Page 9 | Meghan back on Instagram

PrettyFlyforaMaiTai · 2025-01-01T17:21:42+00:00

Looks like she’s back on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/meghan/reel/DESeJO5vFSN/

IcedPurple · 02/01/2025 14:13

ShesNotACowShesAFox · 02/01/2025 13:57

Let’s not forget Meghan is Hollywood through and through. She was raised in Hollywood by a father who worked in TV, and her normal is very different to the normal of the RF. in Hollywood, fakeness - fake teeth, faces, relationships, houses, lifestyles - is not something that’s frowned upon or considered low brow. It’s expected. Another thing that’s expected and normalised is thinly veiled rivalries. Hollywood stars have survived on these for decades. And EVERYTHING - from outfits, to home aesthetics, to words used and now social media content - is carefully curated to play on these rivalries and keep the ‘stats’ relevant. Again it’s not frowned upon, it’s normal. It’s just that no one says it out loud.

Another MO of Hollywood is curating press to wage smear campaigns - look at what Justin Bandoni has done to Blake Lively. This is bread and butter of Hollywood stars. It’s what H&M have done and it’s what they reckon K&W have done because that’s the world Meghan is used to and doesn’t get that the RF doesnt operate the same way.

I believe Meghan when she said she couldn’t believe she had to curtsy to the Queen. She thought that was for show only. Of course she does. She’s Hollywood, everything public facing is done for the benefit of promoting an image and she assumed the RF were the same rather than a long standing institution steeped in and surviving on traditions and order. In Hollywood they smile and preen and gush about their family and then in private they sleep in seperate beds, go visit their lovers and argue with each other. And yes the RF have done the latter but they never have bothered to hide it.

And because Harry is something of a half wit who fell for a pretty woman he goes along with it and is susceptible to the fakeness.

When Meghan was in Suits she seemed to exude “cutesy non controversial actress not especially talented so playing on the wellness hippy lifestyle brand”. Everything she does - the ever changing brands, hippy like drivel, California laid back girl, writing inspirational messages on bananas, is what thousands of cutesy non controversial not especially talented actresses has done before her. And she’s picking up from where she left off.

I genuinely think she either knew the score marrying into the RF, and thought she’d go in and shake things up (only to be shouted down and told to get in line behind Kate) or she thought the RF was another faction of the Hollywood style principle of living, and realised that actually it’s lots of ribbon cutting of factories in places like Hull, and thought “fuck this I’m going home”

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Let’s not forget Meghan is Hollywood through and through. She was raised in Hollywood by a father worked in TV, and he normal is very different to the normal do the RF.

She was never in Hollywood. Her father would have lived a fairly mundane workaday life on a daytime TV soap.

I believe Meghan when she said she couldn’t believe she had to curtsy to the Queen.

She didn't. Nobody has to.

When Meghan was in Shits she seemed to exude “cutesy non controversial actress not especially talented so playing on the wellness hippy lifestyle brand”.

In fairness, if I was in 'Shits' I'd want to cultivate a cutesy image too.

TulipTiptoer · 02/01/2025 14:16

You are so clever Aspargar! However, I'm not the one writing huge massive posts all about Meghan and what she's done over years and years. I just throw in the odd comment here and there, which you obviously don't agree with! Your prerogative of course.

I'm also not the slightest bit aggrieved by her. I hope she does well with any new venture.

ShesNotACowShesAFox · 02/01/2025 14:17

IcedPurple · 02/01/2025 14:13

Let’s not forget Meghan is Hollywood through and through. She was raised in Hollywood by a father worked in TV, and he normal is very different to the normal do the RF.

She was never in Hollywood. Her father would have lived a fairly mundane workaday life on a daytime TV soap.

I believe Meghan when she said she couldn’t believe she had to curtsy to the Queen.

She didn't. Nobody has to.

When Meghan was in Shits she seemed to exude “cutesy non controversial actress not especially talented so playing on the wellness hippy lifestyle brand”.

In fairness, if I was in 'Shits' I'd want to cultivate a cutesy image too.

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She spent her preteen and teen years on the set of the very popular show her father worked on. And I’m talking about the culture she was raised in.

I believe Meghan when she said she couldn’t believe she had to curtsy to the Queen.

Youre being obtuse now. She did say she thought having to curtsy in private was a joke

Spectre8 · 02/01/2025 14:22

Aspargar · 02/01/2025 11:09

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/brace-yourselves-for-meghan-markles-comeback/

It has been suggested that her new social media account is intended to “authentically share moments of joy and inspiration from her life” and that the clip “beautifully underscores the joy and positivity that defines this new chapter in their lives.” There are many emotions that come to mind when Meghan and her self-serving actions present themselves to the world, but ‘joy’ and ‘positivity’ are very low on the list. Instead, this video looks like another attempt at a rebrand, its full intent still concealed from us. No doubt its purpose, and what the Duchess has in mind to torment us all with this year, will become clear in due course.
As we overcome our collective fug of hangover and inertia, we can once again rejoice in the knowledge that the most divisive public figure of our times has returned, and that the attendant discourse, in all its over-excited forms, will be dragged back with her. Happy 2025, everyone.

