Meg’s era of joy

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Showing up to support her very close friend who lost her child and also the children’s hospital at an evening gala. What a friend to have in the Duchess. Meghan was glowing, fresh faced, wore minimal makeup, was confidant and smiley. She was well spoken and supportive of the evening fund raiser when interviewed. Show Up, Do Good. Yes, she always does. Loved her look too.

When you can't defend your hero then attack the people who comment on them. Same, same.

Tbf Catherine has no need to behave like this. She is PoW, there will always be interest and attention from the public. (This is a double edged sword of course.) Plus she is almost always the most famous and significant guest at any event she attends. She doesn't need to go looking for red carpets where she can have her photo taken to get in the papers.

The hollywood reporter ? Lol

It's sensationalist.

I had a quick look to see what's on it today.

There is:

"MY SON IS NOT THE MONSTER HE IS MADE OUT TO BE'

A quote by P. Diddy's mother,

On the Hollywood reporter website today.

That's not any sort of definition. You just made it up.

THR is a respected Hollywood industry publication. Nobody has been able to say why they would bother inventing a story about someone of no significance in the industry. Much less why the subject of the article would not deny the allegations, if indeed they were false.

Meghan is escorted everywhere, by their security, her handbag carrier, their assistants. plus the assistants/organisers of events. How can you not imagine she was escorted when she was leaving the premises.

Or try to derail by attacking another woman .....

Oh but that's not nasty.

Are you joking? The P Diddy allegations and case is one of the biggest news breaks all year. Hilarious that you think this is sensationalist. His mother being quoted is a huge scoop!
Lol? The mark of a true squaddie.

*The definition of tabloid journalism is "sensational stories" , which are often about celebrities.

The Hollywood reporter is a publication that covers entertainment and celebrities.*

Bit of a logic fail there - some sensational stories may be about celebrities, but not all stories about celebrities are sensational. Can you see that?

The Hollywood Reporter is an established and respected trade magazine. Its focus is not sensationalism, it's not a tabloid.

So what's the problem? Catherine is doing a great professional job (like my doctor). I'm glad my doctor seems 'bland', as you might say - I don't want her personality to intrude into her work. I just want her to be professional, polite, dignified and efficient. I don't need to see 'her true self', whatever that might be.

Why is Catherine seen as at fault for 'not showing her true self'? The late Q didn't show her true self either. God, she must have been bored or cross sometimes, the numpties she had to be nice to - but she got on with it and did her constitutional role of ceremonially hosting other HoState etc. Good for her, and good for Catherine.

But Meghan hasn't got a role, really - other than being this construct we all call 'Meghan'. So she's certainly trying to pretend we're seeing her true self, but we definitely are not! Try asking her ex-employees, those in the UK and in Montecito - about her true self. I imagine it wouldn't be pretty...

But despite her empty 'career' and her strange, empty life - no evidence of any personal enthusiasms in the arts, science, cultural life etc etc - she has adoring fans who are happy just to admire her make-up, facial surgery and weird expensive dresses.

I'm shaking my head in bafflement!

Well Yale university seems to think it’s credible See here

As does media bias fact check

Oops media bias fact check link didn’t work

So what's the problem? Catherine is doing a great professional job (like my doctor). I'm glad my doctor seems 'bland', as you might say - I don't want her personality to intrude into her work. I just want her to be professional, polite, dignified and efficient. I don't need to see 'her true self', whatever that might be.

I agree. Being 'bland' isn't the worst thing in the world. In fact, you could say that when you're a high level public servant whose role involves being neutral and inoffensive, then it could even be a good thing.

Why the endless comparisons with Kate anyway? Meghan barely knows her and she hasn't been a working royal for nearly 5 years. She now has no public role and can do and say pretty much as she wishes. Is it because Meghan has achieved so little since finding freedom, despite all the fame and lucrative deals thrown at her due to her royal connections? So her fans keep harking back to the same stale arguments and talking points from 5 years ago. They're basically confirming my point above. None of them would care about Meghan if she hadn't married into the British royal family.

