With Love, Meghan on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:I watched the first episode and part of the second. She's just not very good as a cook or hostess. A lot of the things she does are basic mom things every mom knows how to do, unless they are rich and really not handy at all. I feel like if she didn't want to share her real life, then she could have done a show like Padma Lakshmi's Taste the Nation. She could have even focused on LA, Toronto...Cities she knows really well since she lived in them, showcased local chefs and small restaurants. Less focus on her would have made her seem more humble.

She has zero talent. She simply married well. Massive mistake to cut off the hand that fed them both, with minimal work expected.

It's not just about talent, I don't think she's very bright. Saying things like broken things are beautiful and can be sealed or whatever, how cringe. She is beautiful and I belive the best dressed woman on the global stage, but she made a big mistake striking it out on her own. She doesn't have what it takes (poor Harry absolutely doesn't).

I do think she is bright, but her EQ is lacking. She is articulate when speaking out topics that require a lot of reading and interpretation. She comes across as phony in her show and if she were a great actress she could at least act authentic. She and Harry would have been off living a low key life doing charity work-real charity work and donating to worthy causes without needing to be in the public eye (while pleading for privacy). She wants attention desperately. Nobody cares what her kids look like, but she gives little snippets of the backs of their heads hoping we will be desperate to see them. If she wants to protect them, leave them out completely.

I agree that she is very pretty and dresses well. She could use that to her advantage at charity events.

Both of them need to stay out of politics and do their own good-work without trying to influence others. With the whole California fires, I would have been more impressed if they quietly hosted friends and volunteered without needing to have press there. They did not need to urge people to take in and help friends and family. People do that already and it's patronizing to assume they will only do that if these 2 tell them to.

I think her need for fame (while claiming she detests the attention) and her greed will be her downfall.

She is unintelligent and capable only of reciting platitudes primarily concerning herself in the guise of speaking about broader issues.

Meghan has no talent. I think a lot of her fans here relate to her being a control freak as that specific trait, a weakness of both intellect and character, is increasingly used by people who cannot act in productive ways as a stand-in for the work of life. There is a distinction between connecting with people and speaking in a treacly tone. There is a distinction between loving people and controlling them. There is a distinction between hosting people and caring for people and decanting items into superfluously labeling bags so that your handwriting is showcased. Absurd.

Meghan is not shy; it appears that Catherine was hobbled by shyness and a worry to err for years. Meghan incorrectly thinks that bossing staff around and Dunning-Krugering herself makes her smart or an expert at anything. She’s wrong. The show is a joke.

+1 she’s not smart, and of course Harry is dumb as a rock. That is their downfall and it’s why they are now peddling jam and making movies about a stupid sport like polo and a show where she arranges fruit in a rainbow shape.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched the first episode and part of the second. She's just not very good as a cook or hostess. A lot of the things she does are basic mom things every mom knows how to do, unless they are rich and really not handy at all. I feel like if she didn't want to share her real life, then she could have done a show like Padma Lakshmi's Taste the Nation. She could have even focused on LA, Toronto...Cities she knows really well since she lived in them, showcased local chefs and small restaurants. Less focus on her would have made her seem more humble.

She has zero talent. She simply married well. Massive mistake to cut off the hand that fed them both, with minimal work expected.

It's not just about talent, I don't think she's very bright. Saying things like broken things are beautiful and can be sealed or whatever, how cringe. She is beautiful and I belive the best dressed woman on the global stage, but she made a big mistake striking it out on her own. She doesn't have what it takes (poor Harry absolutely doesn't).

I do think she is bright, but her EQ is lacking. She is articulate when speaking out topics that require a lot of reading and interpretation. She comes across as phony in her show and if she were a great actress she could at least act authentic. She and Harry would have been off living a low key life doing charity work-real charity work and donating to worthy causes without needing to be in the public eye (while pleading for privacy). She wants attention desperately. Nobody cares what her kids look like, but she gives little snippets of the backs of their heads hoping we will be desperate to see them. If she wants to protect them, leave them out completely.

I agree that she is very pretty and dresses well. She could use that to her advantage at charity events.

Both of them need to stay out of politics and do their own good-work without trying to influence others. With the whole California fires, I would have been more impressed if they quietly hosted friends and volunteered without needing to have press there. They did not need to urge people to take in and help friends and family. People do that already and it's patronizing to assume they will only do that if these 2 tell them to.