Yip! The Royals threads will be busy 😂

No doubt its purpose, and what the Duchess has in mind to torment us all with this year

How can you wven take this seriously when the wroter says that. People can ignore what she does, ignore the articles in the media etc. Who actually believes she is is thinking oooohhh what can I do to torment the world. I mean ffs get a grip.

NautilusLionfish · 02/01/2025 14:24

TulipTiptoer · 02/01/2025 13:48

What an insightful post.

One very short instagram post and she is pilloried. And just because she talks about the dangers of social media, she is never allowed to post anything anywhere. Not have an IG account, nothing?

The media make a fortune out of stirring up hate about her.

I thought it was a nice beach scene, it's wasn't even half a minute long! It hardly rivals Kate & William's ten minute floaty video

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Exactly. Are people implying SM is harmless? Or that it cannot be used responsibly or that it's powers should not do more to protect the vulnerable especially youth? Wow ! The hate for her is quite blinding. You would think the msgs from the Lively story would teach us to understand that there are systematic media campaigns to destroy certain women. What Exactly have these 2 done that generates so much blind hate?

Aspargar · 02/01/2025 14:31

I think the closest we have to what meghan will be trying to achieve on her personal insta, is Gwyneth Paltrows.

Also a Middled Aged woman, lifestyle business owner and influencer (extremely successful), who lives in Montecito in a stunningly beautiful home.

If you look at her insta though, she has a variety of shots. Yes, all very stylised and not very natural but they do give a glimpse into her real goopy life. So you see:

pics of her kids, husband, mum and famous friends
of her getting ready, mirror selfies
interior of her home and garden
what she’s (or the cook) made for dinner
her goop products

-Theres no way Harry will allow her to use pics of the kids. She doesn’t have other family and her friends aren’t really that interesting. Unless its Serena or Kris Jenner. It’s just staff milling about.

-Pics of the interior of the home? for example what’s she made for lunch at the kitchen table, I also don’t think he would allow that either. Securiddy remember?

-Pictures of the garden, yes.

-Will Harry appear? Doubtful.

-Fashion shots of meghan, yes.

-cooking pics, yes

But it’s not really her lifestyle is it?, if you don’t see her actual life at the family home. It makes no sense.

Aspargar · 02/01/2025 14:35

Hmmmm interesting. It 2.30pm UK time and there’s suddenly a flurry of meghan fans……

TulipTiptoer · 02/01/2025 14:40

What happens at 2.30?

IcedPurple · 02/01/2025 14:47

ShesNotACowShesAFox · 02/01/2025 14:17

She spent her preteen and teen years on the set of the very popular show her father worked on. And I’m talking about the culture she was raised in.

I believe Meghan when she said she couldn’t believe she had to curtsy to the Queen.

Youre being obtuse now. She did say she thought having to curtsy in private was a joke

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I still disagree that she was part of Hollywood. She really wasn't anywhere near that level. Some like Goop grew up in Hollywood. Meghan did not. Her father was a cameraman on a daytime TV show.

Youre being obtuse now. She did say she thought having to curtsy in private was a joke

Who cares what she said?

Nobody has to curtsy to the Queen, in private or in public. If it bothered her, she could have given a slight bend of the knee or even a handshake. Even at official events, many people choose not to bow or curtsy to the monarch. It's not actually required.

WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout · 02/01/2025 14:49

Criticising someone is not hate.

LifeExperience · 02/01/2025 14:51

Xag · 02/01/2025 09:34

I can't unsee it now!

Running in white jeans on beach/in countryside is very 80s/90s tampax advert! Lets hope their target audience are in general too young to really get that association - or perhaps there wasn't a US ad campaign that paralleled the European one?

(I was going to be naughty and suggest it's an oblique homage to C&C, but some of the more po posters might miss that I was frivolling and take me to task for even thinking it)

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Yes, we had the same type of ads in the US. When I saw the video "feminine hygiene products ad" was the first thing that came to mind.

LisaJohnsonsFacebookMole · 02/01/2025 14:52

She's just not...cool, is she?

Alarmclockstop · 02/01/2025 14:53

I don't begrudge people having privilege, but I do dislike it when people do not realise that they are.

I find them both tone deaf, they seem to want people to feel sorry for them.

Bontonbonbon · 02/01/2025 15:23

I agree that the problem they both have now is that they are infamous, rather than famous, and not in a cool, hipster kind of way. That is incredibly tricky to monetise.

