With Love, Meghan on Netflix

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I was looking for African American influenced food and design.

This shit is so white. It’s bleached.

At one point in a later episode, she mentions her mom making gumbo and soul food, but that’s about it.

My sense is that she doesn’t particularly identify as African-American. Never really has.

To each their own.

- AA woman her age

+1. And this is one reason why her sudden claim of racism a few years ago rings hollow.

PP. Not sure I would go that far. There’s documented proof of racism against her. I believe her about other comments that were made.

I just think it was part of the reason she so disliked the UK. There was blatant racism AND it threw her for a loop because she had never experienced life as an AA woman. It was jarring.

Whatever. Congrats on the second season, MM.

This!
She didn’t realize she was Black until she went to the UK!

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Anyone knew the details of her Netflix deal? I am assuming she got a guaranteed fee of some sort, so they need to make money back even if viewership is small and declines.

This is a Netflix issue, not her issue. At the most basic level, Netflix’s model has been an issue for years that they have not reckoned with.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Anyone knew the details of her Netflix deal? I am assuming she got a guaranteed fee of some sort, so they need to make money back even if viewership is small and declines.

This is a Netflix issue, not her issue. At the most basic level, Netflix’s model has been an issue for years that they have not reckoned with.

You could say the same for any Netflix-created show, the performers, production team, etc. is Millie Bobbie Brown’s movie going to do well? Is Mindy’s show with Kate Hudson? Isn’t there another Knives Out coming on Netflix only?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
I was looking for African American influenced food and design.

This shit is so white. It’s bleached.

At one point in a later episode, she mentions her mom making gumbo and soul food, but that’s about it.

My sense is that she doesn’t particularly identify as African-American. Never really has.

To each their own.

- AA woman her age

+1. And this is one reason why her sudden claim of racism a few years ago rings hollow.

PP. Not sure I would go that far. There’s documented proof of racism against her. I believe her about other comments that were made.

I just think it was part of the reason she so disliked the UK. There was blatant racism AND it threw her for a loop because she had never experienced life as an AA woman. It was jarring.

Whatever. Congrats on the second season, MM.

This!
She didn’t realize she was Black until she went to the UK!

It’s like some of these commenters missed the entire show Blackish. It was good. Rainbow’s character, and their kids, have the same questions/occurrences.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I was looking for African American influenced food and design.

This shit is so white. It’s bleached.

At one point in a later episode, she mentions her mom making gumbo and soul food, but that’s about it.

My sense is that she doesn’t particularly identify as African-American. Never really has.

To each their own.

- AA woman her age

+1. And this is one reason why her sudden claim of racism a few years ago rings hollow.

PP. Not sure I would go that far. There’s documented proof of racism against her. I believe her about other comments that were made.

I just think it was part of the reason she so disliked the UK. There was blatant racism AND it threw her for a loop because she had never experienced life as an AA woman. It was jarring.

Whatever. Congrats on the second season, MM.

This!
She didn’t realize she was Black until she went to the UK!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I was looking for African American influenced food and design.

This shit is so white. It’s bleached.

At one point in a later episode, she mentions her mom making gumbo and soul food, but that’s about it.

My sense is that she doesn’t particularly identify as African-American. Never really has.

To each their own.

- AA woman her age

+1. And this is one reason why her sudden claim of racism a few years ago rings hollow.

PP. Not sure I would go that far. There’s documented proof of racism against her. I believe her about other comments that were made.

I just think it was part of the reason she so disliked the UK. There was blatant racism AND it threw her for a loop because she had never experienced life as an AA woman. It was jarring.

Whatever. Congrats on the second season, MM.

This!
She didn’t realize she was Black until she went to the UK!

It’s like some of these commenters missed the entire show Blackish. It was good. Rainbow’s character, and their kids, have the same questions/occurrences.

Yes, especially coming from America and California. By the 80s, the west was the most common place for mixed marriages. Asian (of various kinds), Hispanic and Latin (of various kinds), black, white, Polynesian. If she went to school amongst people of every race, like I did, and not only by race but of mixed heritage, you don’t think about labeling people that way. Like, you appreciate their different backgrounds and heritages, but you don’t make assumptions.