I think her need for fame (while claiming she detests the attention) and her greed will be her downfall.

This! Show us the kids, don’t show us the kids, who cares. But this teasing by showing the backs of them is super obnoxious. If you want to protect their privacy, protect their privacy. Instead, you’re asking everyone to beg, or more likely, pony up $$$$, for a glimpse. Once again, it makes Meghan look like a phony. I say Meghan bc it’s obvious she’s calling the shots and Harry is just going along. I strongly suspect she’d sell the kids out in a heartbeat for the right price. The only problem is no own is offering because we just don’t care!

Agree that not showing the kids is off-putting. Without Harry and the kids, it becomes about the activities she engages in and whether her interaction with guests is interesting. It will be interesting to see the ratings in the next season if she persists in this approach.

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Anonymous wrote:If you google “Archie cross eye” you can see some baby pics that suggest this is the case.

That's easily fixed by surgery.

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I enjoyed the show and got inspired to make some more positive changes in our boring dinner repertoire. Some of the comments here are pretty sick stuff though, especially commenting on kids, get help!

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Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed the show and got inspired to make some more positive changes in our boring dinner repertoire. Some of the comments here are pretty sick stuff though, especially commenting on kids, get help!

This. My husband loves Asian food so I'm going to try some of her recipes from the Roy Choi episode. I think a couple of his sauces would be good with the gyoza from the other episode.

I love how those of us who liked it are just like "Yeah, it was cute," and the people who hate it and claim to want nothing to do with Meghan have been obsessively discussing her kids for several pages now.

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Anonymous wrote:Which episode does she teach her social climbing peasant fans to link up with a Mossad handler who sets you up on a “blind date” with a royal?

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Anonymous wrote:I watched the first episode and part of the second. She's just not very good as a cook or hostess. A lot of the things she does are basic mom things every mom knows how to do, unless they are rich and really not handy at all. I feel like if she didn't want to share her real life, then she could have done a show like Padma Lakshmi's Taste the Nation. She could have even focused on LA, Toronto...Cities she knows really well since she lived in them, showcased local chefs and small restaurants. Less focus on her would have made her seem more humble.

She has zero talent. She simply married well. Massive mistake to cut off the hand that fed them both, with minimal work expected.

It's not just about talent, I don't think she's very bright. Saying things like broken things are beautiful and can be sealed or whatever, how cringe. She is beautiful and I belive the best dressed woman on the global stage, but she made a big mistake striking it out on her own. She doesn't have what it takes (poor Harry absolutely doesn't).

I do think she is bright, but her EQ is lacking. She is articulate when speaking out topics that require a lot of reading and interpretation. She comes across as phony in her show and if she were a great actress she could at least act authentic. She and Harry would have been off living a low key life doing charity work-real charity work and donating to worthy causes without needing to be in the public eye (while pleading for privacy). She wants attention desperately. Nobody cares what her kids look like, but she gives little snippets of the backs of their heads hoping we will be desperate to see them. If she wants to protect them, leave them out completely.

I agree that she is very pretty and dresses well. She could use that to her advantage at charity events.

Both of them need to stay out of politics and do their own good-work without trying to influence others. With the whole California fires, I would have been more impressed if they quietly hosted friends and volunteered without needing to have press there. They did not need to urge people to take in and help friends and family. People do that already and it's patronizing to assume they will only do that if these 2 tell them to.

I think her need for fame (while claiming she detests the attention) and her greed will be her downfall.

She is unintelligent and capable only of reciting platitudes primarily concerning herself in the guise of speaking about broader issues.

Meghan has no talent. I think a lot of her fans here relate to her being a control freak as that specific trait, a weakness of both intellect and character, is increasingly used by people who cannot act in productive ways as a stand-in for the work of life. There is a distinction between connecting with people and speaking in a treacly tone. There is a distinction between loving people and controlling them. There is a distinction between hosting people and caring for people and decanting items into superfluously labeling bags so that your handwriting is showcased. Absurd.

Meghan is not shy; it appears that Catherine was hobbled by shyness and a worry to err for years. Meghan incorrectly thinks that bossing staff around and Dunning-Krugering herself makes her smart or an expert at anything. She’s wrong. The show is a joke.

