As Ever

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Meghan has renamed her luxury lifestyle brand 'As Ever'.

'As Ever essentially means as it's always been, and if you've followed me since 2014 with The Tig, you know I've always loved cooking and crafting and gardening — this is what I do,' she said. '

I agree that the constant negativity must be a great pressure. Like you, I’m not entirely comfortable with some of it. But she is reaping what she sowed. For years she has had the opportunity to mend what she broke, but has chosen not to.

Oh I quite agree they have nothing individual to sell. I was more thinking that they have nothing at all to sell. It’s all “pie in the sky this is the type of thing we are going to offer” shtick but absolutely nothing of substance. It’s all arse about face. I’m sure everyone who launches a business has a good name they have thought up, but surely there should be something to actually sell first 🤷‍♀️

Yeah I've never understood people who stan a woman who wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire. It's absolutely pathetic.

Honestly I understand fandoms and have liked actors etc for years for their work and themselves as people on my own personal experiences with them, but stanning someone who clearly despises anyone she can't stand on to grab something she thinks she's entitled to. No way!

Wouldn't surprise me at all. 😄

You are getting more humours by the minute

Oh give over, you virtue signalling twonk.

Meghan Markle has shown us who she is over and over by her OWN actions. She's no misrepresented little shining flower. She's an elder abusing, lying, vulgar , greedy hustler. She'd climb on her own mother if she thought she could grab something she hasn't already grabbed.

You really are the gift that keeps on giving. You’ve really cheered up a gloomy Wednesday and filled it with laughter

Combined with the megawatt teeth, literally blinding, sunglasses needed for the shine from the inside..

At what point is being kind allowing the behaviour of anything but kindness. I'm more anti Harry behaviour than meghans but there has been quite a few instances that Meghan is more ruthless than kind. The ARO wasn't organic it came about after a failed investment offer to flamingo estate, and was heavily influenced by that brand. There is no kindness in attempting to trade mark for exclusivity a name that is in use already. This is before you even get to the new bullying accusations.

Indeed. Maybe it can only be seen that she is “literally shining from the inside” because some think that the sun is literally shining from some other orifice too 🤪

What really makes me feel uneasy is the lack of critical thinking skills and media literacy( for instance how are supposed to believe the news on a public figure coming from a news paper when said newspaper is being sued from this same public figure for their unethical practices and for spreading misinformation)

Perhaps you should apply some of those critical thinking skills. The papers were being sued for historic phone hacking. Not for spreading disinformation currently, ie, libel. New groups are not going to risk even more time and money on legal fees by maliciously spreading libelous rumours about somebody suing them for practices they no longer carry out. There's no logic in taking such a course of action. Because they would just get sued again, wouldn't they, for libel? Modern news rooms use lawyers to look at anything contentious, particularly wrt the RF. Believe it or not, they don't just print lies, or they would be constantly sued.

This idiotic line of argument is trotted out again and again. It's boring.

And may I conclude my post with this: if we do end up having another Caroline Flack situation, I do not want to see any hypocritical thread on "being kind" and mental health. It will be on you and people like you and frankly on platforms that allow this type of almost daily piling on on public figures.

She did not. She was never a UN Ambassador.

Then she really needs to stop handing herself on a platter. Why say for years she hasn't been able to do anything - people have interpreted that as a dig and I can see no other reason why she’d say it. Firstly she’s been out of the RF far longer than she was in it, so she’s had plenty of years to do something and secondly she made no attempt to explain what she meant by that. She is always performing, she’s like the dancer with the red shoes, she just can’t stop herself.

Martha Stewart is hard working and very good at what she does. She's also been in the business for decades. Meghan is none of those things.

I do find it amusing that we're supposed to forget all her lofty ideals of changing the world and instead pretend that all she wanted to do all along was drizzle honey on croissants.

She would have been far better off if dhe’d go e down the croissant route in the first place. No backstabbing, no whining, no veiled threats in articles. Just plastered that smile on and gone down the aspirational life style route.

I knew she was full of spiteful, self pitying bullshit when she complained (twice) at having to learn the National Anthem by herself. It was obvious from that she was going to nit pick and complain about every perceived slight.

I agree that she looks perfectly fine and that her looks aren't really the issue. Although that said, when you're going into the aspirational lifestyle business, how you look does matter quite a bit.

It's just that her superfans are going on about how we're all jealous of how incredibly gorgeous she is. To me she's attractive but not outstandingly beautiful, which is fine but nothing to be 'jealous' of.

As for your other point, I don't think she will be "making jam and crafting" will she? It sounds to me as though she'll just be putting her name on produce made by others. She'd have to have a licence and had her premises inspected to produce food, and I very much doubt that has happened.

Ok I will bite just once @LipglossAlly , are you now comparing Meghan to Caroline flack ? 🤣🤣🤣
Do you even know who she is? Her history?
Or are you parroting another posters post?

If not then as far as I'm aware Meghan is not a violent domestic abuser , who is about to got to court and likely be imprisoned for violently beating Harry!

And if this does come to pass any fallout will be her own fault and decision! 🙄

Sorry but no. There is no rule that you have to ignore someone just because you don't like them. People who choose to put themselves in the public eye cannot expect only sweetness and light. Your post is an attempt at emotional blackmail, complete with 'please think of the children'.

Oh do bore off. Virtue signalling twaddle.

Is it just me or were the Invictus thread and perhaps one or two others recently pretty much entirely free of statements on the glowiness of H&M and of scolding us for our deranged vitriol (etc etc)?

Certainly feels different after the launch/relaunch of AROEvs.

I can't help but wonder if there was such handwringing and talk of be kind when Epstein killed himself? No
And before people howl it's different! How exactly?
Yes the crimes were different but the fact is both did what they did because their crimes were discovered and neither could face the punishment!

This rebrand seems to be outstripping ARO in its ineptitude, it just beggars belief they could get their 2nd chance so monumentally wrong.

It's a massive screw up, no matter how you look at it.

Very notable @Uricon2 !

This launch and the previous one is a complete checklist of what not to do!

Do they not have staff?

Because this level of spaffery just screams kitchen table business!