back on rash decisions when they are out there like that.

OrdinaryO888 · 09/03/2025 03:23

skullbabe · 08/03/2025 17:32

So true! The sheer dedication some people have to combing through every detail of her life just to loudly declare how much they don’t care about her is honestly fascinating. The irony is, they’re the ones keeping her name trending! And I have to admit—while I do like Meghan, I wouldn’t call myself a super fan. But if I ever need the most up to date Meghan news, I know exactly where to go - to the pages where they just can't stand her 😂. Honestly, no one follows her every move more closely than her biggest critics. They’re basically running a Meghan Markle fan club—just, you know, angrily 😆.

Yes, totally this^ and what I can’t comprehend is how individuals posting negatively on social media about her seem to be influenced by the entire media industry out there predicated on “how we can hate Meghan in ten different ways”.

Every time I go on Insta or You Tube the algorithms throw up some hideous so-called experts sitting around in a studio in formal clothes smirking and slagging her off.

Some commentators are obviously going on very nice holidays, or having really nice kitchen upgrades off the back of it all.

And I see the lovely Dan Wootton (sp?) is back, intent on stirring up as much trouble for Meghan as possible. He’s the tabloid journalist credited with breaking Megxit, which is why H&M had to announce their departure from the RF earlier than planned.

That’s what people seem to conveniently forget when they accuse H&M of doing everything hastily and in an unplanned way and making “rash” decisions ; that whatever they are trying to do is always leaked and they are forced to act hastily a lot of the time before stories about them are broken.

I think now Meghan has produced something concrete, whether you like it or not is irrelevant really, the obsessive negativity should stop. Give the poor woman a chance. Whatever she has supposedly done, she has more than paid her dues in the number of nasty comments, articles, podcasts etc created to criticise her.

It gets to the point where posting negatively comments for the sake of it, and creating manufactured content for the sole purpose of hounding one individual, especially an individual who has previously reported being suicidal, becomes plain wrong and enough is enough.

Jacquettes · 09/03/2025 04:31

I think now Meghan has produced something concrete, whether you like it or not is irrelevant really, the obsessive negativity should stop. Give the poor woman a chance. Whatever she has supposedly done, she has more than paid her dues in the number of nasty comments, articles, podcasts etc created to criticise her.

@OrdinaryO888 I agree.

BackoffSusan · 09/03/2025 06:06

@OrdinaryO888 I don't think that people are obsessively slagging her off. It's quite normal when a high profile figure releases a TV, for people to watch it and review it. In this instance the vast majority do not like it and the reviews have been negative. This I would agree with because I think it's a poor TV show. I wasn't a fan of Megan beforehand but I'd hoped watching the show that perhaps she'd rip the veneer off and we'd get a sense of who she is. But I didn't feel that when I watched it and also found the content boring. Maybe after the first episode it gets better but I don't plan to watch anymore. Good for her that she's found her calling. I wish her well.

BunnyLake · 09/03/2025 06:51

LipglossAlly · 08/03/2025 21:39

Please can you put the same energy and watch season 2 "whilst hating every minute of it " so that we can have a season 3😂

I don’t think my viewing style would be what she’s looking for. I’ve only watched one episode in full. I FF’d most of the second - I watched a bit at the beginning and a bit at the end when they had tea outside, I’ve watched about five minutes of episode three. I might watch it all but it will take some time. I didn’t watch a single episode of the Harry and Meghan docuseries or the Oprah interview (other than the snippets they put out to advertise it). So I’m not one of those avid hate watchers, I’m being more of a ‘so let’s see what all the fuss is about’ watcher. My tv watching habits anyway are very low energy. Unless something really grabs me it takes months to watch something. It can take me a week or more to watch one movie as I can’t sit through it one go. So I don’t think anyone would want me as their typical viewer.

Note: I have never once said I have hated every minute of it.

BunnyLake · 09/03/2025 07:12

Ilovecleaning · 08/03/2025 19:17

Tbh I envy and admire her calligraphy. It’s amazing.

You can probably get some tutorials on Youtube if you'd like to give it a go. I’ve used YT for various tutorials before, very good some of them.

EternalSunshine19 · 09/03/2025 07:14

Jacquettes · 08/03/2025 23:21

That was not hilarious. You need to listen harder.

I don't need to listen harder thanks, his generalisation of people not eating a flavour enhancer was ridiculous and funny.

LipglossAlly · 09/03/2025 07:54

OrdinaryO888 · 09/03/2025 03:23

Yes, totally this^ and what I can’t comprehend is how individuals posting negatively on social media about her seem to be influenced by the entire media industry out there predicated on “how we can hate Meghan in ten different ways”.

Every time I go on Insta or You Tube the algorithms throw up some hideous so-called experts sitting around in a studio in formal clothes smirking and slagging her off.