Nailed it. The show just humiliates and embarrasses Megan and Harry and they’re too dumb (or too money hungry) to see it. It’s a streaming reality show. Kardashians fell off when they had to do a streaming reality show because they were cancelled from broadcast television. And nobody ever accused them of being classy. Harry is a disgrace.

It is embarrassing that she thinks people see her as an entertainment authority. Most people who have these types of shows have published respected cookbooks or appeared on talk shows to present new entertaining ideas. That is the background that makes someone an authority on entertaining.

My mother was huge on entertaining and her favorite was Martha Stewart because Martha always had nice food and presentation. Would Martha put peanut butter pretzels in a bag and call it a delicacy? No, because Martha actually knows cooking and entertaining.

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Anonymous wrote:The rumor is we don’t see the kid’s faces because the boy is special needs. Same with Jay Z and Beyoncé hiding their son.

There was talk that he’s cross-eyed. Of course, who knows the truth. The simplest explanation is often the truth and I think it’s most likely that Meghan is waiting to monetize their appearance. We’ll see a “Keeping Up with the Sussexes” style show in another 15 years.

No way, they would go crawling back to the RF before they would do a reality show. And if Harry's father is still alive, that would probably work.

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Anonymous wrote:As an aside I would love to see how much sock puppeting is going on within this thread.

Ask Jeff, however, he may not want to spend the time since royal threads are his least favorite.

I feel like if so much wasn't going on in the Politics thread, this thread would have been closed or at least had posts deleted as OT. That said, this thread is much tamer than other Meghan Sussex threads.

Please don't take this from me! I need the escapism of entertainment threads as a counterweight to reality.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people are zooming in on the Mindy episode because it's the worst one. I also suspect the reason it's bad is because Netflix sort of forced it. Mindy has a show premiering on Netflix the same time as this one -- Running Point with Kate Hudson which Mindy co-wrote and co-produced. I do think Mindy and Meghan kind of know each other (they did meet when Mindy appeared on Meghan's podcast) and might be kind of celebrity acquaintances, but unlike most of the other guests on the show, they clearly are not actually friends and barely know each other.

Mindy also seems to have virtually no interest in the project of the show (unlike most of the other guests). In the Mindy episode, she doesn't do any crafts with Meghan -- they show Meghan making the crafts ahead of time on her own and then just showing them to Mindy. And Mindy has virtually no interest in any of the cooking/hosting activities they do. She makes a couple haphazard kids sandwiches and arranges some banana slices on a plate, after being cajoled into it.

What Mindy wants to do is drink and gossip about Meghan's life. Every scene is basically Mindy standing around drinking a Bellini and then commenting on Meghan's appearance, childhood, or general deal. You can tell Mindy follows tabloid gossip about Meghan and the way Mindy talks about Meghan reflects this. The whole "you know I'm Sussex now" moment is part of one of those conversations, with Mindy talking about how weird it is that "Meghan Markle" has been to Jack in the Box, in the third person.

Anyway, they are both weird in that episode and I think it's because they barely know each other and both did it out of contractually obligations to Netflix. The other episodes are so much better because the guests actually seem excited to be cooking or discussing floral arrangements or making candles or whatever. And they interact with Meghan in a much more normal way, because either they have an actual friendship that predates the show (and in most cases her marriage) or because they have a shared interest/passion for whatever they are doing.

Anyway, I've written too much on this, I know. I'm not even particularly into Meghan and haven't watched the whole show or read this whole thread. I just think it's funny that a lot of the posts are zeroing in on her interactions with Mindy because when I watched it, it was just very obvious that episode was a weird outlier that they were probably both kind of forced into because Netflix wanted the synergy of having Meghan and Mindy in same space as they promoted both of their programs.

What is fascinating about this is that if you follow mindy at all, you know she actually loves to post cooking content on her Instagram. She truly loves to cook and try new recipes and share that with people, kind of like Jennifer Garner, in a really relatable way.

How they did not capitalize on that in this episode is truly baffling.

PP here. Does she actually cook in the videos? I don't follow her. With Meghan she acted like she doesn't cook or bake at all, like anything like that is just beyond her and she just pays people to do it. At one point Meghan gives her a "yogurt parfait" that's just assembled -- it's yogurt, some preserves, and then like typical yogurt toppings like berries and some coconut. It looks pretty but it is not complicated or fancy other than being served in fancy glass. And Mindy says something like "omg if you weren't giving this too me, I'd hate you for it." The idea was it was too perfect, too fancy, and Mindy would resent Meghan for the effort or something? It's weird.

