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WTF Ghana? Just why?

@dorathexplorer actually to be fair I think this is quite pretty www.netflix.shop/en-gb/collections/bridgerton/products/bridgerton-floral-20-oz-stainless-steel-tumbler but I wouldn't pay £36 . And is that a stainless steel straw 😂

The rest of it looks like tat IMHO.

Heavens above what a load of junk! I had no idea Netflix had a shop like this until this thread!

The brand name is terrible, and the video is excruciating, and I'm sad to see that they're monetising the kids (although the Netflix doc did give a forewarning of this).

I'll still watch the TV show (if it's ever released) because it's going to be unintentionally hilarious.

I'd like them both to wise up. It's getting harder and harder to be positive about anything they do, and I'd like to be positive at least sometimes.

Am I being thick? If she has had As Ever since 2022 , why did she start ARO in 2024? Why not just go with As Ever in the first place?

Whoops, you may have spotted a bit of a flaw in the narrative there @Stickystickysticky 😂

I love how she talks about the name - "'As ever' means 'as it's always been' or some even say 'in the same way as always'"

Some even say? This has to be a piss take, surely. Likewise the reference to her love language, I mean she's mid 40s ffs, not 15 🤮

I am laughing my head off at the Netflix 'Lady Whistledown Pickleball Set'. I am too old for all this shit that people are shilling which will end up in landfill and just serves to make the rich richer.

This is an interesting observation, because MM was snapped coming out of a restaurant last Summer with a former actress (can't remember her name, she played the daughter in "Father Of The Bride") who sells a clothes line or some such on QVC. I wonder if she was getting some tips?

Somebody linked it upthread, Sticky, and while "As Ever" appears on the ads the actual email address is asevernyc (my italics)

I don't know if that makes a difference, but never mind; if it turns out that Meghan can't have this handle she can always rename it yet again

Lisa Rinna has a line she sells on QVC I believe. But I think Meghan might consider that a bit beneath her (and I wouldn’t blame her). However her description of the brand does have that ring to it.

Well, there's nothing wrong with QVC - Lulu sells her skincare range through them, and plenty of other celebrities like Danni Minogue. It could be a good earner for her.

A bit like the posts ridiculing the suggestion Meghan would end up doing a reality show and posters who were roundly disgusted and offended at the suggestion she would ever merch out her kids.

Many things that would never happen, have come to pass!

😂 yes! There are definitely parallels here.

It’s going to take more than a new ring light to make As Ever a success……

A nightmare, As Ever.
As Never more like!

Also struggling to comprehend how Jam being sold in a TV (Netflix) store is aspirational. Her show doesn’t have any kind of following as yet, unlike Bridgerton and Stranger Things.

I liked stranger things and to a lesser extent squid games but it would never occur to me to buy merchandise!
Maybe I'm too old and it's a young thing?

I agree, there’s big money to be made but I don’t think she would want to be presenting her wares in the QVC studios. One for the back burner though.

There's nothing wrong with selling on QVC but it's a world away from
the grandiose statement of January 2020.

I bought a Stranger Things T shirt once for one of the DC but it wasn't official merch I don't think.

I can't see who is falling for the video and who is going to buy any of Meghan's tat. She is so unpopular, too few people aspire to be her, and there will be loads of people desperate to leave bad reviews all over the place. I think this is going to go really terribly. It really feels like the only interest and attention she gets now is either from people who are horribly fascinated by the spectacle or those who really really dislike her. God, if she ends up flogging cheap rubbish on QVC that's quite some way away from a life of service, bringing hope to people through their media content and collaborating with the Queen. It's really unbelievable how low they have sunk. I wonder if they have any regrets.

Well, she's going to need to do something. It's a good earner. She could try to go on one of those Real Housewives shows.

Now you see that is my thought. The kind of person like my nephew who spends a small fortune on Star Wars stuff. You're not going into these shops to buy whatever upmarket stuff Meghan will advertise. I guess they have online though. It's a strange mish mash of stuff. Stranger Things, Squid game and Meghan . Bizarre.

Surely Dancing with the Stars can't be too far in the future..

@MissFenellaPrism brilliant idea! 😂

Meanwhile the mayor of the Spanish town Meghan nicked her logo from , has finally noticed and is considering legal action!

I think that requires a lot of application and discipline. You've got to work with your pro and put the hours in. Maybe not for her. One of those Loose Women type shows, though?.

😧

Is he indeed! Tourism down this year?

For starters, I think this thread is more interesting than 'With love, Meghan' is going to be. Next, a question. PR guru/crisis management expert/Charles and Camilla adjacent says it's us, the public, that have the narrative wrong on Meghan's lifestyle brand. According to him, ARO was a deliberate decoy to throw us off the scent and give Meghan a whole year to develop As Ever (A Sever/Whatever) in peace. Who buys this? I say 'rubbish', because a) chaos not order is her usual modus operandi b) the trademarking evidence is kosher and speaks for itself - As Ever is not trademarked yet so could go t*ts up.