People will absolutely read garbage press about them but they simply aren’t interested in buying their products. The rule is often that ‘no publicity is bad publicity’. Except that doesn’t work if everyone else is able to monetise you via their own platforms.

The Sussexes (and their supporters) seem to have mistaken notoriety for genuine interest from the general public. But outside people here and some other sites, the Sussexes are largely a foot note. My advice to them would be find something they genuinely love and build something around that, something that feels personal and heartfelt and not completely contrived and self serving. Many celebrities achieve this but it does require the ability to at least fake an interest in someone other than yourself.

Aspargar · 02/01/2025 15:46

She’s consumed by being ‘perfect’ but it doesn’t exist. It’s why she comes across as inauthentic.

Even someone like Gwyneth Paltrow- gorgeous, uber rich, amazing taste….well she’s extremely uncool but shes weirdly leaned into that and it works for her. She doesn’t come across as warm or particularly nice but she doesn’t have to be….her image is uber luxury and she’s the icy blonde that delivers it on a handmade ceramic artisan plate.

Meghans tries to be everything, all at once. That jars and people can’t connect.

Shes a feminist global leader, who moonlights as a trad- wife ‘as a mom’ jam maker

Shes a boss lady, who ‘being clear doesn’t make her difficult’ sending 5 am emails and reducing men to tears but she’s the victim of bullying, in fact the most bullied woman in the world

The contradictions are endless and it makes you feel like she doesn’t even know who she is.

I think that’s why she changes up her style so much depending what the ‘job’ it is. I don’t think she really has an identity, so she subsumes what she thinks is the perfect answer, which is usually an outfit/hairstyle change which she thinks will fool us. She comes across as very hollow.

HilariousNames · 02/01/2025 15:50

Aspargar · 02/01/2025 15:46

She’s consumed by being ‘perfect’ but it doesn’t exist. It’s why she comes across as inauthentic.

Even someone like Gwyneth Paltrow- gorgeous, uber rich, amazing taste….well she’s extremely uncool but shes weirdly leaned into that and it works for her. She doesn’t come across as warm or particularly nice but she doesn’t have to be….her image is uber luxury and she’s the icy blonde that delivers it on a handmade ceramic artisan plate.

Meghans tries to be everything, all at once. That jars and people can’t connect.

Shes a feminist global leader, who moonlights as a trad- wife ‘as a mom’ jam maker

Shes a boss lady, who ‘being clear doesn’t make her difficult’ sending 5 am emails and reducing men to tears but she’s the victim of bullying, in fact the most bullied woman in the world

The contradictions are endless and it makes you feel like she doesn’t even know who she is.

I think that’s why she changes up her style so much depending what the ‘job’ it is. I don’t think she really has an identity, so she subsumes what she thinks is the perfect answer, which is usually an outfit/hairstyle change which she thinks will fool us. She comes across as very hollow.

I’ve never read a better summary and it’s spot on. I’ve always thought she has no idea herself who she is.

Spectre8 · 02/01/2025 16:11

Aspargar · 02/01/2025 15:46

She’s consumed by being ‘perfect’ but it doesn’t exist. It’s why she comes across as inauthentic.

Even someone like Gwyneth Paltrow- gorgeous, uber rich, amazing taste….well she’s extremely uncool but shes weirdly leaned into that and it works for her. She doesn’t come across as warm or particularly nice but she doesn’t have to be….her image is uber luxury and she’s the icy blonde that delivers it on a handmade ceramic artisan plate.

Meghans tries to be everything, all at once. That jars and people can’t connect.

Shes a feminist global leader, who moonlights as a trad- wife ‘as a mom’ jam maker

Shes a boss lady, who ‘being clear doesn’t make her difficult’ sending 5 am emails and reducing men to tears but she’s the victim of bullying, in fact the most bullied woman in the world

The contradictions are endless and it makes you feel like she doesn’t even know who she is.

I think that’s why she changes up her style so much depending what the ‘job’ it is. I don’t think she really has an identity, so she subsumes what she thinks is the perfect answer, which is usually an outfit/hairstyle change which she thinks will fool us. She comes across as very hollow.

Shes a boss lady, who ‘being clear doesn’t make her difficult’ sending 5 am emails

I would love it if people wrote clear emails so you don't have to waste time finding out what they really meant and want. There is also nothing wrong with sending emails at 5am so long as it's clear a reply isn't expected. A former boss of mone was the same sending emails out of hours whether it was late, early or weekend but never expected anyone to reapond, they were just managing their work how they wanted too which is their perogative.

So what is your issue with her writing clear emails and sending emails at whatever time she wants to?