She did the same thing when they were literally just making a fruit plate. Meghan has already assembled most of it before Mindy came. All they did together was cut up bananas and put them on the plate. And Mindy is like "no, you do it first, I'll mess it up!" It is extremely weird, like you can't cut up a banana? What?

If Mindy cooks, she was working hard to pretend to be someone who doesn't.

Oh interesting. Mindy actually does cook but her whole thing is if I can make this anyone can. So she is not trying to come off as an expert, more a busy mom trying to share her moms/ family dishes with her kids vs Meghan who is teaching through the show. Mindy also does not do presentations or anything which is clearly big with Meghan.

My favorite part of the Mindy episode was Mindy saying she pays people to do these things. I love the honesty and reality of that.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched the first episode and part of the second. She's just not very good as a cook or hostess. A lot of the things she does are basic mom things every mom knows how to do, unless they are rich and really not handy at all. I feel like if she didn't want to share her real life, then she could have done a show like Padma Lakshmi's Taste the Nation. She could have even focused on LA, Toronto...Cities she knows really well since she lived in them, showcased local chefs and small restaurants. Less focus on her would have made her seem more humble.

She has zero talent. She simply married well. Massive mistake to cut off the hand that fed them both, with minimal work expected.

It's not just about talent, I don't think she's very bright. Saying things like broken things are beautiful and can be sealed or whatever, how cringe. She is beautiful and I belive the best dressed woman on the global stage, but she made a big mistake striking it out on her own. She doesn't have what it takes (poor Harry absolutely doesn't).

I do think she is bright, but her EQ is lacking. She is articulate when speaking out topics that require a lot of reading and interpretation. She comes across as phony in her show and if she were a great actress she could at least act authentic. She and Harry would have been off living a low key life doing charity work-real charity work and donating to worthy causes without needing to be in the public eye (while pleading for privacy). She wants attention desperately. Nobody cares what her kids look like, but she gives little snippets of the backs of their heads hoping we will be desperate to see them. If she wants to protect them, leave them out completely.

I agree that she is very pretty and dresses well. She could use that to her advantage at charity events.

Both of them need to stay out of politics and do their own good-work without trying to influence others. With the whole California fires, I would have been more impressed if they quietly hosted friends and volunteered without needing to have press there. They did not need to urge people to take in and help friends and family. People do that already and it's patronizing to assume they will only do that if these 2 tell them to.

I think her need for fame (while claiming she detests the attention) and her greed will be her downfall.

She is unintelligent and capable only of reciting platitudes primarily concerning herself in the guise of speaking about broader issues.

Meghan has no talent. I think a lot of her fans here relate to her being a control freak as that specific trait, a weakness of both intellect and character, is increasingly used by people who cannot act in productive ways as a stand-in for the work of life. There is a distinction between connecting with people and speaking in a treacly tone. There is a distinction between loving people and controlling them. There is a distinction between hosting people and caring for people and decanting items into superfluously labeling bags so that your handwriting is showcased. Absurd.

Meghan is not shy; it appears that Catherine was hobbled by shyness and a worry to err for years. Meghan incorrectly thinks that bossing staff around and Dunning-Krugering herself makes her smart or an expert at anything. She’s wrong. The show is a joke.

Nailed it. The show just humiliates and embarrasses Megan and Harry and they’re too dumb (or too money hungry) to see it. It’s a streaming reality show. Kardashians fell off when they had to do a streaming reality show because they were cancelled from broadcast television. And nobody ever accused them of being classy. Harry is a disgrace.

It is embarrassing that she thinks people see her as an entertainment authority. Most people who have these types of shows have published respected cookbooks or appeared on talk shows to present new entertaining ideas. That is the background that makes someone an authority on entertaining.

My mother was huge on entertaining and her favorite was Martha Stewart because Martha always had nice food and presentation. Would Martha put peanut butter pretzels in a bag and call it a delicacy? No, because Martha actually knows cooking and entertaining.

She never said the pretzels in a bag were a delicacy. She was putting together a little basket to put in the guest room for her friend who was staying and said "I know he loves peanut butter pretzels so I'm just gonna put these in a little bag."

