With Love, Meghan on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:I do think she cooks but she definitely seems worried about her clothes the whole time which makes her look timid. Who cooks in a cream outfit?

Shes affected but I get the impression that’s she’s probably likeable once she lets her guard down and stops trying so hard. I wish she’d be more authentic.

This. Truly, I wish her well. But she is so affected, it makes me genuinely curious how anyone can find her authentic. The article in The Cut that came out about her a few years ago put it the best - it's like she constantly walks around with a tiny bachelor producer in her ear telling her what she should say and do so that it comes across perfectly on tv. But it's just too much.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do think she cooks but she definitely seems worried about her clothes the whole time which makes her look timid. Who cooks in a cream outfit?

Shes affected but I get the impression that’s she’s probably likeable once she lets her guard down and stops trying so hard. I wish she’d be more authentic.

That's why i liked the tig. You could imagine yourself drinking wine talking to her. It was very personable

She feels like she has to live up to a lady of the manor image now, but the problem is that she wasn't born to it. So it feels inauthentic and generates little interest.

This.

The reason she always come across as inauthentic since her engagement to Prince Harry is that despite all claims to the contrary, she is deeply insecure about who she is now that she is married to a real life PRINCE! Meghan at her core is a striver. She grew up LMC in the outskirts of immense wealth, glamour and privilege in LA. And she wanted it, so very much! She LOVES glamour, money, flashy things, social climbing, success, perfection. The Tig felt authentic to her because the entire narrative of that blog was that she was an up and coming actress who is essentially the LA every girl who made it big. Her first time buying herself a Cartier watch; the Sayonara Zara party where she donated all her old cheap clothes as she could finally afford luxury labels. Her first time getting a luxury celebrity facial in London, her first time sipping expensive wine etc.

The problem is, when she married Harry she entered an entirely new realm of wealth status and privilege. She was a complete fish out of water in the stuffy, old money, aristocratic circles Harry hangs out in. And now she is cosplaying as an old money bride hosting tea parties and bee keeping like her father-in-law the King of England. She wants to be upper class, posh and princess-like. She is not that. Hence the perpetually painful fakeness.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t…get why people want her clothes? I’m the one who watched Meghan try to chop garlic with a paring knife in these giant shorts that flatten her bum and an enormous blouse where the cuffs even don’t seem to fit. I don’t think the clothes flatter her or seem remotely functional.

Her outfits are comical to be because she is cosplaying "old money".

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do think she cooks but she definitely seems worried about her clothes the whole time which makes her look timid. Who cooks in a cream outfit?

Shes affected but I get the impression that’s she’s probably likeable once she lets her guard down and stops trying so hard. I wish she’d be more authentic.

That's why i liked the tig. You could imagine yourself drinking wine talking to her. It was very personable

She feels like she has to live up to a lady of the manor image now, but the problem is that she wasn't born to it. So it feels inauthentic and generates little interest.

This.

The reason she always come across as inauthentic since her engagement to Prince Harry is that despite all claims to the contrary, she is deeply insecure about who she is now that she is married to a real life PRINCE! Meghan at her core is a striver. She grew up LMC in the outskirts of immense wealth, glamour and privilege in LA. And she wanted it, so very much! She LOVES glamour, money, flashy things, social climbing, success, perfection. The Tig felt authentic to her because the entire narrative of that blog was that she was an up and coming actress who is essentially the LA every girl who made it big. Her first time buying herself a Cartier watch; the Sayonara Zara party where she donated all her old cheap clothes as she could finally afford luxury labels. Her first time getting a luxury celebrity facial in London, her first time sipping expensive wine etc.

The problem is, when she married Harry she entered an entirely new realm of wealth status and privilege. She was a complete fish out of water in the stuffy, old money, aristocratic circles Harry hangs out in. And now she is cosplaying as an old money bride hosting tea parties and bee keeping like her father-in-law the King of England. She wants to be upper class, posh and princess-like. She is not that. Hence the perpetually painful fakeness.