Mylovelygreendress · 02/01/2025 16:15

Spectre8 · 02/01/2025 16:11

Shes a boss lady, who ‘being clear doesn’t make her difficult’ sending 5 am emails

I would love it if people wrote clear emails so you don't have to waste time finding out what they really meant and want. There is also nothing wrong with sending emails at 5am so long as it's clear a reply isn't expected. A former boss of mone was the same sending emails out of hours whether it was late, early or weekend but never expected anyone to reapond, they were just managing their work how they wanted too which is their perogative.

So what is your issue with her writing clear emails and sending emails at whatever time she wants to?

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If she writes the way she talks I can’t imagine her emails are very clear . Word salad .

NotaRealHousewife · 02/01/2025 16:19

Oh god, all I can see now is the tampax advert

Serenster · 02/01/2025 16:25

So what is your issue with her writing clear emails and sending emails at whatever time she wants to?

This is a boss who clearly recognises absolutely no boundaries when it comes to her employees though. In that context, how likely is it that the emails were benign?

We know this because of one of the accounts given of her by a former employee in London who said that “when Meghan felt she had been let down over an issue.. she rang repeatedly when the staffer was out for dinner on a Friday night. “Every ten minutes, I had to go outside to be screamed at by her and Harry. It was, ‘I can’t believe you’ve done this. You’ve let me down. What were you thinking?’ It went on for a couple of hours.” .

And in case you think that’s an unproven allegation, consider what one of Meghan’s former US employees said of her in US Weekly when defending her former boss against allegations of being a bully. She said that Meghan was incredibly kind and caring, because she calling the husband of her employee every day while the employee was on a lengthy period of sick leave. That’s a massive overstepping of the role as an employer, is verging on harassment, and shows she really does have no boundaries when it comes to her staff.

Aspargar · 02/01/2025 16:32

The contradictions are never ending.

I mean I pointed out the big whoppers but even the tiny small ones. Does she swear like a sailor or doesn’t she? All the information we have, she proffered herself. On the Tig, she states:

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."

Yet on the Archetypes podcasts exploring labels on women, she acts coy and demure, as if she would do such a thing

from the infamous Cut article:

Bitch (well, “B-word,” she clarifies and then squeals, “Oooooh! I don’t want to say that word. It makes me so uncomfortable!”), and Slut (Will Meghan say slut? “Oh my gosh. That makes me so uncomfortable.”)

Again, a tiny small thing. But it just makes you feel like we have no idea who she is as a person!

Also,

That the the RF is ‘linked not ranked’- but she uses her title everywhere she goes

That she wouldn’t curtsy for others in the family outside of Charles and the QE but she’s more than happy for others to crusty for her

That she supports abortion rights for women in the US but is at pains to tell you she’d never do such a thing on her podcast

That the worst thing is to say nothing at all, yet said nothing when there were racist rumours launched about Kate and was happy for the internet conspiracies about her take light.

Small things, and I’m sure you all have many many more examples. But it all builds a picture and a pattern. That we don’t actually know what her personality is and she doesn’t seem to know either. Hollow.

Vespanest · 02/01/2025 16:34

Spectre8 · 02/01/2025 16:11

Shes a boss lady, who ‘being clear doesn’t make her difficult’ sending 5 am emails

I would love it if people wrote clear emails so you don't have to waste time finding out what they really meant and want. There is also nothing wrong with sending emails at 5am so long as it's clear a reply isn't expected. A former boss of mone was the same sending emails out of hours whether it was late, early or weekend but never expected anyone to reapond, they were just managing their work how they wanted too which is their perogative.

So what is your issue with her writing clear emails and sending emails at whatever time she wants to?

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It's highly unprofessional to send or do any work correspondence outside of working hours unless urgent, time zone differences or agreed by both parties. This can be seen as harassment.

Bontonbonbon · 02/01/2025 16:43

@Vespanest It is harassment. Paying someone doesn’t mean you have a right to do whatever you want, as Justin Baldoni is about to find out.

The trouble with both Meghan and Harry is they seem to care too much about what people think about them. They need to choose a direction and go for it. You cannot be all things to all people.

Sunworshiper · 02/01/2025 16:44

Aspargar · 02/01/2025 14:35

Hmmmm interesting. It 2.30pm UK time and there’s suddenly a flurry of meghan fans……

Strange that isn’t it, I have noticed this on numerous other threads within MN where we are discussing people of certain characteristics.

They all seem to appear all at once.

Spectre8 · 02/01/2025 16:45

Vespanest · 02/01/2025 16:34

It's highly unprofessional to send or do any work correspondence outside of working hours unless urgent, time zone differences or agreed by both parties. This can be seen as harassment.

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Lol how many people working for a company never see an email being sent after working hours? Every company I've worked for there have been emails.after working hours. It's not expected that people are logging in and reading them and responding to them either. People should also hold their own personal boundaries too and not be checking work emails after office hours.