You need to get a grip, my friend. You can dislike her without making things up.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched the first episode and part of the second. She's just not very good as a cook or hostess. A lot of the things she does are basic mom things every mom knows how to do, unless they are rich and really not handy at all. I feel like if she didn't want to share her real life, then she could have done a show like Padma Lakshmi's Taste the Nation. She could have even focused on LA, Toronto...Cities she knows really well since she lived in them, showcased local chefs and small restaurants. Less focus on her would have made her seem more humble.

She has zero talent. She simply married well. Massive mistake to cut off the hand that fed them both, with minimal work expected.

It's not just about talent, I don't think she's very bright. Saying things like broken things are beautiful and can be sealed or whatever, how cringe. She is beautiful and I belive the best dressed woman on the global stage, but she made a big mistake striking it out on her own. She doesn't have what it takes (poor Harry absolutely doesn't).

I do think she is bright, but her EQ is lacking. She is articulate when speaking out topics that require a lot of reading and interpretation. She comes across as phony in her show and if she were a great actress she could at least act authentic. She and Harry would have been off living a low key life doing charity work-real charity work and donating to worthy causes without needing to be in the public eye (while pleading for privacy). She wants attention desperately. Nobody cares what her kids look like, but she gives little snippets of the backs of their heads hoping we will be desperate to see them. If she wants to protect them, leave them out completely.

I agree that she is very pretty and dresses well. She could use that to her advantage at charity events.

Both of them need to stay out of politics and do their own good-work without trying to influence others. With the whole California fires, I would have been more impressed if they quietly hosted friends and volunteered without needing to have press there. They did not need to urge people to take in and help friends and family. People do that already and it's patronizing to assume they will only do that if these 2 tell them to.

I think her need for fame (while claiming she detests the attention) and her greed will be her downfall.

She is unintelligent and capable only of reciting platitudes primarily concerning herself in the guise of speaking about broader issues.

Meghan has no talent. I think a lot of her fans here relate to her being a control freak as that specific trait, a weakness of both intellect and character, is increasingly used by people who cannot act in productive ways as a stand-in for the work of life. There is a distinction between connecting with people and speaking in a treacly tone. There is a distinction between loving people and controlling them. There is a distinction between hosting people and caring for people and decanting items into superfluously labeling bags so that your handwriting is showcased. Absurd.

Meghan is not shy; it appears that Catherine was hobbled by shyness and a worry to err for years. Meghan incorrectly thinks that bossing staff around and Dunning-Krugering herself makes her smart or an expert at anything. She’s wrong. The show is a joke.

Nailed it. The show just humiliates and embarrasses Megan and Harry and they’re too dumb (or too money hungry) to see it. It’s a streaming reality show. Kardashians fell off when they had to do a streaming reality show because they were cancelled from broadcast television. And nobody ever accused them of being classy. Harry is a disgrace.

It is embarrassing that she thinks people see her as an entertainment authority. Most people who have these types of shows have published respected cookbooks or appeared on talk shows to present new entertaining ideas. That is the background that makes someone an authority on entertaining.

My mother was huge on entertaining and her favorite was Martha Stewart because Martha always had nice food and presentation. Would Martha put peanut butter pretzels in a bag and call it a delicacy? No, because Martha actually knows cooking and entertaining.

Agree. Martha was an expert in all the areas she presented. While she may not have grown up wealthy, she learned sewing, gardening, decorating, hosting etc. from her mother and father who were well enough to do these things, but not wealthy enough to hire out. They actually did these things themselves. She made her own wedding dress by hand, ok? She had a very successful catering business in part due to her husband’s social circle that gave her opportunity, but she had the creative talent and skill to execute everything perfectly.

I don’t get the sense Meghan is particularly skilled at anything. It’s looks like a bunch of content someone else made for her to present in front of camera.

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Anonymous wrote:The rumor is we don’t see the kid’s faces because the boy is special needs. Same with Jay Z and Beyoncé hiding their son.

There was talk that he’s cross-eyed. Of course, who knows the truth. The simplest explanation is often the truth and I think it’s most likely that Meghan is waiting to monetize their appearance. We’ll see a “Keeping Up with the Sussexes” style show in another 15 years.

No way, they would go crawling back to the RF before they would do a reality show. And if Harry's father is still alive, that would probably work.

They’ve done nothing -but- reality shows! Harry and Meghan, Polo, this trash.