The British press made strange assumptions. And she was not used to that. It’s not like she grew up black, in the south, and before the 90s, where you’d see people try to put you in a place.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Anyone knew the details of her Netflix deal? I am assuming she got a guaranteed fee of some sort, so they need to make money back even if viewership is small and declines.

It’s in the top ten, viewership is not small at all. As the Netflix CEO has said, people are drawn to her. It seems her haters are watching more closely than anyone else. For some, it’s a fun show to have on while I’m doing other things. For others, they want to throw the remote at the tv because she used the wrong knife on some herbs. But either way, it’s engagement and both view times count the same.

I still haven’t seen it myself, I’ll probably watch some this weekend.

Regarding using the wrong knife, I think she knows to use a chef's knife for mincing and chopping. I believe she cooks a lot at home. I think she is using that paring knife and slicing slowly bc she is wearing a lot of bracelets on the show. I think it is purposeful.

I feel like people use whatever they want. I cook a lot and have always used a bread knife to cut onions bc I find it easier. I looked it up once and saw it’s something some people like to do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Anyone knew the details of her Netflix deal? I am assuming she got a guaranteed fee of some sort, so they need to make money back even if viewership is small and declines.

It’s in the top ten, viewership is not small at all. As the Netflix CEO has said, people are drawn to her. It seems her haters are watching more closely than anyone else. For some, it’s a fun show to have on while I’m doing other things. For others, they want to throw the remote at the tv because she used the wrong knife on some herbs. But either way, it’s engagement and both view times count the same.

I still haven’t seen it myself, I’ll probably watch some this weekend.

Regarding using the wrong knife, I think she knows to use a chef's knife for mincing and chopping. I believe she cooks a lot at home. I think she is using that paring knife and slicing slowly bc she is wearing a lot of bracelets on the show. I think it is purposeful.

I feel like people use whatever they want. I cook a lot and have always used a bread knife to cut onions bc I find it easier. I looked it up once and saw it’s something some people like to do.

Could be, but I cook a lot and knives with a longer handle will catch in bracelets. She seems to be a very experienced home cook and I assume she uses the proper knives in her real life and chops away like a pro.

Btw, try that bread knife for slicing tomatoes. It works wonders.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Agree. It sounds like they already had it filmed and are just dividing it up. So, not such a smash success they ordered a second season immediately but it did debut at #6 in the Top 10 in USA and it's getting talked about so clearly Netflix is not going to fire her the way trolls claim.

I do think it's very funny that people are this bothered by her. And, no, I don't think they're racist. They are just weird. Imagine getting this worked up over some effing balloons and fruit salad.

I doubt they already filmed it - filming 15+ episodes before seeing if anyone watched would be a hell of a leap of faith. The show is insipid and embarrassing but good for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Anyone knew the details of her Netflix deal? I am assuming she got a guaranteed fee of some sort, so they need to make money back even if viewership is small and declines.

It’s in the top ten, viewership is not small at all. As the Netflix CEO has said, people are drawn to her. It seems her haters are watching more closely than anyone else. For some, it’s a fun show to have on while I’m doing other things. For others, they want to throw the remote at the tv because she used the wrong knife on some herbs. But either way, it’s engagement and both view times count the same.

I still haven’t seen it myself, I’ll probably watch some this weekend.

Regarding using the wrong knife, I think she knows to use a chef's knife for mincing and chopping. I believe she cooks a lot at home. I think she is using that paring knife and slicing slowly bc she is wearing a lot of bracelets on the show. I think it is purposeful.

I feel like people use whatever they want. I cook a lot and have always used a bread knife to cut onions bc I find it easier. I looked it up once and saw it’s something some people like to do.

I have always used a paring knife for cutting fruit and small things like garlic. Admittedly, I am not a cook. But I asked my boyfriend (who is a very good cook) what he uses and he was like, you can use whatever, I just use a chef's knife because I like to smash the garlic with it first.

People are also mad that she's a mediocre cook when she literally said a couple times that she is not a professional chef and does not claim to be, just that she's a mom who loves cooking for her family.

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Anonymous wrote:You would think that a site like this one would choose to uplift not tear down another mom no matter how petty or judgemental you are.

