Meghan back on Instagram

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Looks like she’s back on Instagram

www.instagram.com/meghan/reel/DESeJO5vFSN/

She’s also wearing a signet ring on her pinky like an aristo

I wonder if it’s her monogram 😂

I think that's right. OK if a drama or something (prefer it) but I imagine there will be many who watch one or two and then forget it's on. I've prone to do that even with stuff I do like (halfway through the Mirror and the Light and got distracted, will go back to that though!)

8 episodes??? Omg noooo 😂

Maybe she'll invite some celeb friends to come over and compete over who can make the best cakes. I'd watch if it was the likes of Ozzy Osbourne creating carnage in the kitchen.

Doesn’t that show she has strong branding, though? Your argument is that she’s all over the place unlike Gwyneth (who I adore), but actually she’s got a signature style and her show is recognisably Meghan.

I agree that it's such a pity their new life got off on such a negative foot because this is far more positive.

It isn't something I'm going to watch because I don't watch cooking shows, but I think it will have a broader appeal than Polo. Whether she'll get a second series is debatable because Netflix drop loads of things very quickly. I've stopped watching series on there unless I know they got to finish properly.

As for her 'elevating the ordinary' comment about hummus and veggies, hopefully the edit will reduce moments like that which are fertile ground for nasty Daily Mail clickbait articles. I hope also that they cut down the celebrities worshipping sponge cakes as well. That comment made Mindy look ridiculous.

You mean cooking and inviting friends over, entertaining them with hubby in tow, by pretending to be in a home that isn’t actually hers.

What kind of branding is that?

What is her 'signature style'? - why is she so deserving of a cooking/lifestyle show? Is it her cooking skills? Her background in running a Michelin star restaurant?
I don't see a 'strong brand' - to me they are trying too many things they have no expertise/flair/talent for. She's tried acting, writing, jam making, podcasts - now it's cooking. What next wine making?

Sorry, meant to quote the bullet points

I'll be watching. I love food shows, and it's definitely more appealing than their Netflix docuseries (which I gave the swerve).

It looks a bit schmaltzy for me but I will give it a go

Good lord it's a cross between Nigella and Brooklynn bloody Beckham and as for the fake friends, so bloody cringe.

We have the lemons, we have the jam!….or is it honey?

Most Instagrammers are just making fake lifestyle videos for the money so it's obviously what works right now. Will be interesting to see if it works for her with her reputation being what it is.

“These make my New Year's resolution list nearly (AKA actually every) single year. The swearing comes in lulls, triggered by being overworked or feeling mighty cheeky after a couple drinks."

Wow @Aspargar , that’s just terrible syntax from Meghan. You’re supposed to be still left with a grammatical sentence if you leave out the words in the brackets. Ooof.

Also, her swearing comes in “lulls” ??? 😅

I'll watch it (to DH's derision) but I go back to my point she should quietly close the ARO insta and just have one.

I agree with @StrawberryWasp, @wordler and @MrsLeonFarrell. It is a shame that they didn’t have this positive energy from the start. The trailer actually has a good vibe to it.

Unfortunately, Meghan has a popularity problem that will certainly impact the success of the show. Even if people watch the first episode out of curiosity.
She doesn’t have the influence that she had so there are no ‘A-lister friends’ showing up for this offering by the looks of things. Which is what she would need for the big viewership figures.

IMO, they are very much trying to hang on to their Netflix deal and prove their worth. Although I think it may take a top 10 hit to do so…..

Interesting that there’s no mention of ARO?! That’s dead in the water isn’t it?

I love these types of programmes 😂 I still flick through Pippa’s book on entertaining

ARO is completely dead

’Meghan’ is the new brand

That blue dress is gorgeous.

I'm off to youtube for the trailer comments, should be a good laugh.

I've now watched the trailer. It gives very Jennifer Garner's fake cooking show vibes.

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"Create wonder in every moment"

I'm definitely not her target audience because that just makes me cringe.

And it's a me problem, she knows who she is aiming this at and it's not people who cringe at that sort of thing.

I wonder if she has paid Pippa Middleton royalties for this screen adaptation of Pippa's book.

Are the lemons being used to create visual interest below the waterline in the vase of flowers…? What a waste of lemons, if so.

I think it’s going to be an 8-episode-long Instagram reel. Which can never work. There’s a reason why gwyneth didn’t do it: there’s nowhere to hide.

Just the trailer is a gawp-fest of inauthentic, cringe-inducing, hypocritical narcissism: look how beautiful I am in the sunshine, in this beautiful house with these beautiful people (none as highly-produced as I am though, except for Mindy who’s probably the most rich and experienced and narcissistic of the lot), doing beautiful aspirational things in beautiful clothes with perfect hair and shiny bright white teeth, wearing my Duchess title so casually like I’m still the jobbing actress/waitress I was 25 years ago. It’s an excercise in hypocrisy (on the one hand lecture people on the evils of social media, on the other promote your look-at-me-love-me show on Instagram which you’ve spent years telling people isn’t actually real life and can harm people
who believe it is - you just couldn’t make it up). None of it makes sense (it never does with them) which it won’t succeed. It’s illogical, hypocritical. And all being released after the influencer tide has turned, and more people than ever know 99% of Instagram is self-promotional lies (including for the RF); Trump’s going to inaugurated 5 days after this drops and women’s rights are going to be front and center all over again. It’s just garbage. Ill thought through rubbish.