As Ever Part V . Two stunt lemons - With Love , Meghan

[BasiliskStare]

For all who love Brand Management , glamorous lifestyles , and Bingo

Previous thread here www.mumsnet.com/talk/the_royal_family/5283793-as-ever4-as-usual?page=40&reply=142596997 ( link with thanks to my lovely devoted friend StickyStickySticky who just loves to see me succeed )

I think this is treading a line between promotion and advertising.

To me, this is the most ironic thing of all.

Even if this brand were to be a huge success, it's such a major come down from the narrative of 5 years ago, which was that Meghan was so intelligent, independent and feminist that she threatened the fusty, protocol bound royals. There were lots of unfavourable comparisons to Kate, either direct or implied. Meghan found freedom in order to be able to use her 'voice' once again, to add to the debate on global issues of great importance, rather than the usual bland inanities of royal life.

Yet now, 5 years on, she's on TV talking about 'cleaning songs', making bacon for 'the boys' and making fruit rainbows. Make sure to slice the raspberries and sprinkle with edilble flowers.

The jam doesn’t have the label, but it’s the same shape jar and it’s the same raspberry preserve.

Interestingly though in the picture posted upthread, the jam is labelled “Raspberry spread” not “Raspberry Jam”.

I presume it must fall foul of some US laws about what your ingredients have to be to be called jam? Because she’s clearly been referring to it as “jam” throughout both the ARO failure to launch and now with As Ever.

I know @AtIusvue ! It's annoying when some get away with things!
I'm beginning to think the real reason it was delayed is because launching 8 episodes of what is basically an online advertisement for her products looks particularly bad when many have lost all their belongings and houses!

And they can dress it up as a "lifestyle " show but it's clearly not!
Well we were all told weren't we???
Fucking grifters indeed!

Do you think she will be doing in-store demo's - handing round plates of ladybugs to sample in a precinct in Dallas and Pennsylvania

So nothing about the fires?

Did they impact her directly? So, no.

I think the backlash is going to grow. Too many people are struggling with CoL both here and in the US, the world situation is beyond depressing and actually getting by is difficult for many people. I don't think people are in the mood to admire a rich woman who is famous because of her marriage indulging in such vacuity. The likes of Nigella, Gwyneth and Ina Garten are different because they are already established and held in affection but anyone launching such a show at the moment would struggle IMO and the well known "history" makes it seem all the more faux and inauthentic.

The whole "let's have a Mama Meal" thing and it being so special when she cooks just translates to me as she only cooks for her family a handful of times a year. My kids are not cheering and saying 'yay, a mama meal' because virtually every single dinner they eat is cooked by their father or I.

She's not just a rich woman, @Uricon2 , people can cope with that to an extent, but she's a rich woman with no talent or skills and is smug and patronising as well.

Indeed and what's so special about her roast chicken??
Is she massaging it with pixie dust and shoving a unicorn up its butt??

“We grow golden berries at home”

Of course you do….

Yes, everything she does is revealing in ways she does not even see. Like in one of the episodes where she has a 'friend' over and exclaims 'Oh you are so tall!'. Like hasn't she met that person before?

And the rebuke of MK for calling her 'Markle'. It's all about the Royal title when she claims to have sought and found freedom from that nasty racist institution that she clearly still cares so much about.

Think this was all filmed a year ago and edited after? So not in the timescale of the fires.

Or perhaps they were looking for an excuse to delay the launch of the show, because of the name change and the lack of merch being available for sale, and along the LA fires and voila! Good excuse to push to series back by 2 months.

I've thought of a new name for "As Ever".

"Duchess Unoriginals"

I have watched the first episode and tried to be as impartial as possible..... but it was as dull as hell

True

And when the press find out this whole thing was designed as a vehicle for as ever products. Not just one or two recipes. The whole bloody thing. It’s going to be a shit show.

This is her Ratner moment.

Because you watched an advert basically, that’s why it was so boring.

At least you have the good sense to abandon after the first episode. I’m still recovering from watching all 8 😂

@AtIusvue my thoughts are with you at this difficult time

Does it get any better?

She could have added something. You'd think.

So true!
The titles are absolutely critical.
She is nothing without them.

I thought I'd read somewhere they were adding it in, obviously I'm confused. Doesn't take much!

That tea looks revolting, who wants cayenne tea with Victoria sponge 😱

With Love Meghan is the third item on the 6 O'Clock News headlines after Zelensky trying to make up with Trump and Trudeau telling Trump he's stupid for tariffs. And it's about the negative reception of the show.

I will say she looks nice in that blue dress.