Some commentators are obviously going on very nice holidays, or having really nice kitchen upgrades off the back of it all.

And I see the lovely Dan Wootton (sp?) is back, intent on stirring up as much trouble for Meghan as possible. He’s the tabloid journalist credited with breaking Megxit, which is why H&M had to announce their departure from the RF earlier than planned.

That’s what people seem to conveniently forget when they accuse H&M of doing everything hastily and in an unplanned way and making “rash” decisions ; that whatever they are trying to do is always leaked and they are forced to act hastily a lot of the time before stories about them are broken.

I think now Meghan has produced something concrete, whether you like it or not is irrelevant really, the obsessive negativity should stop. Give the poor woman a chance. Whatever she has supposedly done, she has more than paid her dues in the number of nasty comments, articles, podcasts etc created to criticise her.

It gets to the point where posting negatively comments for the sake of it, and creating manufactured content for the sole purpose of hounding one individual, especially an individual who has previously reported being suicidal, becomes plain wrong and enough is enough.

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LipglossAlly · 09/03/2025 08:03

Lestelle · 08/03/2025 23:29

The pretzels : the clip I saw, some pretzels were transferred from one single use plastic bag to another single use plastic bag. They live in an area of the world with a huge plastic pollution problem. Maybe it’s a great show outside of that clip but I found it really annoying because of the plastic. I’ve not read or watched or listened to anything they have done other than reading the The Cut interview (I subscribe) and didn’t feel it did either of them any favours. The guttural sounds thing was bizarre and manipulative but it was no doubt a weird time for all who were personally involved and the really bad idea has been blasting internal family drama out on such a public scale. There’s no going back on rash decisions when they are out there like that.

People that are so pressed about what containers pretzels are placed in and focus on these minutiae don't really understand how they come across.

We have 8 episodes worth of content and keeping going on and on on about these pretzels is just insane to me.

I would rather you admit that the type of content and host don't resonate with you and just move on.

People are not debating you or anybody else not liking a specific type of content, It is just the desperation to find any little nonsensical excuse to come at this woman even if it comes at the cost of making the person look obsessive.

LipglossAlly · 09/03/2025 08:13

BackoffSusan · 09/03/2025 06:06

@OrdinaryO888 I don't think that people are obsessively slagging her off. It's quite normal when a high profile figure releases a TV, for people to watch it and review it. In this instance the vast majority do not like it and the reviews have been negative. This I would agree with because I think it's a poor TV show. I wasn't a fan of Megan beforehand but I'd hoped watching the show that perhaps she'd rip the veneer off and we'd get a sense of who she is. But I didn't feel that when I watched it and also found the content boring. Maybe after the first episode it gets better but I don't plan to watch anymore. Good for her that she's found her calling. I wish her well.

Again, I am not sure about the majority of people not liking it.

Do not let the forced outrage predictably manufactured by a media apparatus that has tried to tear this woman down for 8 years and the side of the algorithm you are at to deceive you into thinking that nobody liked the show, because it is just not true.

Many people enjoyed the show. These people are either silent or not pushed by your algorithm because of the content you've have chosen to consume.

BackoffSusan · 09/03/2025 08:28

@LipglossAlly well you might not be sure about the majority of people not liking it. But a quick search on Google confirms that it has a Google rating of 2.9/5, 28% on rotten tomatoes, 1/5 by the independent and so on.......it's been panned everywhere. So yes I think we can assume it's not liked by the majority.

SleepQuest33 · 09/03/2025 08:28

I haven’t watched it because it’s not my “jam” but I wish her and Harry well, it is difficult to make your mark after leaving a career, especially in her position.
Good luck to her!

LipglossAlly · 09/03/2025 08:40

BackoffSusan · 09/03/2025 08:28

@LipglossAlly well you might not be sure about the majority of people not liking it. But a quick search on Google confirms that it has a Google rating of 2.9/5, 28% on rotten tomatoes, 1/5 by the independent and so on.......it's been panned everywhere. So yes I think we can assume it's not liked by the majority.

This assumption is wrong.
Again, we know that the majority of people that hate watch anything put out by Meghan are going to give very negative reviews, whereas the people that enjoyed it including me are not necessarily going to provide their input.

There were many negative reviews, but also many other postie review(I am going to post them).

Go under the comment section of the Guardian( they published 4 negative reviews on one cooking show) - people are literally racking them apart because they have enjoyed the content and found something fishy with this little cooking show being review bombed by a supposedly serious outlet like the Guardian( 4 reviews for a cooking show really?). We have people literally threatening to not support the Guardian anymore likening it to the DM.

This is not the kind of reaction that I would expect for a universally disliked show.

To conclude, as any other show it resonated with some people and fldit not with others.