I often wonder why the obsessively minded dislikers of Harry and Meghan always come onto positive threads?

Wouldn't they be better starting their own negative thread?
Then they can obsess, grumble and moan negatively about Harry and Meghan to their hearts content.....

So her fans keep harking back to the same stale arguments and talking points from 5 years ago.

And detractors of Meghan dont do that?!?!
Haha that's funny 😂🤣😅
We get 'married 3 days before' nearly monthly!
Along with many other favourites!
I think roast chicken proposal came up the other day too! And lots of others too numerous to mention

I was responding to someone who was comparing Meghan and saying kate is a better person. But we don't know since kate puts out a curated image. The comparison isn't like for like.

I never said she is at fault for not showing her true self and I haven't seen anyone say that either. And her true self is her relaxed herself not at work mode. That's what true self is just like many of us with jobs don't show our true selves at work.

Again the nasty comments from you she empty career, strange empty life. How do you know other than the tidbits of her life you see reported. Why does Meghan have to have a career? How do you know her life is empty? Hardly empty when she has two children she is raising for starters, that isn't an empty life. If she was making it know her personal enthusiasm you would jsut rip it apart anyway. Why does she need to show them?

Some people are happy to just comment on makeup and clothes if that's an interest to them and not have to commenton anything else cos it's not that important to them and they don't care. Doesn't make them adoring fans though does it. Just like anyone commenting on any celebrity and what they wear or their makeup. I tend to just look at the mef gala and who wore what but no interest in them as individual otherwise, only because I like to see expensive clothes designed for an event that is notorious for being out there.

I was responding to someone who was comparing Meghan and saying kate is a better person. But we don't know since kate puts out a curated image. The comparison isn't like for like.

Where did I say that Kate was a better person? I didn’t. You are just making this stuff up.

What criteria, apart from your own personal opinion -

are you using to call the Hollywood Reporter "an established and respected trade magazine"?

Royalty is old fashioned.
Democracy is a better system.

And constitutional monarchies (non political hereditary head of state combined with a democratically elected legislature and executive) demonstrably produce some of the most stable states in the world.

The point is not that they are reporting about P.Diddy at all, it is that they are using sensationalist headlines to get clicks.

That is the tabloid style.

Which is why they used the word "monster" in the headline for the P.Diddy article

The negative thread could simply be titled

"We are obsessed with disliking Harry and Meghan. Discuss"

Oooo, that thread would be choc a blok. Go for it guys.......

They do they have several threads on the go to be nasty but it's not enough for them. Every new thread is another opportunity to feed their appetite to continually be nasty and it's always the same old regurgitated comments.

See my quotes in my post up thread from two sources commenting on how factual the Hollywood reporters is 😊

It was a quote from his mother. They didn’t use it. They quoted her.

Why shouldn’t they report on one of the biggest most shocking stories of the year? It’s called news 🙄

Why are obsessive fans constantly starting puerile threads full of propaganda and 😍🤩🥰 ? It’s literally batshit for grown adults to behave like this. It literally sounds as though you must be taking the piss. Plus, she’s not in any royal family, so wrong board.

That red dress is much better in the original version from the designer, which doesn’t have the U shaped cut out virtually to the navel.

It looks hideous on MM in both its appearances, and neither version fits her properly. No idea what she’s done to her face but she looks increasingly hard faced, and on this occasion tired.

It does seem odd to make a ‘surprise’ appearance on the red carpet whilst not attending the actual function, so it’s unsurprising that many media sources are calling this attention seeking behaviour, especially given the bizarreness of the interaction between the two women.

Beautifully put as usual, MrsLF

As I said on another thread, it can't be easy for those who've thrown so much into admiring H&M (and especially M) to see it all come crashing down, so I guess some truly overblown posts are to be expected at the moment

Of course they're still entitled to their opinions though, even if all bar a few find them deranged