With Love, Meghan on Netflix

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So she is launching this show plus her new brand "As Ever" which will be selling jam, table linens and silverware, home decor, skincare, cookbooks, stationery, and gardening tools. I don't get what she's trying to do here. She seems to be selling things that would appeal to the homesteading crowd but she wants her customers to be upper-class elite women. She would do better business if she moved to the middle of nowhere and went all in on the tradwife thing. Who in Montecito is beekeeping and canning produce?
If she were REALLY smart she would release a line of natural-fiber clothing. Women would eat that up. I don't know why she keeps trying to be the 21st century Martha over and over.

I don’t think what she’s doing is really that different than what Martha Stewart did and she also is very upper-class elite. Some people find it aspirational but I don’t see it being aimed at tradwife set. That said she would look super inauthentic living in the middle of now where. The most rural place she’s seemingly ever lived is Evanston which… is not rural.

She’s stuck because to left-leaning people she’s married to royalty which is very elitist. To the right, she broke with the monarchy and she’s biracial. So I don’t see who her target audience is at all. Mainstream middle class moderates who are most gullible to celebrity brands are all going to be hurting with tariffs and job losses and cuts to Medicaid and other programs and so even that will not be her target audience.

I would think her target group are other wealthy, California admiring hippie moms.

I don't think so, having been around such women for decades.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She was sort of snarky when Mindy Kaling called her "Meghan Markle" and Meghan's response was "it's funny you keep saying that because I am Sussex now."

Cringe.

It communicates that she feels above Mindy, who love her or hate her, has achieved more than almost anyone in that town (acts, produces, develops, directs, has published a couple of books, single mom to 3, has at least 1 fashion campaign as an “every woman.”) Suits was not that successful if we can tell the truth for the first time ever on this topic, and unlike Kaling, Markel did not write or direct eps of her big show, nor appear in larger films than Hallmark Channel crap, nor develop several additional series. So yeah. That’s a no.

I also think Meghan is letting the world, which includes her husbands family, know that she will relinquish her Duchess title at death and not a second sooner. And that she will never quietly divorce her bald idiot husband, ever.

The fact that the production staff kept in this cringey quip makes me think they hate her. This show isn't live - it could easily have been cut.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PLEASE do not lock this thread!
So she is launching this show plus her new brand "As Ever" which will be selling jam, table linens and silverware, home decor, skincare, cookbooks, stationery, and gardening tools. I don't get what she's trying to do here. She seems to be selling things that would appeal to the homesteading crowd but she wants her customers to be upper-class elite women. She would do better business if she moved to the middle of nowhere and went all in on the tradwife thing. Who in Montecito is beekeeping and canning produce?
If she were REALLY smart she would release a line of natural-fiber clothing. Women would eat that up. I don't know why she keeps trying to be the 21st century Martha over and over.

I don’t think what she’s doing is really that different than what Martha Stewart did and she also is very upper-class elite. Some people find it aspirational but I don’t see it being aimed at tradwife set. That said she would look super inauthentic living in the middle of now where. The most rural place she’s seemingly ever lived is Evanston which… is not rural.

She’s stuck because to left-leaning people she’s married to royalty which is very elitist. To the right, she broke with the monarchy and she’s biracial. So I don’t see who her target audience is at all. Mainstream middle class moderates who are most gullible to celebrity brands are all going to be hurting with tariffs and job losses and cuts to Medicaid and other programs and so even that will not be her target audience.

I would think her target group are other wealthy, California admiring hippie moms.

I don't think so, having been around such women for decades.

Interesting, can you elaborate?

[Anonymous]

Is her special pasta really just boiling spaghetti in a pot with cherry tomatoes and feta? Yuck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PLEASE do not lock this thread!
So she is launching this show plus her new brand "As Ever" which will be selling jam, table linens and silverware, home decor, skincare, cookbooks, stationery, and gardening tools. I don't get what she's trying to do here. She seems to be selling things that would appeal to the homesteading crowd but she wants her customers to be upper-class elite women. She would do better business if she moved to the middle of nowhere and went all in on the tradwife thing. Who in Montecito is beekeeping and canning produce?
If she were REALLY smart she would release a line of natural-fiber clothing. Women would eat that up. I don't know why she keeps trying to be the 21st century Martha over and over.

I don’t think what she’s doing is really that different than what Martha Stewart did and she also is very upper-class elite. Some people find it aspirational but I don’t see it being aimed at tradwife set. That said she would look super inauthentic living in the middle of now where. The most rural place she’s seemingly ever lived is Evanston which… is not rural.

