The reviews are coming in for Meghan's podcast 'Confessions of a Female Founder'ions of a

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Not listened to the first in Meghan's podcast series, a conversation with the founder of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Heard, but the Mail has collated all the press reviews so far, with links. The Guardian, Telegraph and i-Paper are unanimous: the podcast is cloyingly dreadful.

The reviews for Meghan Markle's latest podcast are in! Two stars for Confessions of a Female Founder https://mol.im/a/14584193 via https://dailym.ai/android

WHY do people not want them held to account?
I just don't get it
The dodgy finances, the shady relationships; why are people happy for them to carry on lik this.

Agree - Sophie Chandauka has done a great job calling this out and referring to the CC.

Agree @Dalky

There are people out there that think she is a good role model for young girls - the mind boggles.

Her main market won’t be the UK, so she’ll be less interested in the UK reviews - I wonder if her style plays better to the US/California market and if that is what she’s going for.

Yet these are the very same people H&M wanted to be "half in half out" with, until the LQE said no way.

They didn't leave because they had moral objections to the funding of the monarchy. Harry was quite cross that his Dad had "cut him off" financially, from the same pot that supports the rest of the RF.

I suppose expecting any real level of public accountability is too much to ask—what with their army of staff and courtiers managing their appointments, appearances, and endless formalities. After all, when you're casually handed an extra £45.8 million through the Sovereign Grant, and simultaneously acting as a slumlord in Cornwall, you might start to wonder: why bother keeping the peasants informed about your goings-on? Transparency, it seems, is beneath the Crown—especially when the coffers are overflowing.

Sorry, @Mightymoog my response was for @vera99 in response to this post. I quoted yours by mistake and missed editing

NY Post coverage

https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/entertainment/meghan-markle-podcast-confessions-of-a-female-founder-hit-with-scathing-reviews/

Ouch!

no problem

And for goodness sake, people aren’t talking about Andrew because he isn’t doing anything right now

Well ... that is actually not true. Pop along to the other thread 'Where's the outrage about Andrew' and you will see.

He's always doing something but given he is protected by the Royal family, we often don't get to hear. However, the court hearing about the Chinese spy mentions him a lot.

Did anyone from the NY Post listen to the podcast? It's like they just couldn't be arsed so sent in the AI to regurgitate previous reviews. Did they decide it wasn't worth the time?

Maybe you should also be criticising Sarah Ferguson who was recently in the States doing a book signing for one of her countless books from the Duchess of York, where she 'crowned' a fan with a tiara and showed it on IG?

Fair's fair after all, where's your outrage about that? She's also doing some hook up with a Meditation place and giving away a free month for whoever signs up.

And perhaps have a gander at the Andrew thread about the Chinese spy, and his statement saying he risked his reputation for Andrew because Andrew 'wants money'. And yes, this came out last Friday so certainly in the last 4 weeks. There's lots to read on there and it's far worse than a podcast designed for an American audience that waffles a bit. Why can't she do a podcast, good on her I say.

The hate for anything Meghan does knows no bounds.

Actually the guardian said Meghan is a decent interviewer

They've been doing active coverage of the court case so are maybe holding off on the podcast. I did watch the video review of the As Ever products, which was hilarious and well-worth watching. The video is at the top.of the article.

https://nypost.com/2025/04/07/entertainment/the-post-taste-tests-meghan-markles-bland-as-ever-goods/

Yes celebrities can do great work raising awareness about less known conditions.

I had HG in all my pregnancies and the knowledge of the healthcare staff that treated me varied enormously which had a very negative impact on my health - all my hospital admissions for rehydration could easily have been avoided for example. My pregnancies were around the same time as Kate Middleton's and at some point I had hopes she might become some sort of a spokeswoman for this condition, or raise awareness or something. Alas it never happened.

Celebrities don't owe us anything I guess? Some choose to build something positive and constructive out of their suffering and some don't.

@BustingBaoBunagain you use the word " hate" with regards to Neghan . Hate is very different from negative criticism. Don't you see this ? Are your criticisms of others " hate" ? Is everything she does just super duper in your opinion?

@BecauseRonald perhaps you missed it ?

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a30943597/kate-middleton-hypnobirthing-morning-sickness-podcast/

Or did you expect her to talk on endlessly about herself @BecauseRonald?

I didn't check the ingredients for the shortbread mix but as you have to add your own butter, what could be in it apart from flour and sugar, maybe a bit of cornflour, maybe a pinch of salt? The American cup system is really straightforward and removes the need for scales and the Net is packed with authentic recipes. All the ingredients apart from the butter are el cheapo.

Oh sorry, forgot the flower sprinkles. Doh.

I am genuinely bemused by this and the pancake mix especially, not everyone wants to make jam/spread/coulis but these are just such odd choices. Cheap to produce though.

Yes I remember discussing this on mumsnet when it came up. And how Kate's comments on this occasion wee utterly bizarre didn't really reflect most people's experience of HG. The idea that you can control hypermesis using your breath is.......

... well I will leave it at that. If you can't say anything nice and all that.

Anyone who has suffered hyperemesis gravidarum knows it's a traumatic experience. I don't want to criticise a woman who suffered a pregnancy complication and to be fair to Kate she probably had treatment and medication that the women on the HG support threads can only dream of.

"because my company is an “extension of my essence”

Will just leave that there.

@BecauseRonald i thought Kate was talking about labour rather than hyperemesis

Murdoch rag - the journos know who pays their wages.

This was my first thought too. I am not baker, even I can knock up decent shortbread.

The whole thing is bonkers. As food critics, you would have thought that the writers might have pointed this out, but no.

Yes I remember discussing this on mumsnet when it came up. And how Kate's comments on this occasion wee utterly bizarre didn't really reflect most people's experience of HG. The idea that you can control hypermesis using your breath is.......
... well I will leave it at that. If you can't say anything nice and all that.

That’s not what she said, though. She said she used it during labour having tried meditation and deep breathing earlier in her pregnancy:

"I saw the power of it really, the meditation and the deep breathing and things like that, that they teach you in hypnobirthing, when I was really sick, and actually I realized that this was something I could take control of, I suppose, during labor. It was hugely powerful."

And she’s not wrong that it’s useful for dealing with hard situations. I tried it during labour, but it really came into its own when I had to have a very distressing procedure postpartum and used it to keep myself calm.

The three older journalists sounded native New Yorkers. They don't bake, they go to bakeries.