With Love, Meghan

[Atlasvue]

Just setting up a thread for the release of the new cooking show, 15th January 2025

Reviews so far of the trailer, some very funny:

https://amp.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/jan/03/meghan-markle-netflix-show- Lefty paper not impressed. Trad wife.

https://www.standard.co.uk/going-out/foodanddrink/cook-meghan-markle-with-love-netflix-b1202861.html - Great read. Very very funny

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1995903/meghan-markle-netflix-series-cooking- Domestic bliss doesn’t sit with years of grievances.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2025/01/03/with-love-meghan-netflix-trailer-cringe-moments/ - Great read. Very very funny

https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/with-love-meghan-markle-netflix-barefoot-contessa-martha-stewart-b1202748.html - Meghan fan who has their doubts about a dated tv format.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14248119/amp/Now-Meghan-trad-wife-feminist-Duchess-rebranded-housewife-influencer-new-Netflix-cookery-vision-domestic-bliss.html - Feminist to Trad wife.

Will update with anymore reviews

Or maybe they weren't in Montecito because rumour has it they don't actually live there.

That marrying-a-prince-thing was the break she'd been dreaming of.

This is gross.

I thought the statement was ok if a bit pompous, I thought PR-ing the statement and the other details about how they were helping was crass, but this is really beyond the pale.

Turning up to a torn apart community for a photo op is just awful, although pretty par for the course for them. "Helping" for 45 minutes is ridiculous. It's all just completely performative, and all about them and their own personal brand - nothing about the people who are impacted.

They do if they aren't thinking logically. I don't think Harry has displayed any evidence that he approached situations logically and with accurate assessment of the pros and cons. If he coughs he would not have done Oprah or talked about number of kills in his book.

So I agree with you that what he is saying doesn't match his actions but this is a long standing problem for him.

I agree. It's disgusting. Using a tragedy for their own benefit.

Oh yes. Royal duties on one side, family occasions on the other, nice overlapping segment for things like Christmas, Balmoral and balconies etc.

I've already explained about people losing everything in my comment. I wasn't stating that this was my view. I stated that people might view it differently.

How many people have they opened their home to house? How much cash have they donated?

Think of the number of bodyguards they would need if they opened their home?!! It’s just so laughable the way they play Lord and Lady Bountiful.

Actually the chef clearly put an arm around Meghan first, but don’t let facts get in the way of your pre determined narrative 🙄

That statement struck me as very deliberate wording.

People magazine stated “PEOPLE can confirm that the couple have opened their home to friends and loved ones forced to evacuate” and that is exactly the wording that has been used, verbatim, in all the press coverage. Which suggests it comes from a press release issued by the couple (and is not for example People magazine paraphrasing what they were told).

It’s very non-committal. They haven’t said they are actually putting anyone who’s been forced to evacuate up. They’ve just “opened” their home. That could mean anything, or nothing - an invitation that’s not been taken up, a meal, a cuppa - it covers an absolute multitude of situations. And given its very PR speak I suspect it was carefully chosen to be non-commital.

Pre determined narrative? 😂

Yes 😂

There's a lot of fluffy PR about this, but I'm willing to bet there's nobody staying in their house (other than perhaps Doria) and any donation will be relatively minor in the grand scheme of things - enough that they can PR the message that they donated and are "partnering" with WCK and other charities, but probably not more than a few thousand.

I doubt they've got anyone in their home because, frankly, I don't believe they've got that wide a circle of friends (and those they do are all very wealthy and privileged) - and the odds of one of the few people they're close to being both displaced from their home and requiring of a refuge is extremely slim I think. But I'm sure they have said something to a couple of people along the lines of "if needed you guys are welcome to come stay with us" and that's enough for them to claim they've 'opened their home to friends in need'.

I think it's all hot air.

The delusion stretches further than Montecito I see … 😂

…enough that they can PR the message that they donated and are "partnering" with WCK and other charities, but probably not more than a few thousand.

That was one of the things that amused me about the statement “From the Office of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex”:

”Organizations such as José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen, which has been a longtime partner of The Archewell Foundation, are serving meals to both first responders and victims of the fire”.

They don’t partner with WCK, thank you very much. WCK partners with them!

Meghan and her team would had all their insta posts lined up for the build up of the launch on Wednesday.

They can’t do that now. So what we will get is every 2nd day, is stories/videos about Meghan and what they are doing re the fires. They need to keep her in the headlines; they are clutching at straws.

They know this is an absolute disaster for reception of her tv show. After all the promo for it, what’s going to happen?

• You’re now not going to get gushing posts from the likes of Abigail Spencer (who is even more performative and unlikeable than Meghan in my opinion) on the release of the show. It would look bad taste. No celebs are going to say watch this show….none. They couldn’t risk the backlash. I’ve been trying to think how they could possibly formulate a post- My heart goes out to all those affected by the fires and in times of heartache, let’s look to life’s little joys to help get us through the pain, I’m so proud of Meghan and I hope you get to love her too, blah blah. See it doesn’t work, you can’t possibly write anything that doesn’t sound tone deaf

• You’re not going to get Meghan posting joyful posts about her show/recipes and private life for at least a few weeks

• You’re not going to get US media outlets writing reviews for the show, when there’s other much bigger stories out there. San Anas winds could return Mon/Tues

• Harrys court case starts 5 days after launch, so again, the news shifting focus.

Her new influencer career isn’t off to the greatest start and this show won’t be the hit they thought it would be. There’s no way there will be another series.

But I don’t thinking this cooking show was the best format for an influencer these days. It’s old fashioned. I don’t think it was ever going to do her any favours.

Oh well, let’s wait for the rebrand 6.0

Here's jam friend Chrissy Teigen camping out at a hotel.

She and John have very young children as well don’t they?
Maybe they turned down Princess Markle’s offer?

Well Chrissy definitely won’t be promoting the show then…

Kris Jenner, who’s been evacuated …..No

Mindy…..No

Serena…..No

Oprah and Gayle…..No

Tyler….Nope

She has no family that she could ask to promote her show either

It’s strange because SM and the RF threads were hit with superfans when the trailer came out….where have they all gone?

Emergency regrouping I imagine to discuss how they are going to put lipstick on this particular PR pig. I expect they will grace SM and RF threads with their presence later on this afternoon, so that is something we can all look forward to 😂

The problem with all of this celeb posting and involvement is that it tends to make people think " well they are ok. They have millions. They have loads of houses" .
We look at these houses and think "all that money for what appears to be such a small house". However there are many ordinary people who have lost their homes and these are the ones who will suffer the most- the ones who can't check into the Beverley Hills Hotel.

I, against my better judgement, watched one of the videos on this thread.
What struck me was that for all the performative hugging that came from Meghan, the footage of Harry was in stark contrast.

He stood back and listened, giving a reassuring pat or hug in response.
But he did seem to let the people speak.

I'm guessing that he's more royal than he thinks.

His instinct is right.

Equally he looks very uncomfortable with his wife's reaction.

Makes me ponder what conversations go on within the home.

She would do well to listen to him from time to time.

Spot on @IAmATorturedPoet