To a different PP discussing l’affair du les peanut butter pretzels- nope. The point is not whether Meghan should be canonized for her snack beatitudes to her poor ass-kissing makeup artist. The point is that she is all presentation, all show, even though it’s sloppy and dumb. The point of her re-bagging and newly tagging that snack was to show off yet again her handwriting. It was for praise and look at how special Meghan is more than even look at how nice Meghan treats her guests.

Meghan is a real example of what to avoid in raising a kid, especially a girl; praising for everything and ignoring substance. Many women of every generation were girls who were ridiculously praised for penmanship or for non-researched English essays. I get it, that it’s “artsy” to some - the problem is it involves no art, and no effort. Meghan is so that type. There is a reason that her only real dream is to be a social media influencer. Look at meeeeeee!

I have to acknowledge she is perfect for the moment and it doesn’t surprise me that she has fans. It’s depressing but not surprising.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched the first episode and part of the second. She's just not very good as a cook or hostess. A lot of the things she does are basic mom things every mom knows how to do, unless they are rich and really not handy at all. I feel like if she didn't want to share her real life, then she could have done a show like Padma Lakshmi's Taste the Nation. She could have even focused on LA, Toronto...Cities she knows really well since she lived in them, showcased local chefs and small restaurants. Less focus on her would have made her seem more humble.

She has zero talent. She simply married well. Massive mistake to cut off the hand that fed them both, with minimal work expected.

It's not just about talent, I don't think she's very bright. Saying things like broken things are beautiful and can be sealed or whatever, how cringe. She is beautiful and I belive the best dressed woman on the global stage, but she made a big mistake striking it out on her own. She doesn't have what it takes (poor Harry absolutely doesn't).

I do think she is bright, but her EQ is lacking. She is articulate when speaking out topics that require a lot of reading and interpretation. She comes across as phony in her show and if she were a great actress she could at least act authentic. She and Harry would have been off living a low key life doing charity work-real charity work and donating to worthy causes without needing to be in the public eye (while pleading for privacy). She wants attention desperately. Nobody cares what her kids look like, but she gives little snippets of the backs of their heads hoping we will be desperate to see them. If she wants to protect them, leave them out completely.

I agree that she is very pretty and dresses well. She could use that to her advantage at charity events.

Both of them need to stay out of politics and do their own good-work without trying to influence others. With the whole California fires, I would have been more impressed if they quietly hosted friends and volunteered without needing to have press there. They did not need to urge people to take in and help friends and family. People do that already and it's patronizing to assume they will only do that if these 2 tell them to.

I think her need for fame (while claiming she detests the attention) and her greed will be her downfall.

She is unintelligent and capable only of reciting platitudes primarily concerning herself in the guise of speaking about broader issues.

Meghan has no talent. I think a lot of her fans here relate to her being a control freak as that specific trait, a weakness of both intellect and character, is increasingly used by people who cannot act in productive ways as a stand-in for the work of life. There is a distinction between connecting with people and speaking in a treacly tone. There is a distinction between loving people and controlling them. There is a distinction between hosting people and caring for people and decanting items into superfluously labeling bags so that your handwriting is showcased. Absurd.

Meghan is not shy; it appears that Catherine was hobbled by shyness and a worry to err for years. Meghan incorrectly thinks that bossing staff around and Dunning-Krugering herself makes her smart or an expert at anything. She’s wrong. The show is a joke.

Nailed it. The show just humiliates and embarrasses Megan and Harry and they’re too dumb (or too money hungry) to see it. It’s a streaming reality show. Kardashians fell off when they had to do a streaming reality show because they were cancelled from broadcast television. And nobody ever accused them of being classy. Harry is a disgrace.

It is embarrassing that she thinks people see her as an entertainment authority. Most people who have these types of shows have published respected cookbooks or appeared on talk shows to present new entertaining ideas. That is the background that makes someone an authority on entertaining.

My mother was huge on entertaining and her favorite was Martha Stewart because Martha always had nice food and presentation. Would Martha put peanut butter pretzels in a bag and call it a delicacy? No, because Martha actually knows cooking and entertaining.

She never said the pretzels in a bag were a delicacy. She was putting together a little basket to put in the guest room for her friend who was staying and said "I know he loves peanut butter pretzels so I'm just gonna put these in a little bag."

