Harry & Meghan savaged by South Park

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www.thetimes.co.uk/article/south-park-mocks-meghan-and-harry-and-their-high-profile-pleas-for-privacy-btkq9g2mg

Their standing in the US is at an all-time low. US audiences seem to hold them in the same contempt as people in the UK

@MarshaMelrose I totally get it!

I don't even recognise him with his new face, @jeffgoldblum. 😂😂 But I don't care. I just know if I go see a TC film, it's going to be a great story. I don't care if Jack Reacher was 9ft 8 and Tom is 4ft 6, TC was great in it. And he's always so polite and respectful. 💛

JG is such a funny looking guy but I agree there's something endearing and yet strangely compelling about him. I guess some people just have that x factor.

I know that Alice wasn't intending to compare TC with HAM. Because there is no comparison. 😉 But, really, let's not even put their names in the same post! Lol.

@MarshaMelrose , how very dare you ! The blumster odd looking indeed ! , I feel you need to see the shirt open look on Jurassic park more ! 😉 🤣🤣

To @jeffgoldblum

He did a recreation. (He's a good egg.)

With love. ❤

I'm with you. He's done some truly amazing work ( Born on the 4th of July, Rainman, Lestat, Colour of Money to name but a few) that can get overshadowed by the Scientology weirdness/private life. He knows how to treat fans, as in his spectacular engagement with crowds and appears well thought of by co workers.

My name is CPL593H and I wave at passing US fighter jets with a cheery cry of "Hello Mav!" I am not ashamed.

Ohhh , with that picture your really spoiling me! 😍😍😍😘

For you @MarshaMelrose !

My name is CPL593H and I wave at passing US fighter jets with a cheery cry of "Hello Mav!" I am not ashamed.

😂😂😂 Me too. I am not ashamed.

Thanks, Jeff. I love him attitude rather than his body. If I was going to choose someone shirtless...

Not bad ! , but I've always though Brad Pitt overrated ( I have a thing for dark hair!) 

I’m still laughing at the “Americans have standards” comment. Yes, the country that brought you cheese in a spray can, Donald Trump and the Kardashians.

Apparently not only can we forgive most anything, we can also be forgiven, too.
😂😂😂

I think the British public are forgiving too.

Look how Camilla has been accepted despite the widespread public hate she received in her role in Charles and Diana's marriage breakdown.

I think what the British public like is someone who quietly gets on with the job, doesn't moan or take themselves too seriously.

Then after 10years you're forgiven.

Not sure H&M can do that though.

Yes , I thought that's was a bit odd too!
But this is mn where I actually witnessed a poc poster bullied off and called racist for criticising Meghan!
I'm no longer surprised!

I think American's forgive you if you really excel at something.

Then your twatishness becomes irrelevant. They'll still admire your talent and success.

I agree, as long as the crime isn't too great , apologies made and heads kept down , we brits can be forgiven too!

Unfortunately H&M can neither keep quiet and stop moaning, and don't excell at anything.

I think the British public are forgiving too.
I think what the British public like is someone who quietly gets on with the job, doesn't moan or take themselves too seriously.

Hmm. I think I've spotted the flaw in that rehabilitation plan. 😆

Haha. Crossposted. Snap @BeatricePortinari.

Me too! 🤭

It was very much a slating of Meghan not the royal family, and even Harry got off lightly.

I actually think Meghan is really good at self presentation, life style promoting etc. She's made for Instagram.

I was looking at The Tig type insta account run by a Meghan fan about Meghan and it was quite compelling.
She looks fabulous, dresses beautifully and finds all sorts of opportunities to show case an amazing life.

They should absolutely have gone down this route. They'd have got lots of fans, it would feel positive and no one could really have got too frothy hatred about it. At most those who didn't like it could have ignored it.

They've really misplayed they're hand.

Getting lampooned by SP isn't in itself a bad thing.

Rather, you can argue that it's a sign of you having enough social capital in the world of US celebrity that you are noteworthy of being targeted by the creators.

So no, in and of itself I don't think it's often damaging to the people who are characterised in the show.....it points a satirical finger for comedic purposes at foibles/actions/attitudes/associations that are already in the public domain.

But this I think was damaging to H&M.

The key message was stop your petulant whinging and fuck off, rather than continually aggravating a situation you are claiming victimhood for.

Rather than being interesting in spite of themselves (and others they've created episodes of), this was "we are all so over you" (and by association most of the demographic the creators associate/mix with, which is exactly the sort of people H&M have been courting).

That's a message that's gotta hurt....because there's nothing worse than indifference for people reliant on their profile to make money or soothe their ego.

Hmm. I could see her selling monogrammed Goop. Gwyneth has certainly done well at it, apart from the odd lawsuit - and Meghan likes going to court.
They wanted to be big charity movers and shakers. That would put them on a par with the RF. That's what's important to them. Until they both let go of the RF, which both have said they can't, they're stuck. I just can't see them changing their current MO. Charity awards and potshots at RF for publicity.

That's kind of what I expected them to do after 'finding freedom'. I think the pandemic and not being allowed to use the 'Sussex Royal' brand put a spanner in the works, but I also think they thought they were a bit too good for that sort of thing too. They seemed to be trying to be 'American royals', which was never going to work.

I guess they, or at least she, could try to rebrand themselves as 'influencers' but as I said above, I think 3 years of portraying themselves as rather bitter and self absorbed may have ruined their chances. Plus, the whole 'influencer' thing is very competitive and increasingly dominated by much younger people. It's not as simple as getting an Instagram account and expecting the money to flow in.

It's not as simple as getting an Instagram account and expecting the money to flow in.

That's been the problem throughout, hasn't it? How to fund the lifestyle they want/see themselves as entitled to.

If they didn't need to raise huge amounts of money presumably they could have gone down a different route, but they did need to, and didn't have much to sell except the RF connection. They didn't have years to build a brand when they wanted the however-many-bedrooms house in Montecito.

Of course, they could have chosen a less expensive lifestyle...