Netflix deal, looking like it may be over for H&M

[Thedom]

The rumours have been doing the rounds for a while, but Puck News now reporting it, which means it is very likely that their contract with Netflix will not be renewed.

"The streamer is not expected to renew its five-year, $100 million deal signed in 2020 with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Meghan’s passion project, the animated kids show Pearl, has already been canceled, and the unscripted cooking and polo offerings didn’t connect the way the royal couple’s Harry & Meghan did. "

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I thought that Meghan was not present at any such conversations and it was Harry who allegedly had heard something?

Just watch their interviews, many many saying the uk is racist and Megan suffered racist abuse, nothing positive said,

@Rhaidimiddim that is the most important point. People in the UK are not wringing their hands and crying " why did they leave?", this country is nothing without them and other such things that Meghan fans, usually in other countries, say. Everyone I know says " ok, good, go, who cares" but yes they don't like this pretence of being a working part of the Royal Family. Meghan and Harry are like a less interesting version of the Jerry Springer show.

What they say and what is the reality are two very different things.

I think this was a media event where Netflix were giving details of upcoming content for 2024,, there was nothing about any H&M content included in the briefing, a reporter asked specifically why there was no upcoming content for H&M and that was the waffly answer PR answer.

That's exactly right. The conversation was heard by Harry before they were married.

'Please provide evidence of trashing the UK ‘culture’ as racist and define what you mean by ‘culture’.'

It just needed Harry and Meghan to subtly imply - have a look at the news reports after the interview.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/13/harry-and-meghan-are-right-about-racist-britain-in-their-netflix-series

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1260159

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/03/12/uk/meghan-race-britain-gbr-intl

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/meghan-accuses-uk-royals-of-racism-says-didnt-want-to-be-alive-idUSKBN2B003F/

@LimeBiscuit is the VP boyfriend better lookin in RL cos in the photos he’s a real hottie.

Exactly this and no more evident than the awful video of Meghan completely ignoring a woman talking about her HIV experience and losing her baby because of it

Go to about 3:50

I believe it all centred on Harry who knew his father had plans for the future and was thinking aloud, perhaps, about possible changes that would be made to the spare’s children regarding titles etc. I believe Meghan stewed on this after it was relayed to her, as of course Harry would tell her what was being suggested. She must have had very real fears as status is allied to security which is meaningful to them both and this took place at a time when death threats were being made and KP was dealing with an unprecedented onslaught of racism as has been documented.

On Oprah, Meghan purposefully conflated a separate conversation that was not part of the talks with Charles that Harry had had with Catherine (again no real context given by Meghan) at the very beginning of their relationship. Meghan knew what she was doing, she politicised the whole matter as she drew in a conversation that was unrelated to Charles’s conversations about the future and waited for Oprah’s reaction. It was a masterclass in ‘payback’ for all her perceived slights and injustices both real and imagined from her time with the royals. It was a grenade and she threw it in the most public way that she could. When she said ‘damaging to the person’ she was clearly thinking about one person. Meghan was showing her intent to damage by saying this. The fact that the conversation about ‘colour’ was later pinned on Catherine can only have come from Camp Sussex.

Yeah, but what’s your secret jam recipe? I’ve just made some foraged blackberry jam with maple syrup and chia seeds and a splash of lemon juice. It’s guilt free jam and it’s lush.

She must have had very real fears as status is allied to security

No it isn’t. Security is allocated with regard to current and credible threats. Harry and his family would have descended down in status anyway because Harry is not the heir. William and his children, and any subsequent children of those children, will push the Sussexes even further down in status, regardless of whether they have the title of Prince and Princess or not. Meghan wanted the title Prince and Princess for her children because they are easily recognisable titles in the USA. The fact that a Royal Duchess can out rank a prince or princess is lost on most Americans. Including Meghan herself it would seem

If we're going purely by looks, Meghan was/is attractive for sure, but hardly a show stopping beauty, certainly not by Hollywood standards. She also didn't have fame or money of her own to bring to the table.