Yes that's what she actually was at the time!

Now to me she has just whined way too much for someone with immense wealth and privilege. Her show couldn't be hitting at a worse time as so many people feel financially insecure and uncertain, even a lot of us with UMC jobs (here around DC) who seem like the target audience (who knows) for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was curious so I looked up Gwyneth's working mom comments. She basically said that normal working moms have it easy because they can work in the morning and come home in the afternoon, but she has to "go to Wisconsin for two weeks" to shoot a movie so her life is much harder. does this not sound just like MM?

Leave Gwyneth alone, she lost half a day of skiing for crying out loud!!!! She's suffered enough.

As for Meghan, the clips of her correcting her "friend" Mindy Kaling are painful. I cannot believe Meghan agreed to keep them in and let them air. And then her tangent about having the last name as her children (as if this is some how unusual and makes her an extra special mom). I can't relate at all. And I have really tried other like her (I even listened to several episodes of her Archetypes podcast and hated those too, only her guests were worth it).

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Just watched the first episode. The outfits she wears for cooking are ridiculous. Who cooks in a light colored linen outfit with huge sleeves and no apron? She is also pretty stiff. Her friend Daniel appeared more relaxed and fun than she did. Martha Stewart is also not laid back, but she knows her way around a kitchen. She's like a teacher giving a lesson. But Meghan doesn't have that vibe either. Agree with other PP who said she should have launched a fashion line. I really love her style.

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She is so cringe. Going on and on about sharing a name with her kids - I agree with a PP that trad wife seems more her demographic at this point.
https://pagesix.com/2025/03/04/royal-family/meghan-markle-corrects-mindy-kaling-over-last-name-on-netflix-show-im-sussex-now/

Also "our little family last name" - lmao in this context!

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I watched her making the sliced fruit rainbow. "A sweet start to the day... even though I know we're all so busy" and the cameraman interjects "For Saturday morning" trying to salvage her.
First of all, we know you're not busy! The whole point of your show is to be aspirational. She could have told a little anecdote about struggling to get her kids to eat enough fruit but of course she doesn't do that. She keeps it so impersonal.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do think she cooks but she definitely seems worried about her clothes the whole time which makes her look timid. Who cooks in a cream outfit?

Shes affected but I get the impression that’s she’s probably likeable once she lets her guard down and stops trying so hard. I wish she’d be more authentic.

That's why i liked the tig. You could imagine yourself drinking wine talking to her. It was very personable

She feels like she has to live up to a lady of the manor image now, but the problem is that she wasn't born to it. So it feels inauthentic and generates little interest.

This^. Be who you are. No need to instantly start acting princessy. You just married money, didn't live a royal life so why stress about portraying that way? Who cares? You already aced a good college, a tv producer, a cable soap opera and a prince, you don't need to impress anyone anymore.

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I feel her tone with Daniel is a little condescending and their interaction is awkward. Are they really friends?

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Ffs stop using titles, either you want that life or you don't.

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I just don’t see what Meghan seems to want viewers to see. She has poor knife skills, seemed afraid to touch a lot of what she was touching, even in terms of holding a soft piece of fruit to cut properly. The party setups seemed empty and rushed, and forgive me, her hair looks like a very poorly blended weave. It’s more wiglet laid on top without anything to integrate the back and front. The clothes are also, again I’ll get slammed but I’m not being mean, very bad. She’s waistless in everything - Ina Garten is large and her blue shirts and hair always looked fantastic.

It’s not about size, or age, or anything like that. The show feels stiff and fake and even the personal styling is IMO quite bad. She isn’t thoughtfully dressed or hair styled like a Giada and she could be. I think it’s going to be a ratings disaster, it doesn’t feel like a comfort watch from what I saw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ffs stop using titles, either you want that life or you don't.

Yes, it's quite hypocritical. Though it's really about monetizing it.

[Anonymous]

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.

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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.

To me it just underscored that they didn’t really seem like close friends.