With Love, Meghan on Netflix

[Anonymous]

I saw a bit of the first episode as I was doing my makeup this morning. And wow. Montecito is SO BEAUTIFUL! It is like a little piece of heaven and I cannot believe people live there.

I am also surprised at how comfortable Meghan looks in the kitchen. You can tell she actually cooks!

I want to try her pasta recipe!

[Anonymous]

It's not her house which to me defeats the point since it's a lifestyle show and not a cooking show.

[Anonymous]

why do you write like a PR bot? It's not happening, Megs

[Anonymous]

MM haters signal now sounding — this thread last till lunchtime?

[Anonymous]

My suggestion is for everyone to STOP REPLYING to these posts and let them die a withering death in the backwoods stream of DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My suggestion is for everyone to STOP REPLYING to these posts and let them die a withering death in the backwoods stream of DCUM.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My suggestion is for everyone to STOP REPLYING to these posts and let them die a withering death in the backwoods stream of DCUM.

Yes, if you’re not interested in the content, then definitely DO NOT REPLY.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not her house which to me defeats the point since it's a lifestyle show and not a cooking show.

I have some bad news for you about 99% of long form content.

[Anonymous]

Yes, Montevideo is beautiful.
And yes, people live there. But not regular people. People with “f@&k you” money who are so elite that they can performatively get behind political slogans like “tax the rich” because they know this won’t affect them since their money managers have already discovered the loopholes for avoiding the taxes that “regular” high earners (who are not actually rich) would have to pay.

And unfortunately for Meghan, living in a beautiful area of the country and hosting a cooking show in someone else’s home is not enough to make her warm and likeable.

She should go back to acting because she’s actually not too bad at pretending to be someone else’s. She was pretty good in Suits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not her house which to me defeats the point since it's a lifestyle show and not a cooking show.

I have some bad news for you about 99% of long form content.

No, Ina Garten and Martha Stewart started in their own kitchen. Gwyneth Paltrow on Instagram cooks in her own kitchen.

[Anonymous]

Had to look that up. There is a very famous feta and tomatoes TikTok recipe, so famous my teen ds has made it a bunch of times. It's better than her feta and cherry tomatoes pasta recipe which is less fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not her house which to me defeats the point since it's a lifestyle show and not a cooking show.

I have some bad news for you about 99% of long form content.

No, Ina Garten and Martha Stewart started in their own kitchen. Gwyneth Paltrow on Instagram cooks in her own kitchen.

Exactly, Instagram. Short content made for consumption on phones is less invasive to film at home. Meghan does that now, too.

Long form shows made for tv screens require lots of equipment. If she had the budget to do it, why not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not her house which to me defeats the point since it's a lifestyle show and not a cooking show.

I have some bad news for you about 99% of long form content.

No, Ina Garten and Martha Stewart started in their own kitchen. Gwyneth Paltrow on Instagram cooks in her own kitchen.

Exactly, Instagram. Short content made for consumption on phones is less invasive to film at home. Meghan does that now, too.

Long form shows made for tv screens require lots of equipment. If she had the budget to do it, why not?

Because it takes away the reality TV aspect of it which is the main attraction given that she is not a chef. It's like when a housewife lives in a house not her own. It is much less interesting.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.