Had she not met Harry, she'd now be just another 40 something D list actress, to be quite frank. Marrying a very high profile prince catapulted her to a level of fame and wealth she could never have come close to achieving on her own. Harry is certainly no catch on his own merits, but in terms of raising Meghan's wealth, status and fame he is a dream come true.

I must of missed the part when Meghan recounted the Oprah interview and apologised for being completely wrong about her children not getting titles because of their skin colour with Meghan and Harry being sticklers for the truth and misinformation

As much as I dislike Harry I can’t believe for a minute this is the life he was dreaming about when he left. He was too caught up in the highs of being ‘in love’ and the heady images of them being feted in America just for breathing. He didn’t use any common sense or look far ahead into a (realistic) future and plan for that. Your lifestyle scenario sounds much more his ideal (though not hers).

Not sure if anyone misled them though (other than Meghan misleading Harry).

They are weirdly both a perfect match and a complete mismatch.

They wanted to pick and choose which bits to do while getting all the benefits and none of the downsides whilst intending to exploit it for as much money and aggrandisement as possible. Thank goodness the late Queen saw straight through them.

Meghan and Harry knew the kids would get the titles of Prince and Princess once Charles became became king. They just didn't want to wait.

As an American, if those kids used the titles in front of me, I would ignore them. They are NOT officially representing the UK. Our founding fathers AND mothers didn't fight a war so that Americans have to bow and curtsy to preschoolers.

BTW, public schools start on August 22 in Montecito. I hope they got their back to school shopping done for Archie before the Colombia trip.

Oprah’s performative fish gasping didn’t help matters either. I hold her equally responsible for the brief reputational damage the interview did to the UK on an international level.

She wasn't a Global GOAT for no reason!
And she's had excellent advisers from Churchill onwards

Clearly an euphemism!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't really see that she's exceptionally beautiful. For the most part she knows her angles and she's probably a bit above average in the 'real world', but by Hollywood standards she's extremely plain. That goes for wealthy circles globally. I also get confused when people say how well she dresses - nothing ever seems to fit properly, and she often wears colours that do her no favours at all.

Given her age, it's difficult to believe she would've ever risen much higher career-wise. But as I understand it, she was reasonably successful as a tv actress and could probably have built a comfortable life for herself with a few million in the bank. In fact, I'd guess that most of us would prefer that lifestyle to the one she chose... who knows whether she ever regrets it.

In Tom Bower's book (a book that they never challenged any of the content of), he says that friends and contacts in the US urged Meghan to leave and return to the US and told her that they could make tons of money if they did, due to their huge popularity and royal connections. It seems she lapped it up and it was a major reason why they left.

I agree with you though that Harry, at least, is surely having huge 'buyers' remorse' at the situation they find themselves in. There was a long article on this subject in the Sunday Times, which pretty much confirmed that he's gutted to find himself isolated on the west coast of America, estranged from his family and many of his friends, unpopular both at home and abroad. He wanted to have the best of both worlds, and he's ended up with nothing, due to his own impetuousness and stupidity in thinking he could air all the family dirty laundry and then be forgiven with a pat on the back.

Wouldn't be a surprise as Netflix has its own issues.

Netflix keep cancelling shows we like which seem to have high audience figures which put you off watching series when they first show up.

TBH if they had a few shows lined up for end of contract and they parted company amicably probably best for both parties perhaps they are in the wings or not getting huge PR in case they flop.

Though cooking shows are ten a penny and frankly Polo is a very elitist sport with animal rights groups having concerns about it so might want to steer clear of whole problem.

Lasts I heard of ARO - they couldn't get a CEO and Meghan was moaning via friend's press briefings press that KC Highgrove shop was sabotaging her efforts by competing with her - hopefully for them that situation has moved on.

That’s shocking, really chilling how she treated that woman, so rude. Such a tragic emotional story and she clearly wasn’t remotely interested and wanted the attention on her only,

So much for women being heard and having a voice .