She’s stuck because to left-leaning people she’s married to royalty which is very elitist. To the right, she broke with the monarchy and she’s biracial. So I don’t see who her target audience is at all. Mainstream middle class moderates who are most gullible to celebrity brands are all going to be hurting with tariffs and job losses and cuts to Medicaid and other programs and so even that will not be her target audience.

I would think her target group are other wealthy, California admiring hippie moms.

But they would be admiring someone more boho or they would be richer because they’re married to men who actually are CEOs or something.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was sort of snarky when Mindy Kaling called her "Meghan Markle" and Meghan's response was "it's funny you keep saying that because I am Sussex now."

Cringe.

It communicates that she feels above Mindy, who love her or hate her, has achieved more than almost anyone in that town (acts, produces, develops, directs, has published a couple of books, single mom to 3, has at least 1 fashion campaign as an “every woman.”) Suits was not that successful if we can tell the truth for the first time ever on this topic, and unlike Kaling, Markel did not write or direct eps of her big show, nor appear in larger films than Hallmark Channel crap, nor develop several additional series. So yeah. That’s a no.

I also think Meghan is letting the world, which includes her husbands family, know that she will relinquish her Duchess title at death and not a second sooner. And that she will never quietly divorce her bald idiot husband, ever.

The fact that the production staff kept in this cringey quip makes me think they hate her. This show isn't live - it could easily have been cut.

Unless Meghan wanted her audience to know that she should be addressed as such. It's probably been a thorn in her side that she is referred to by her commoner maiden name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PLEASE do not lock this thread!
So she is launching this show plus her new brand "As Ever" which will be selling jam, table linens and silverware, home decor, skincare, cookbooks, stationery, and gardening tools. I don't get what she's trying to do here. She seems to be selling things that would appeal to the homesteading crowd but she wants her customers to be upper-class elite women. She would do better business if she moved to the middle of nowhere and went all in on the tradwife thing. Who in Montecito is beekeeping and canning produce?
If she were REALLY smart she would release a line of natural-fiber clothing. Women would eat that up. I don't know why she keeps trying to be the 21st century Martha over and over.

I don’t think what she’s doing is really that different than what Martha Stewart did and she also is very upper-class elite. Some people find it aspirational but I don’t see it being aimed at tradwife set. That said she would look super inauthentic living in the middle of now where. The most rural place she’s seemingly ever lived is Evanston which… is not rural.

She’s stuck because to left-leaning people she’s married to royalty which is very elitist. To the right, she broke with the monarchy and she’s biracial. So I don’t see who her target audience is at all. Mainstream middle class moderates who are most gullible to celebrity brands are all going to be hurting with tariffs and job losses and cuts to Medicaid and other programs and so even that will not be her target audience.

I would think her target group are other wealthy, California admiring hippie moms.

But they would be admiring someone more boho or they would be richer because they’re married to men who actually are CEOs or something.

This is definitely closer to reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PLEASE do not lock this thread!
So she is launching this show plus her new brand "As Ever" which will be selling jam, table linens and silverware, home decor, skincare, cookbooks, stationery, and gardening tools. I don't get what she's trying to do here. She seems to be selling things that would appeal to the homesteading crowd but she wants her customers to be upper-class elite women. She would do better business if she moved to the middle of nowhere and went all in on the tradwife thing. Who in Montecito is beekeeping and canning produce?
If she were REALLY smart she would release a line of natural-fiber clothing. Women would eat that up. I don't know why she keeps trying to be the 21st century Martha over and over.

I don’t think what she’s doing is really that different than what Martha Stewart did and she also is very upper-class elite. Some people find it aspirational but I don’t see it being aimed at tradwife set. That said she would look super inauthentic living in the middle of now where. The most rural place she’s seemingly ever lived is Evanston which… is not rural.

She’s stuck because to left-leaning people she’s married to royalty which is very elitist. To the right, she broke with the monarchy and she’s biracial. So I don’t see who her target audience is at all. Mainstream middle class moderates who are most gullible to celebrity brands are all going to be hurting with tariffs and job losses and cuts to Medicaid and other programs and so even that will not be her target audience.

I would think her target group are other wealthy, California admiring hippie moms.

I don't think so, having been around such women for decades.

Interesting, can you elaborate?

NP here but I grew up in a wealthy SoCal suburb, and they definitely are NOT into MM for all the same reasons why people in this thread, who are likely also educated and left-leaning, don't like her and don't want her representing them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is her special pasta really just boiling spaghetti in a pot with cherry tomatoes and feta? Yuck

Yes and her special dessert is the rainbow made out of fruit that every Family Circle midwest mom reader was making 5 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Was this a fake planned attempt to go viral for clickbait rage? Because I thought the royal family was toxic and they wanted nothing to do with it, now she's correcting fake "friends" on camera to bow down and call her some royal name? I think it's a choreographed plan to go viral and get hate watchers to tweet, post articles, and watch this pointless show.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was sort of snarky when Mindy Kaling called her "Meghan Markle" and Meghan's response was "it's funny you keep saying that because I am Sussex now."