You need to get a grip, my friend. You can dislike her without making things up.

Well good for her. She can go to Trader Joe's and put pretzels in a bag. The point is a real cooking and entertaining expert would not do this. Martha would rather die than show pre package foods on her show.

But this brings up another point that the whole conceit of the 'friend" staying with her was fake because it was not even her house, it was rented. And I doubt that Meghan stayed at the rented house and entertained him. Fake, fake, fake.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched the first episode and part of the second. She's just not very good as a cook or hostess. A lot of the things she does are basic mom things every mom knows how to do, unless they are rich and really not handy at all. I feel like if she didn't want to share her real life, then she could have done a show like Padma Lakshmi's Taste the Nation. She could have even focused on LA, Toronto...Cities she knows really well since she lived in them, showcased local chefs and small restaurants. Less focus on her would have made her seem more humble.

She has zero talent. She simply married well. Massive mistake to cut off the hand that fed them both, with minimal work expected.

It's not just about talent, I don't think she's very bright. Saying things like broken things are beautiful and can be sealed or whatever, how cringe. She is beautiful and I belive the best dressed woman on the global stage, but she made a big mistake striking it out on her own. She doesn't have what it takes (poor Harry absolutely doesn't).

I do think she is bright, but her EQ is lacking. She is articulate when speaking out topics that require a lot of reading and interpretation. She comes across as phony in her show and if she were a great actress she could at least act authentic. She and Harry would have been off living a low key life doing charity work-real charity work and donating to worthy causes without needing to be in the public eye (while pleading for privacy). She wants attention desperately. Nobody cares what her kids look like, but she gives little snippets of the backs of their heads hoping we will be desperate to see them. If she wants to protect them, leave them out completely.

I agree that she is very pretty and dresses well. She could use that to her advantage at charity events.

Both of them need to stay out of politics and do their own good-work without trying to influence others. With the whole California fires, I would have been more impressed if they quietly hosted friends and volunteered without needing to have press there. They did not need to urge people to take in and help friends and family. People do that already and it's patronizing to assume they will only do that if these 2 tell them to.

I think her need for fame (while claiming she detests the attention) and her greed will be her downfall.

She is unintelligent and capable only of reciting platitudes primarily concerning herself in the guise of speaking about broader issues.

Meghan has no talent. I think a lot of her fans here relate to her being a control freak as that specific trait, a weakness of both intellect and character, is increasingly used by people who cannot act in productive ways as a stand-in for the work of life. There is a distinction between connecting with people and speaking in a treacly tone. There is a distinction between loving people and controlling them. There is a distinction between hosting people and caring for people and decanting items into superfluously labeling bags so that your handwriting is showcased. Absurd.

Meghan is not shy; it appears that Catherine was hobbled by shyness and a worry to err for years. Meghan incorrectly thinks that bossing staff around and Dunning-Krugering herself makes her smart or an expert at anything. She’s wrong. The show is a joke.

Nailed it. The show just humiliates and embarrasses Megan and Harry and they’re too dumb (or too money hungry) to see it. It’s a streaming reality show. Kardashians fell off when they had to do a streaming reality show because they were cancelled from broadcast television. And nobody ever accused them of being classy. Harry is a disgrace.

It is embarrassing that she thinks people see her as an entertainment authority. Most people who have these types of shows have published respected cookbooks or appeared on talk shows to present new entertaining ideas. That is the background that makes someone an authority on entertaining.

My mother was huge on entertaining and her favorite was Martha Stewart because Martha always had nice food and presentation. Would Martha put peanut butter pretzels in a bag and call it a delicacy? No, because Martha actually knows cooking and entertaining.

She never said the pretzels in a bag were a delicacy. She was putting together a little basket to put in the guest room for her friend who was staying and said "I know he loves peanut butter pretzels so I'm just gonna put these in a little bag."

You need to get a grip, my friend. You can dislike her without making things up.

Well good for her. She can go to Trader Joe's and put pretzels in a bag. The point is a real cooking and entertaining expert would not do this. Martha would rather die than show pre package foods on her show.

But this brings up another point that the whole conceit of the 'friend" staying with her was fake because it was not even her house, it was rented. And I doubt that Meghan stayed at the rented house and entertained him. Fake, fake, fake.

Did you watch the show? She outright says "I'm going to take these home to put in the guest room."