Page 6 | With Love, Meghan Netflix

RubyTuesday10 · 2025-03-04T07:45:20+00:00

Dropping soon…starting thread in anticipation of many toe curling lifestyle guru treats with a total absence of irony and self awareness…!

sunshinewook · 04/03/2025 21:54

doubleshotcappuccino · 04/03/2025 15:23

It's a lovely antidote to all the negative energy in the news at the moment - perhaps the energy isn't on in the news . By the way - you don't have to watch it ! Sometimes I feel the school bullies resurge around Meghan .. I wonder what's different about her that bothers them so much...

Some people may dislike her because of her background and race. However, some of us just feel that she is not a very nice person. When she married Harry I thought she seemed lovely, I’ve only started to dislike her as I’ve learned more about her. I just get the feeling that she is fake, unkind and narcissistic. I could be wrong but it’s how I feel. I wouldn’t be mean to her or about her (I have never commented about her before), but I shouldn’t be forced to like her for fear of being labelled a racist. Surely we can dislike a person of colour or her content without necessarily being racist ?

BrownPapery · 04/03/2025 21:58

I thought it was fine. Like an American Kirstie’s Handmade Home. From the reviews I was expecting it to be more high end/aspirational, but it was just watching Meghan do things everyone does. Seemed ok if you like that kind of thing (I do, sometimes).

On the bullying and weird negative obsession some people have, that’s true. If you’re ever on the Times website and have the misfortune to read the comments 😭 There are people who seem to dedicate their lives to getting cross about Meghan.

Littlemisscapable · 04/03/2025 22:41

Ibelieve1234 · 04/03/2025 20:13

So contrived is all I have to say.

This. Its not her house..and the conversations are soo forced..its hard to.watch. an authentic version of toddler/family life would have gone down so much better. Where even are the kids while she's making bath salts !??! Just keep it real instead of this waffle.

Horses7 · 04/03/2025 23:36

Vacuous.
Surprisingly devoid of personality, charm and humour.
Lots of friends telling her how wonderful she is.
Lots of family and friends who won’t be on the receiving end of Meghan’s love, bath salts, dried flower sprinkles etc etc.

jeffgoldblum · 04/03/2025 23:39

She likes people blowing smoke up her ass obviously!

glitterturd · 04/03/2025 23:54

FanofLeaves · 04/03/2025 21:50

They make a quiche and she says ‘Is it done?’ NO clearly not but she tries to bullshit it anyway and pretends she likes it runny 🤣

Edited

Oh for goodness sake 🙄 runny like her brains.

glitterturd · 04/03/2025 23:55

GuestSpeakers · 04/03/2025 21:30

It sounds like Netflix are fulfilling their side of the contract in the most passive aggressive way possible. Letting her create basic dishes ( arranging fruit in a rainbow or worse, moving pretzels from one plastic bag to another plastic bag!), leaving comments open on YouTube videos, leaving in awkward exchanges (eg Mindy calling her Meghan Markle) and including dialogue that makes her sound a bit dim (remember to cut a hole in a freezer bag if you're using it to pipe!). At this stage they've settled for people hate watching her otherwise they would have given her more direction.

I think this is indeed the case!

LipglossAlly · 05/03/2025 06:53

BathingFrog · 04/03/2025 20:56

My take on it so far: she is really very pretty and it’s all really quite nice, if in a bit of a twee American kind of way.

It’s an easy watch. There isn’t much to be offended by or angry about at all, although I’m sure some people will be quite worked about it, as they always seem to be where she is concerned.

💯💯💯

LipglossAlly · 05/03/2025 06:55

Iloveyoubut · 04/03/2025 20:11

Yes I actually have.I’m making the point that it’s about nothing really. What’s she done? Made pasta? A candle? Honey? Oh let’s get her! What its also not about is everyone crucifying her for literally no reason year after year after year. So fucking sick of the bullying… at this point… it’s disgusting and shameful. I’m so utterly disgusted by the amount of people who attack this woman on a daily basis for no fucking reason year after year like it’s a sport. Bunch of Dan Wootens - disgusting,

Show quote history

💯💯💯

LipglossAlly · 05/03/2025 06:57

Stromboluigi · 04/03/2025 20:45

Nothing groundbreaking in terms of content but I found watching it oddly comforting, to the extent that I polished off all the episodes in one day (partly it was on in the background, or while I was cooking, or while I was flicking through a new cookery book. There's not much in there that's new or replicable, but it was a comforting sort of watch and I'm a bit sad it's over.

Lovely content. Has the website gone live yet?

BathingFrog · 05/03/2025 07:42

GuestSpeakers · 04/03/2025 21:30

It sounds like Netflix are fulfilling their side of the contract in the most passive aggressive way possible. Letting her create basic dishes ( arranging fruit in a rainbow or worse, moving pretzels from one plastic bag to another plastic bag!), leaving comments open on YouTube videos, leaving in awkward exchanges (eg Mindy calling her Meghan Markle) and including dialogue that makes her sound a bit dim (remember to cut a hole in a freezer bag if you're using it to pipe!). At this stage they've settled for people hate watching her otherwise they would have given her more direction.