I’ve always stayed clear of these H&M threads, now I know why.

I don't know why you think we should uplift someone who ridicules their friends and family on TV.

Never heard her ridicule her family. She called them out for bad behavior, like telling her to get on with it while she was suicidal and pregnant.

I really don’t care that she said curtsying is like going to Medieval Times. Do you?

It was a pretty rude thing to say about meeting your future 90 something year old grandmother-in-law. And Harry looked very uncomfortable bc it WAS uncomfortable. And the way sue addressed Mindy isn't how I would speak to my friend, in public or private. But that's fine if you act like that, just expect it to raise eyebrows.

It was not uncomfortable at all. She said the Queen was lovely but that curtsying was weird to her. If that makes you uncomfortable you need to toughen up and get a thicker skin.

I would absolutely be fine joking around with a friend. I’m sorry that you don’t seem to get along with other women so you don’t get female friendships as like an overarching concept. Maybe you should take a cue from Hillaria and go to a yoga class to make some friends there?

Did you even watch the show? Meghan said she met Mindy when she came on her podcast and that they were "email pen pals." She barely knows her. Mindy took the comment in stride but it was a very weird scene. It actually looked edited, there may have been more dialogue. I can't imagine why the whole thing wasn't just cut.

Because MM wanted the Sussex issue out there to make a point. She went on Drew Barrymore show now as Megan Sussex. She intentionally raised the issue with Mindy (making her uncomfortable) and then kept it in.

I agree with her. The family needs to share a last name.
They can’t really use Windsor or Sade-Coburg-Gotha. Even Mountbatten was Battenberg.
Is Harry expected to start using the last name of Markle?

But never mind, the British tabloids still write about her every week.

[Anonymous]

I tried to like this. I am in Team Megan. But it was so boring. She is trying too hard to not offend anyone that she has nothing interesting to say. If you have your celeb friends on, at least tell some juicy stories.
If she is t part of the “firm” anymore doesn’t she have free rein to talk.

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I wish her guests were more interesting. Alice Waters is for sure but the rest, yawn.

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Anonymous wrote:Bad news for those of you who are triggered by Meghan's very existence: Netflix has confirmed a second season will be released this fall!

That is shocking but good for her.

Anyone knew the details of her Netflix deal? I am assuming she got a guaranteed fee of some sort, so they need to make money back even if viewership is small and declines.

It’s in the top ten, viewership is not small at all. As the Netflix CEO has said, people are drawn to her. It seems her haters are watching more closely than anyone else. For some, it’s a fun show to have on while I’m doing other things. For others, they want to throw the remote at the tv because she used the wrong knife on some herbs. But either way, it’s engagement and both view times count the same.

I still haven’t seen it myself, I’ll probably watch some this weekend.

Regarding using the wrong knife, I think she knows to use a chef's knife for mincing and chopping. I believe she cooks a lot at home. I think she is using that paring knife and slicing slowly bc she is wearing a lot of bracelets on the show. I think it is purposeful.

I feel like people use whatever they want. I cook a lot and have always used a bread knife to cut onions bc I find it easier. I looked it up once and saw it’s something some people like to do.

I have always used a paring knife for cutting fruit and small things like garlic. Admittedly, I am not a cook. But I asked my boyfriend (who is a very good cook) what he uses and he was like, you can use whatever, I just use a chef's knife because I like to smash the garlic with it first.

People are also mad that she's a mediocre cook when she literally said a couple times that she is not a professional chef and does not claim to be, just that she's a mom who loves cooking for her family.

I don't think she is a mediocre cook, I think she is choosing recipes that work with yhr format of her show and are achievable for her viewers. She isn't Martha Stewart (few are) but she probably knows her way around the kitchen.

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

They are most definitely not close friends, if friends at all. He doesn't look like he even wants to be there! When they said 'he's here!' he wasn't smiling or going in for a hug or anything, just got shoved into the fake kitchen to eat her crudités and then got served a tiny portion of pasta after making shitty candles all afternoon. Poor guy was probably starving and thinking is this the end of my career.Also the whole ' remember when i was doing my makeup all on my own and calling you to ask you questions?' He didn't remember. Also, 'doing her own makeup?' Bless! Poor her!