What I am seeing is that there is a concerted effort to make you believe that this show was universally disliked when it is simply not true. Deal with it and move on.

uhhuhuhhuhuhuh · 09/03/2025 08:42

Biscuitsnotcookies · 05/03/2025 11:24

I hate this kind of stuff, but I would pay GOOD money to watch Megan in Therapy, that would be worth watching as they explore narcissism and if it’s ever possible to recover - if she really wants to get her ratings that is the way to do it. Not a desperate housewives show with some non friends.

This is the best comment

LipglossAlly · 09/03/2025 08:47

uhhuhuhhuhuhuh · 09/03/2025 08:42

This is the best comment

I think that people who don't have a degree in psychiatry and are diagnosing a complete stranger with narcissism really need to take a look at themselves.

Do you really realise how unhinged you look? It is not about Meghan at this point. There is just something else going on with these type of people mentally.

There is nothing wrong with seeking help if you need it. Please do.

uhhuhuhhuhuhuh · 09/03/2025 08:57

I agree with the person upthread who said this is Netflix flinging mud at the wall and knowing it won't stick. Commitment honoured and bye bye.

I can see that Meg wanted to upscale her appeal of the tig and create branded entertainment, which is a fair aim. The problem is that this kind of stuff doesn't really belong on Netflix. Which is why it's been absolutely excoriated globally. It's feels like pointless puff, bc it is. It feels tone deaf bc it is. It's not entertainment, it should be on QVC.

I feel their desperation as they try to use their natural "talents" to carve roles out beyond inflammatory books and shows. Trouble is, those inflammatory words are not easily forgotten. The irony being that had they not flounced off for "freedom" they'd have had a lot more. They're not free to make a living after all was said and done. It was naive and self serving.

LipglossAlly · 09/03/2025 09:01

uhhuhuhhuhuhuh · 09/03/2025 08:57

I agree with the person upthread who said this is Netflix flinging mud at the wall and knowing it won't stick. Commitment honoured and bye bye.

I can see that Meg wanted to upscale her appeal of the tig and create branded entertainment, which is a fair aim. The problem is that this kind of stuff doesn't really belong on Netflix. Which is why it's been absolutely excoriated globally. It's feels like pointless puff, bc it is. It feels tone deaf bc it is. It's not entertainment, it should be on QVC.

I feel their desperation as they try to use their natural "talents" to carve roles out beyond inflammatory books and shows. Trouble is, those inflammatory words are not easily forgotten. The irony being that had they not flounced off for "freedom" they'd have had a lot more. They're not free to make a living after all was said and done. It was naive and self serving.

Again we are dissociating from reality in order to push a narrative that for some weird reasons make us feel better.

No, producing two series back to back and investing in Meghan's merchandising is not what I would call " trying to honour the contract and get rid of her".
No matter how much you try to convince yourself of these things, it is just not true.

Yes they are making a living and will continue to make a living for themselves. It has already happened and it is happening before your eyes no matter how much you try to negate facts.

TheKeatingFive · 09/03/2025 09:04

uhhuhuhhuhuhuh · 09/03/2025 08:57

I agree with the person upthread who said this is Netflix flinging mud at the wall and knowing it won't stick. Commitment honoured and bye bye.

I can see that Meg wanted to upscale her appeal of the tig and create branded entertainment, which is a fair aim. The problem is that this kind of stuff doesn't really belong on Netflix. Which is why it's been absolutely excoriated globally. It's feels like pointless puff, bc it is. It feels tone deaf bc it is. It's not entertainment, it should be on QVC.

I feel their desperation as they try to use their natural "talents" to carve roles out beyond inflammatory books and shows. Trouble is, those inflammatory words are not easily forgotten. The irony being that had they not flounced off for "freedom" they'd have had a lot more. They're not free to make a living after all was said and done. It was naive and self serving.

Gosh but people seem strangely immune to the facts. It's done extremely well in the ratings for Netflix. Top 10 across about 50 countries is remarkable. They (and Meghan) will be absolutely delighted with that.

TheKeatingFive · 09/03/2025 09:06

LipglossAlly · 09/03/2025 08:47

I think that people who don't have a degree in psychiatry and are diagnosing a complete stranger with narcissism really need to take a look at themselves.

Do you really realise how unhinged you look? It is not about Meghan at this point. There is just something else going on with these type of people mentally.

There is nothing wrong with seeking help if you need it. Please do.

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Totally agree. It is so extraordinary to be so investigate in dissing a woman who you've never met, never will and hasn't done anything particularly wrong.

Lambington · 09/03/2025 09:06

Quite enjoyed episode 2 (it's as far as we've got so far). It's no different to Nigella or any of the many other similar shows.
Doesn't really warrant all the hatred it's got. If the same show were presented by anyone else it would go unnoticed.

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