Isn’t she the executive producer? I suspect she really wanted the conversation about her surname kept in as it’s important to her, regardless of the conversation looking a bit awkward

AzurePanda · 05/03/2025 07:48

She just doesn’t seem to be a very good cook.

Katherina198819 · 05/03/2025 08:09

I like it.
Is it fake? Yes, just like everything on TV or social media.
Still, I much prefer watching this over all the other reality shows out there.
Yes, she is privileged, but you probably wouldn’t want to watch someone making a ham sandwich in a run-down kitchen.

I also don’t understand the comment about how detached she is from reality. If anything, I found her comments to be the opposite. She seemed aware that her circumstances, such as her garden and kitchen, are not something most people can afford, and she tried to come up with ways to help people make lovely food from simple ingredients. She suggested farmers' markets. What’s wrong with that? I have an allotment and try to buy local, organic fruit and vegetables. I’d rather feed my family healthy food than spend thousands on a new iPhone.
If anything, we need more shows like this to educate people on why it’s fun and healthy to aim to make things from scratch—even if you can’t afford every single thing.

AngelinaFibres · 05/03/2025 08:36

ScarlettOYara · 04/03/2025 20:08

Really? She's using cake mixes as well, so you may be right!

Show quote history

I looked at her website yesterday. She is selling cake mixes and cookie mixes on there.

Beekeepingmum · 05/03/2025 08:51

She does write really nice labels for everything.

FanofLeaves · 05/03/2025 08:58

Katherina198819 · 05/03/2025 08:09

I like it.
Is it fake? Yes, just like everything on TV or social media.
Still, I much prefer watching this over all the other reality shows out there.
Yes, she is privileged, but you probably wouldn’t want to watch someone making a ham sandwich in a run-down kitchen.

I also don’t understand the comment about how detached she is from reality. If anything, I found her comments to be the opposite. She seemed aware that her circumstances, such as her garden and kitchen, are not something most people can afford, and she tried to come up with ways to help people make lovely food from simple ingredients. She suggested farmers' markets. What’s wrong with that? I have an allotment and try to buy local, organic fruit and vegetables. I’d rather feed my family healthy food than spend thousands on a new iPhone.
If anything, we need more shows like this to educate people on why it’s fun and healthy to aim to make things from scratch—even if you can’t afford every single thing.

When was the last time you went to a Farmer’sMarket? Do you think it’s an affordable, accessible and sustainable way for the average person or family to shop for fresh produce? If you do then I’m afraid you must live in the same Lala province as MM.

AngelinaFibres · 05/03/2025 09:04

Nigella admitted that her kitchen was recreated in a warehouse in London to make filming easier/ less hassle for her children. Her friends who came to sit on her patio and enjoy something fabulous were paid extras. She didn't actually eat the chocolate brownies she'd just cooked, at 3 in the morning, ( with a handy film crew). My friend was the chef for her and the crew when she filmed her Christmas special in Ludlow . She had lost a lot of weight in the previous years and she was working very hard to keep it off so she only ate steamed white fish and vegetables. It was all fake and ooozy and finger- lickey ( the beautiful retriever she walked through the beautiful wood was borrowed from the people who owned the beautiful barns her Christmas meal was filmed in). But we don't find it as repulsive as Meghan because Nigella hasn't abandoned her father, ostracised anyone who isn't useful and persuaded someone who isn't very bright that he should also abandon his family. Gwynneth P fannies about streaming her vagina and then has a crafty fag once a week. We know it's all money making bollocks. Laura Ashley, John Lewis, Boden, Emma Bridgewater all promote flower filled, wafty , laughter filled lifestyles. I love all that. I live a life that contains contains lot of that , but Meghan is something else, and it's nothing to do with her bring mixed race. My first husband was a narcissist. He didn't pick flowers and present things in pretty bags but he was utterly fake and picked up/ dropped / reinvented himself to fit the vibe , just as she does.

Beekeepingmum · 05/03/2025 09:30

Episode 5 - we are back to Crudites!!! Advanced layering of carrot sticks......

BathingFrog · 05/03/2025 09:31

FanofLeaves · 05/03/2025 08:58

When was the last time you went to a Farmer’sMarket? Do you think it’s an affordable, accessible and sustainable way for the average person or family to shop for fresh produce? If you do then I’m afraid you must live in the same Lala province as MM.

Edited

Show quote history

The thing is though : not everyone is poor. Lots of people do choose to shop at farmers markets because they want to and can afford to, and it certainly doesn’t make them immensely privileged!

