With Love, Meghan on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:The reviews are not looking good.

Variety: "With Love, Meghan” is made with a great deal of love -- in the sense that the greatest love of all is the one that a person has for herself."

omg.

Well, she is a narcissist. If you can't help her with what she wants, you're out. Witness the trail of family and old friends left behind. She's transactional in everything.

Meghan loves Meghan.

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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.

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.

+100.

Nailed it. And I say this as someone who loved Meghan in the beginning, disliked her during Mexit, wishes she would pick a lane on the "Duchess of Sussex" shenangians, and is giving her a second chance now.

So I'll add one more bit, given that I see a bit of myself in Meghan - she's also deeply struggling with the fact that she achieved all her dreams the old fashioned way - because of a man. She grew up believing that if she wanted something, she had to go get it herself. A man is not a plan, they say. So while she enjoys the trappings of his family's wealth, the only thing sweeter than a $25M Montecito mansion purchased with her in-laws' wealth is a $25M Montecito mansion purchased with her own money.

I can't blame her. We're not Sussex rich, but I'm totally the MC girl you describe who did well for herself, but whose financial trajectory really pivoted due to my spouse's career taking off in our 30s. Lots of family members tell me I should just quit my job and chill. It's just not how I'm wired. A man is not a plan, right?

Meghan is for sure having an identity crisis.

Both of you PPs really nailed. I didn't have any strong feelings about MM in the beginning, and thought she was pretty, fairly smart, etc. Then I saw an interview where she insisted that she had no idea who Harry was. Not that she was set up on a blind date, but that she did not know that Prince Harry was part of the British Royal Family. Give Me A &%$( Break. I don't follow them, don't care about them, but somehow I manage to know a lot about them by osmosis of sorts....seeing the cover of magazines on the newstands. In doc offices. Hearing people talk. Channel surfing and seeing 10 seconds of them on a show. Whatever. There is NO WAY a social climber like that had <insert faux giggles> no idea who he was.

It was downhill from there. She has great fashion sense and always looked good during her appearances with the Royal Family, but unlike Kate who goes between expensive couture and normal brands, she spent exorbitantly on only couture. Eh.

She stole that bit from Yoko Ono who claimed to have never heard of John Lennon when she met him. Guess it worked for both of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reviews are not looking good.

Variety: "With Love, Meghan” is made with a great deal of love -- in the sense that the greatest love of all is the one that a person has for herself."

omg.

Here is the full review: https://variety.com/2025/tv/reviews/with-love-meghan-markle-netflix-duchess-of-sussex-1236327469/
It just may be the harshest one I've ever read. And in a magazine read by the whole LA celebrity crowd, that's gotta sting.

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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.

True. Would she otherwise be called Meaghan Sussex? I mean, what does she want to be called exactly??

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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.

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.

+100.

Nailed it. And I say this as someone who loved Meghan in the beginning, disliked her during Mexit, wishes she would pick a lane on the "Duchess of Sussex" shenangians, and is giving her a second chance now.

So I'll add one more bit, given that I see a bit of myself in Meghan - she's also deeply struggling with the fact that she achieved all her dreams the old fashioned way - because of a man. She grew up believing that if she wanted something, she had to go get it herself. A man is not a plan, they say. So while she enjoys the trappings of his family's wealth, the only thing sweeter than a $25M Montecito mansion purchased with her in-laws' wealth is a $25M Montecito mansion purchased with her own money.

I can't blame her. We're not Sussex rich, but I'm totally the MC girl you describe who did well for herself, but whose financial trajectory really pivoted due to my spouse's career taking off in our 30s. Lots of family members tell me I should just quit my job and chill. It's just not how I'm wired. A man is not a plan, right?

Meghan is for sure having an identity crisis.

Both of you PPs really nailed. I didn't have any strong feelings about MM in the beginning, and thought she was pretty, fairly smart, etc. Then I saw an interview where she insisted that she had no idea who Harry was. Not that she was set up on a blind date, but that she did not know that Prince Harry was part of the British Royal Family. Give Me A &%$( Break. I don't follow them, don't care about them, but somehow I manage to know a lot about them by osmosis of sorts....seeing the cover of magazines on the newstands. In doc offices. Hearing people talk. Channel surfing and seeing 10 seconds of them on a show. Whatever. There is NO WAY a social climber like that had <insert faux giggles> no idea who he was.

It was downhill from there. She has great fashion sense and always looked good during her appearances with the Royal Family, but unlike Kate who goes between expensive couture and normal brands, she spent exorbitantly on only couture. Eh.

She stole that bit from Yoko Ono who claimed to have never heard of John Lennon when she met him. Guess it worked for both of them.

Both were allegedly intel honeypots...

[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.

That's rich, a smug, serial name-dropping, credit-stealing, and status-obsessed Brahmin getting testy about someone else asserting their status.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She has a surprising lack of charisma on the show. Plus the things she presents are painfully basic. I respect her hustle and want them do to well. But it was disappointing overall. Like her podcast.

Hustle? It's just shameless money grabbing. She is a classless low born common opportunist.

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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.

+1. And this is also why she will never return to acting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She has a surprising lack of charisma on the show. Plus the things she presents are painfully basic. I respect her hustle and want them do to well. But it was disappointing overall. Like her podcast.

Hustle? It's just shameless money grabbing. She is a classless low born common opportunist.

"low born"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reviews are not looking good.

Variety: "With Love, Meghan” is made with a great deal of love -- in the sense that the greatest love of all is the one that a person has for herself."

omg.

Brutal. I think I feel bad for her only because she seems really earnest about this. And I am NO fan of hers.

Honestly, that Oprah interview was probably the worst thing they could’ve done for their long term success. They would seem so much more sympathetic and likable if they had not done that.

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Does anybody know that friend or relative with personaliry issues who is very "on" and engaging around new people and then the new others find these strangers very charming for the few hours you are all together? And you go along for the ride, knowing a lot of what they are doing and saying is not really true or real, but that they have a beautifully honed persona and really need the adoration and what the hell, they look great, they are on and you know deep down they need the admiration. The show is like that. You know it's not real but it has a lot of eye candy and you can play along for a bit....To those suggesting she is doing what Martha and Ina did I say I disagree. Both of them worked in the food industry (catering and food specialty store owner) for years before writing their first book. They were not dabbling and their wealth of knowledge and experience was vast before they set foot in front of a camera.

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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.

That's rich, a smug, serial name-dropping, credit-stealing, and status-obsessed Brahmin getting testy about someone else asserting their status.

Mindy seemed more teasing than testy.

[Anonymous]

Oh yeah, that’s right. Martha was catering her friend’s parties. She was the help for a while.

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I mean it's all very twee but this is what passes for entertainment these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh yeah, that’s right. Martha was catering her friend’s parties. She was the help for a while.

It became a million dollar business. I think it was was called "The Uncatered Affair".