PR disasters (IYKYK) thread 5

[AtIusvue]

For Meghan and Harry, As ever and Archewell posts.

Lol so what if they havent torn down their house not every rich person is the same.

Im not wealthy in their terms but im very comfortable i bought my house 14yrs ago i still have the original boiler havent replaced it, kts now 40yrs old still going strong why rip something out for the sake of it. I havent chnahed the kitchen yet it was 2yrs old when I moved on, not 100% my taste but equally its not awful either. I can afford to change it but its just a waste and for what, having a kitchen that isnt quite my taste isnt that big of a deal.

The again like many ppl my parents were ones that looked after things and make it last and only chnaged it if it broke.

Given that we live in such a throw away culture its a good thing we arent just tearing stuff down just be ause its not our style. Being rich has nothing to do with it.

And yes a kitchen after 20yrs is going to be showing a bit of wear and tear...omg shocking. This still doesnt mean they are running out of money because they are choosing not to change it yet.

If there businesses have failed doesnt mean they are running out of money you dont know their personal finances and investments etc.

You clearly don’t understand the housing market in the richest parts of America.

The mansions built, aren't stone and mortar. They are timber framed and get built pretty quickly and cheaply. In these areas, you are buying the land not the house. The houses are worth nothing.

So the very fact they’ve lived in a naff 2000s McMansion, with the dated decor picked by a Russian oligarch- is a sign that they don't have the finances to do, what other rich people would- which is to rebuild/refurbish/redecorate.

Look what Adele paid for Sylvester Stallones LA home…only to tear it down. That’s because you are buying the land….not the house.

“Sells selfish for cash “ is very apt!

Come on, in the nicest possible way, yours is not the league Harry and Meghan were aiming for when they left the Royal Family @GoldBthehypo
.They wanted to be ambassadors for the Commonwealth, 'collaborate' with the Queen, they signed multi million pound deals.

If their personal investments and wealth is indeed so great, then why has their foundation collapsed? Why have they not been able to hold on to staff?
In fact why did they even need Tyler Perry to house them in California in 2020 and pay for their security? Interesting how we don't hear about TP any more since he's facing a 77million dollar sexual assault lawsuit.

I fully agree @GoldBthehypo that one doesn't need to live ostentatiously. At that point one also doesn't need an 11 million dollar mansion...

You're not selling a lifestyle though are you? You're not selling a hosting and " cooking" show are you?

Of all the 7 billion people on the planet, most of whom have hard lives, Harry&Meghan Markle come probably bottom of my "deserve to catch a break" list.

Oh is okay then isnt it if its timber frame lets just tear it down and then chop more trees down to build another timber framed house ffs. Dont you think thats awful to be wasting our natural resources and yes whilst more trees can be planted we aren't planting enough to sustain the current rate they are being cut down by.

What an awful attitude to have well its what rich ppl do and should do.

We should be encouraging people to do the opposite. To make things last as long as possible.

@Atlusvue

I agree with much of what you say. The very very slight disagreement is that given M is new to money ( relatively - ie H's money ) and had Hollywood aspirations - I wonder if that house was exactly what she wanted - it looks a bit faux 1920s in the manner of "Sunset Boulevard" the film. I wonder if that is what she was going for - old Hollywood glamour ?

Here - the house in the film.

https://martinturnbull.com/photo-blog/2015/08/03/norma-desmonds-mansion-in-sunset-boulevard-1950-at-641-s-irving-blvd-being-demolished-in-1957/

I do think it would take a lot of upkeep and I don't disagree - many with much money would have remodelled / rebuilt but I do wonder if that house was "the dream" for her.

Hope the link works

I think the selling point for their house is the garden. It is gorgeous, and the only thing I envy her for.

With that though she could have really devoted herself to the gorgeous garden as her passion and done a series and book and had an insta account of her out everyday doing the hard work of upkeeping, learning and failing and creating such a beautiful garden which she's lucky to have. That could have felt genuine.

Instead she went for this shallow hostess thing, staged in some eles's house, with people she barely knows and trying to flog mass produced crap. While calling herself Duchess.

She's only really used her garden as a backdrop for fakearse advertising.

Nothing about her ever feels authentic. However many time she says 'authentic'.

I think she said that they were sold on the property just by looking at the garden, they hadn’t even seen the house yet. I don’t think the house was the selling point.
It’s a lovely location and it was a bargain basement price (for the rich). The reason why, was because the property was very dated, even though it wasn’t that old. These 90s McMansions get ripped down all the time, they hold no architectural interest.

To be fair to Harry, living in something that was decorated a mere 20 years ago probably feels extremely modern compared with much of the Royal Estate. I’m not quite so sure M shares the same values though.

This is what the very rich do, the sort of people that Meg n Harry hang around with and desperately want to be like.

The fact that they’ve done nothing to the McMansion, is nothing to do with saving the planet. It’s because they don’t have millions for extensive renovations.

Relevantly, an article article about ARO in the New York Post said something interesting about this. It referred to “a source who knows the Sussexes” (obviously, could be Joe down the road for all we know!) who spoke about Mandana Dayani, who was the president of Archewell from May 2021 to December 2022. The article said:
”Mandana was supposed to figure out a business that makes money, but she left…but I know that she pitched Meghan on a bunch of ideas”.
The article notes that Mandana Dayani declined to comment but I thought it did indicate that the couple know they need to come up with a solid income stream. They plumped for selling retail goods, but it seems that may not be panning out as they hoped (like so many of their ventures).

That makes sense.

They must be spending more than what’s coming in right now.

there businesses have failed doesnt mean they are running out of money you dont know their personal finances and investments etc

Normally wealthy people live off the earnings from their investments and dont touch the capital. Harry and Meghan are not earning enough to cover their living and lifestyle expenses which means that they’ll be eating into their capital year on year. It really is that simple and I suspect all they want out of the Australia trip is the adoration they think they’ll generate along with enough income for appearances like the one Meghan is doing to cover the cost of their flights etc.

atlus,
The lumber business in America is huge because almost all of their houses are built from wood, only certain wood can be used, talking about it in environmentally friendly terms obviously shows that poster is not American and has no idea about their housing industry.

Invictus Australia news
https://archive.ph/muIox

I doubt Meghan, or Fergie 2.0 as I now like to call her hasn’t redecorated or renovated her dated McMansion because she wants to to save the planet 😂

Have you seen their accounts how do you know? Do you know how much they had to start with? What is invested and what it is earning. How many properties they might have earning them income? What do you know? Not enough just speculating

Does PH earn a fee for his Invictus work - or does he just claim expenses and use it as a free PR profile raising platform for him and his wife?

Its what they rich do lol so every rich person must so it. Give over.

No not everyone rich person does it.

People have different attitudes even when they are rich and it isnt always spend spend spend. Throwing away money unnecessarily.

Why tear down a house just be ause ots what other rich people do? How is that even a good reason?

They’ve got rid of most of their staff and had to close down their charity because they couldn’t afford to run it.

How many glaring red flags do you need?

Why you can’t accept, that financially they are struggling which is why they are now having to sell selfies at influencer events, is beyond me.

If you’re that upset about their finances, help out and go buy some jam. If you spend $150 you get a free chocolate bar. That might cheer you up.

Uh huh we’ve heard your opinion on the house, they’re saving the planet.…yeh right.

They are desperate for money….which is why the are doing these cash grab events. It’s sad but it shows that they never had any talent, if they couldn’t make all those NF/Spotify deals they had work.

I seriously don’t understand why it’s upsetting to you.

Both of them hawking out their titles for cash and the Svengali Marcus Anderson at the centre of it.

Yup