If you want a “how to cook on a budget” show then there are plenty out there, and this isn’t marketed as one.

glitterturd · 05/03/2025 09:33

"She seemed aware that her circumstances, such as her garden and kitchen, are not something most people can afford, and she tried to come up with ways to help people make lovely food from simple ingredients. She suggested farmers' markets. What’s wrong with that?"

Farmer's markets? Who has time for that when they are a working mum ? They are not aimed at your average family. I know of one and the prices are sky high and are current " trendy" products " curated" for your delight.

joose · 05/03/2025 09:35

AngelinaFibres · 05/03/2025 09:04

Nigella admitted that her kitchen was recreated in a warehouse in London to make filming easier/ less hassle for her children. Her friends who came to sit on her patio and enjoy something fabulous were paid extras. She didn't actually eat the chocolate brownies she'd just cooked, at 3 in the morning, ( with a handy film crew). My friend was the chef for her and the crew when she filmed her Christmas special in Ludlow . She had lost a lot of weight in the previous years and she was working very hard to keep it off so she only ate steamed white fish and vegetables. It was all fake and ooozy and finger- lickey ( the beautiful retriever she walked through the beautiful wood was borrowed from the people who owned the beautiful barns her Christmas meal was filmed in). But we don't find it as repulsive as Meghan because Nigella hasn't abandoned her father, ostracised anyone who isn't useful and persuaded someone who isn't very bright that he should also abandon his family. Gwynneth P fannies about streaming her vagina and then has a crafty fag once a week. We know it's all money making bollocks. Laura Ashley, John Lewis, Boden, Emma Bridgewater all promote flower filled, wafty , laughter filled lifestyles. I love all that. I live a life that contains contains lot of that , but Meghan is something else, and it's nothing to do with her bring mixed race. My first husband was a narcissist. He didn't pick flowers and present things in pretty bags but he was utterly fake and picked up/ dropped / reinvented himself to fit the vibe , just as she does.

this totally nails it.

BathingFrog · 05/03/2025 09:37

@glitterturd It depends on your definition of an “average family” and your priorities really doesn’t it? One person might enjoy going to a market on a Saturday and prefer to spend money on food over and above other things, and one might see that as a waste of time/money but enjoy spending money on holidays that person 1 doesn’t, for example.

Unless you are talking about families where there is absolutely no spare disposable income for anything? - in which case you are actually talking about a very low income family rather than an average one.

FanofLeaves · 05/03/2025 09:41

BathingFrog · 05/03/2025 09:31

The thing is though : not everyone is poor. Lots of people do choose to shop at farmers markets because they want to and can afford to, and it certainly doesn’t make them immensely privileged!

If you want a “how to cook on a budget” show then there are plenty out there, and this isn’t marketed as one.

Show quote history

It does. If you can afford to (and have time to!) shop for all your produce organically or from designated markets then yes, it does make you immensely privileged in the same way as having space and time to grow your own produce does.

Whatever way you want to spin it, she comes across as worldy-unaware and condescending. Other ‘posh’ or upmarket cooking or lifestyle shows have managed to do this in a way that feels aspirational, not totally clueless, like a Marie Antionette parody.

Ferryweather · 05/03/2025 10:38

I agree that it’s nothing to do with being aspirational - all lifestyle / cookery shows are aspirational, that’s the point of them.
I think it’s more the lack of authenticity and the vacuous nonsense that’s grating.

Nigella showed very very aspirational shopping in fancy London delis, fairy light lit kitchens, large groups of ‘friends’ around a big table etc. However her premise was freeding friends and family. Almost everyone aspires to feed friends and family well.

Meghan is putting shop bought pretzels in a sellophane bag and tieing it with ribbon to make it look pretty, making bath salts in a jar to put beside a bed etc etc. The audience for that is very small. I like to treat guests by buying a new towel, making a nice cake and leaving some (taken from hotels!) white company mini toiletries beside their bed along with a bottle of water. I honestly think that I am going to lots of effort here, and I can’t quite aspire to what Meghan is suggesting, it’s vacuous, unrealistic, whereas making a nice chicken dish a la Nigella seems worthwhile and achievable.

I think that’s the difference really

Katherina198819 · 05/03/2025 11:25

FanofLeaves · 05/03/2025 09:41

It does. If you can afford to (and have time to!) shop for all your produce organically or from designated markets then yes, it does make you immensely privileged in the same way as having space and time to grow your own produce does.

Whatever way you want to spin it, she comes across as worldy-unaware and condescending. Other ‘posh’ or upmarket cooking or lifestyle shows have managed to do this in a way that feels aspirational, not totally clueless, like a Marie Antionette parody.

Show quote history

It’s funny how you think food without poison counts as 'posh' or 'upmarket' cooking.
It’s about cooking from scratch and using ingredients that haven’t been messed with. Yes, it is expensive, as we live in a disappointing world where real food costs a fortune and ultra-processed crap is cheap.
As people have said, not everyone is poor, and some people make decisions to buy healthy things, even though they don’t have a crazy amount of money. I really don't understand why that bothers so many people here.