Harry and Megan dubbed "fucking grifters" by Spotify exec and podcaster

[Qbish]

No great surprise there... Would love to hear his story about Zooming Prince Harry, I can only imagine his frustration with the whining ninny!

Leading Spotify figure lashes out at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after end of podcast deal | The Independent

it is pure tittle tattle
as is the majority of this thread tbh

I have no violin, not even a tiny one for H. He has wealth most of us could only dream of - he allegedly got the lion's share of the QM's inheritance but whines that it is tied up in "investments." He probably also got a bung from PP and /or HMQ in their wills. He was able to trade on his RF name to get a massive advance for a whiny ghosted biography and opportunities and mega contracts on major media platforms. For all we know KC may still be bailing him out. I think KC will always bail H out as the RF won't want "hard up" headlines. H can always come back do an apology and be welcomed back as long as KC is alive. I think H has been foolish to burn his bridges with PW. If all else fails the RF will sort him out with a wildlife conservation estate in Africa, which is what he said he always wanted to do.

As opposed to Harry's book, which is definitely fact-based and even-handed 😆

You can't argue with the fact that they signed a massive deal with Spotify, supplied a handful of episodes that didn't perform well, and have now been terminated.

What does it mean?

translation;

this is my show
what I want is the important thing
its all about me
you are only a guest
i am the star
know your place

their country, Harry - their rules

have some basic courtesy to respect that

and if you don’t like their rules - nobody is making you stay there

i thought the discussion was around the comment from the podcaster linked to in The Independent.

Because his insights are interesting

because Harry is normally the one throwing dirt at his family and therefore has created a lot of interest in himself

She confuses the term with "stereotype". So in one instance she asked one of her guests what she thought of archetypes like "diva" being levelled against successful women who knew what they wanted... words to that effect.

I feel another appearance on South Park is the only way forward. They could get a fee for providing their actual voices 😆

I've chosen to give them their privacy which is why I won't listen to their podcast or watch their documentary. Everyone should respect their privacy, which is what they wanted.

Has no one told him about the War of Independence? Fought for independence from people like him. His own family in fact.

Again another reason to love the rest is history podcasts

they use stereotypes and archetypes correctly

I think that people are only revelling in the Sussexes' misfortune because of the awful, bratty & entitled way they went about leaving the Royal Family. They slurred the UK public that had previously done nothing but love Harry. They clearly caused the late Queen, Prince Philip and the now King a great deal of pain and portrayed themselves as victims. All of that left a bad taste in the public's mouth.

Had they gone to live quietly in Africa, working on their supposedly beloved conservation issues, things could've been different. But one or both of them wanted the la-la land life, and thought they knew how to go about getting it..

My gosh! Markle just invented the concept of interviewing!

Yes, my main reaction to this was 'I really want to watch The Grifters. Why is that film never on television?'

What actual talent do they have? And is it worth millions of dollars?

Her and Brandi Glanville bring besties

They clearly caused the late Queen...a great deal of pain and portrayed themselves as victims

This bit really gets me. It surprised me how much as I am no royalist but I really can see and acknowledge the Queen's devotion to duty and her continuing to work until the age she did. It can't be a huge amount of fun at that age to have to keep going to stuff like the state opening of Parliament no matter how tired or disinterested you are. She kept doing it though.

It must really have been galling for her to see Harry behave in that way. I think sh was a woman with a core of steel so I don't think she'd have been crying into her pillow. However, the absolute disrespect they showed her, the institution she had worked her whole life for and general decorum must have been very painful for her.

It definitely is a part of the reasons why I really dislike both Meghan and Harry.

I feel the same @SirQuintusAureliusMaximus

So do I. The coup de Grace was giving their child her private nickname. Just gobsmackingly crass.

Yes, she surpassed herself there!

I agree, I tried to listen to a few episodes but just found myself yelling “it’s STEREOTYPES” every 2 seconds

An archetype is a typical example of a sort of person, whereas stereotypes are labels that get attached to types of people. The labels are what she’s talking about.

I think hubris is so innate in them, something like this was inevitable

I'm afraid so; it was really only a matter of time, and what this has become is surely no surprise to anyone who's been paying attention

Both are only late 30s/just past 40 with two young children. Meghan is smart but clearly has her hands full with the kids. Harry is only average at best, and just born into immense wealth and privilege. It would be insane to expect them to keep all the balls in the air. The crash is inevitable and long belated.

A lot of their "work" is quite insulting to professional authors, artists and media creatives. A writer will spend years solely working on one book. A filmmaker will only work on one documentary. H&M somehow manage to knock out books, podcasts and documentaries simultaneously which means none of those projects have received their full passion and attention. The massively delayed schedule for the podcast probably indicates there were just too busy to dedicate their full attention to the project...a pisstake for all true journalists who can only dream of such a deal with Spotify.

Their brand is beyond salvation to be honest. Especially after the non story of a 2 hour car chase in NYC traffic that has not been taken seriously by any media outlet. There are no followups corroborating their version of thee story (CCTV, eyewitness accounts etc) so the whole thing just ended as a manipulative half-truth.

I do wonder if that slow car chase ‘spokesperson’ statement was the beginning of the end.