Cringe.

It communicates that she feels above Mindy, who love her or hate her, has achieved more than almost anyone in that town (acts, produces, develops, directs, has published a couple of books, single mom to 3, has at least 1 fashion campaign as an “every woman.”) Suits was not that successful if we can tell the truth for the first time ever on this topic, and unlike Kaling, Markel did not write or direct eps of her big show, nor appear in larger films than Hallmark Channel crap, nor develop several additional series. So yeah. That’s a no.

I also think Meghan is letting the world, which includes her husbands family, know that she will relinquish her Duchess title at death and not a second sooner. And that she will never quietly divorce her bald idiot husband, ever.

The fact that the production staff kept in this cringey quip makes me think they hate her. This show isn't live - it could easily have been cut.

Unless Meghan wanted her audience to know that she should be addressed as such. It's probably been a thorn in her side that she is referred to by her commoner maiden name.

This. She definitely wanted it kept in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was sort of snarky when Mindy Kaling called her "Meghan Markle" and Meghan's response was "it's funny you keep saying that because I am Sussex now."

Cringe.

It communicates that she feels above Mindy, who love her or hate her, has achieved more than almost anyone in that town (acts, produces, develops, directs, has published a couple of books, single mom to 3, has at least 1 fashion campaign as an “every woman.”) Suits was not that successful if we can tell the truth for the first time ever on this topic, and unlike Kaling, Markel did not write or direct eps of her big show, nor appear in larger films than Hallmark Channel crap, nor develop several additional series. So yeah. That’s a no.

I also think Meghan is letting the world, which includes her husbands family, know that she will relinquish her Duchess title at death and not a second sooner. And that she will never quietly divorce her bald idiot husband, ever.

The fact that the production staff kept in this cringey quip makes me think they hate her. This show isn't live - it could easily have been cut.

Unless Meghan wanted her audience to know that she should be addressed as such. It's probably been a thorn in her side that she is referred to by her commoner maiden name.

If you go on the Daily Mail Online (its cringey to say I do occasionally), it’s full of Kate sugars calling Meghan the most abhorrent racist, obscene names while OCD whinging that the MOL rarely calls Kate “Catherine, Princess of Wales.” This seems like a ploy to reclaim her name, any name that isn’t one of the obscene names used by the haters, and I support it.

[Anonymous]

The "rich people cooking with or for other people" show format is pretty crowded...If I want to watch an actress with actual star quality, fashion and makeup sense, and screen presence cook with famous chefs, I can watch Selena Gomez's show. If I want to watch someone who knows all about food cook decadent food for their equally bright spouse, I could watch Ina. If I want to watch someone cook with fresh ingredients and host outdoor parties in beautiful coastal CA, I can watch Giada reruns.

[Anonymous]

For one, we don't do royal titles in the U.S. Two, didn't she flee that "racist" and "oppressive" institution and ostracized her husband? Now she scolds people to call her by a royal title? She's mentally ill.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Eh... here are the pros, IMO: She is BEAUTIFUL, and I love her outfits, fashion choices, etc. Montecito is equally beautiful, and I love the aesthetic of the show. I really like Meghan's fashion and wish she would do something in that vein, as I think it would be more authentic.

The cons: she comes off as fake, not just because it is not her house, but she isn't a natural in the kitchen, isn't doing anything exciting entertaining wise, the interactions with her guest are sometimes awkward (with Roy Choi) and sometimes just fake (Mindy Kaling and the last name) and sometimes cringe (the fractured dish making it more beautiful, just like fractured person meghan). She also has a "spot at the table" for everyone... aside from her nuclear family/husband's nuclear family, her former best friends that she ditched, or anyone else who is not famous.

The bigger issue with this type of show is that it is sort of tone deaf to the current economic and political situation going on. It is clear this is an attempt to make their financial situation grow (when they are already rich AF), rather than coming from what she loves to do; she isn't an Ina or a Martha or a Gwenyth, and that comes through.

I don't think most people will spend $$$ on overpriced jams as the federal workforce and adjacent lose their jobs, we abandon Ukraine and other allies, and the economy tanks.

I think the issue is her jams are for some MC American women who are not very good in the kitchen and who don't care about provenance or quality. People who can afford her jam know there are much better jams out there and that celebrity products are often inferior with a mark up.

Can someone please buy the jam and tell us who it's made by?