As ever/WLM2- puts the boasting into hosting

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Continuing the on from the As ever thread

• Funny article from Jan Moir

https://archive.ph/UfTPx

• Turns out Chrissy wasn’t the only known bully that Meg invited onto the show. David Chang has serious anger issues and has bullied staff

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/meghan-markle-s-shameless-pr-stunt-with-david-chang-is-disgusting-b1244549.html

• Megs new show hasn’t appeared in the Top ten on NF in the UK or US, which she had done for the first series. NF aren’t promoting it other that in the ‘new this week’ section. You also have to scroll along to find it.

• No stock sold out yet

Been a while since a fake royal tour. Think we are done with them now?

She seems to think it's still 2017 and they're the hot young royal couple whose whirlwind romance enchanted the world. OK it was never quite like that but you get what I mean!

It is a bit weird for a middle aged woman to be going on about her 'love story' in public. It comes across as a tad desperate and delusional.

I’m always very 🤔 about any couple who have to spout their so called “Love story” be it on Facebook or Netflix to anyone who will listen, who are they try to convince? Themselves most likely.

So true.

A bit like all the talk of Harry, whom she rarely refers to by name but rather as 'my husband' being a 'fox'. Not to mention that toe curling video of him in the surfing equivalent of the shallow end kiddy pool.

Are we meant to be jealous that she gets to sleep with that? Or what?

The Hollywood Reporter picked up a bit I hadn’t seen anywhere else. Meghan tells one of her guests that she had to be away from her children for three weeks once because she was ‘not well’. What on Earth does she mean by that?

I think she's saying that the longest she's ever been away from the children was 3 weeks and it made her 'not well'. People seem to have worked out she's referring to when they were in Europe for Invictus Games and then stayed in UK for the Queen's funeral.

I'm always suspicious of women who talk about their partners like this. It's like they're trying to convince themselves.

Indeed. If his wife is 'anchoring into her own knowing', does he not see it?

She said she was 'not well' after being away from them for three weeks. That the separation physically impacted her. The view is that this was when they were in the UK when the Queen died.
Edited to say sorry @bluegreygreen I've just seen your earlier post.

No worries @Butteredtoast55

What has surprised me is how casually M treated her shot at making it big in the entertainment industry.

Although her marriage to H is what opened the doors to major contracts in the entertainment industry, it seems that M, for some reason, did not grasp that she needed to deliver a quality product that could compete for the attention of her target American audience...an audience which is spoiled for choice.

IMHO, H's cluelessness from living in a palace bubble is understandable but M's hubris is incomprehensible.

@bluegreygreen and @Butteredtoast55

Thanks for explaining. It is a bit strange that she chose to bring this up as she does seem to have chosen to spend quite a lot of time off on PR trips without her kids (Nigeria, Columbia, Invictus Games) but perhaps this was her awkward method of addressing the criticism she gets for those trips.

I have never understood why they don’t bring the children with them anywhere, thus ending up spending weeks away from them.

Yep. She probably seems 'smarter' (less dim) because Meghan better used the tutoring on offer growing up than than Harry did.

Remember when she rolled her eyes to Harry at Catherine - I suspect that wasn't anything other than bad manners.

Even this second part of the season doesn’t seem to have improved. Everything is just to appeal to her die hard fans and no one new.
She must be a massive narc and literally listen to no one, it’s the only explanation.

Well if indeed it was the Invictus Games/ death of the Queen, it's another hint at the sacrifices she has been forced to make as a member of the RF.
They could have brought the children to the UK but they seem to think they're at enormous risk if they do so. Meghan could have gone back to the US for a few days between QEIIs death and the funeral. But they didn't.
Phrasing it as 'not well' is an interesting choice. She could have said she'd missed them terribly or was longing to see them, but it's all about her needs again. I'm certainly not criticising her for loving her children, but if being away from them for 17 days made her physically unwell, I think that's quite an intense attachment.

No rating from The Hollywood Reporter, but the sub-headline was:
‘With Love, Meghan’ Sticks to Original Recipe in Season 2 (Unfortunately)

Key points:

• Meghan hasn’t changed a thing from season one — same Montecito kitchen, same “chaotic” but actually perfect setup.
• Critics’ feedback ignored (filming wrapped before season one even aired).
• Attempts at relatability fall flat — chicory, organic gardens and homemade bread aren’t exactly middle-class reality.
• Guests are a mixed bag: Chrissy Teigen muted, Tan France fun and actually brings out Meghan’s personality.
• Glossy lifestyle TV that can’t decide if it’s aspirational or “real” — ends up being neither.

Final comment: It lacks authenticity, no matter how many times Meghan insists this is her “true self.”

Hollywood Reporter

@Butteredtoast55 It is very strange phrasing, like she is trying to suggest that this is just another way that the RF harmed her.

Why they insist that the children aren’t safe in the UK is beyond me. Lots of royal children love her in near anonymity and perfect safety. It does make me wonder if they are both a bit paranoid that the RF would try to take custody of the kids.

Harry seems to perpetuate the nonsense about not being safe in the UK. I can't decide if he's genuinely paranoid, or is just trying to get limitless tax payer funded security.
Bizarre.

It's not just the kids they say aren't safe. Harry said he wouldn't be able to bring his wife and children to the UK.
And she's slipped in the word 'safe' a few times recently, I've noticed. She said in the podcast with that woman with the weird voice how much time and effort 'H' put into making/keeping them all safe and she referenced it when talking about camping in Botswana and being in the tent and her asking him "Are we safe?" And the wonderful, dependable H replied, "Yes, we're safe."

I think they are using the children to force the kind of security they want. They clearly cannot afford this lifestyle forever, yes they have made money, but those income streams are drying up. No way As Ever is going to make huge amounts long term.
If they bring the children it’s admitting it’s fine here (which it would be) and so they won’t. I don’t think M will come to the games either on that basis, especially if they manage to dump Harry by then.

The safety thing is definitely a hang up for him, which is somewhat understandable. But why he thinks California is any safer than the U.K. I don’t know.

He seems to think someone is out to get his wife and she backs him up on this. I suspect Charles won’t see those kids until they are grown up and can make their own choices.

I mean, this just seems like another desperate attempt to make it somehow the royal family's fault again, whereas if she'd flown home a couple of days after QE died to be with the kids and then returned for the funeral, no one would have batted an eyelid. The kids are still young and that would have been seen as perfectly reasonable. But no, we must have drama!

I agree.

Harry had the much derided 'grey men' taking care of every little thing until 5 years ago, so it's understandable that he hasn't got a clue how to make it in the real world.

But Meghan, while never close to an A lister, did have a good idea how the celebrity industry works, and did reasonably well for someone of limited talent. You would think she'd know that it's a brutally competitive environment and you have to seize the moment, take expert advice, build your niche and promote the hell out of it.

Instead she's fumbled the bag spectacularly. She really did seem to think that being a Duchess was all she needed for unlimited fame and fortune. But it doesn't quite work that way.

I don't get Meghan's drama with tights. Didn't she also whine about garbage M&S tights? I watched that interview and I cannot believe the P&G shit came up again although this time she related it to the LA riots. Why? To make her seem edgy sat in her private school. I was just speechless. I just couldn't watch all the way through, but Bloomberg seems a real comedown from Drew Barrymore.