A pop culture guru who was friends with Meghan Markle when she first came to London before she met Prince Harry has slammed her Netflix series for how it treats its viewers. Said pop culture guru, Nick Ede, who knew Meghan when she was starring on Suits, explained how there was nothing in the Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix series ‘With Love, Meghan’, that he particularly cared for.
He added that the way the viewer was treated was alienating and infuriating as the narrative patronised rather than informed people watching the show. Nick’s comments come as Meghan’s latest lifestyle foray, following the rebrand of ‘American Riviera Orchard’ to ‘As Ever’, continues to polarise fans and critics alike.
Nick told the ‘A Right Royal Podcast’: “I always look at everything I do…saying to myself ‘Do you care?’ and the first thing I did when I watched it was say ‘No I don’t care’. There was nothing about it that I cared for.
“I didn’t care about the way I felt I was being almost patronised, I didn’t care for the way that the guests were treated, I didn’t really care about the takeaway tips, I felt they were all pretty patronising.
“Especially the one about wrapping a present and using the side to make sure the edges are sharp. You know that kind of thing is so basic I felt almost patronised by Netflix for actually making me endure this for quite a few hours.”
Nick isn’t the only person to savage Meghan’s show with journalist Suzan Holder eviscerating the programme on GB News. She told the programme: “I find it disappointing that this woman who is articulate has put herself back in the kitchen twiddling pretzels. I think it’s a shame.”
However, one PR expert has suggested that Meghan’s style is all part of one big strategy and is far cleverer than people are giving it credit for.
Mark Borkowski said he believes that Meghan’s plan is not to build credibility but curiosity, curiosity in what she is doing and whether she actually has a plan.
He told Hello!: “This isn’t an identity crisis, it’s a business model. The perpetual reinvention, the strategy vagueness – it’s all by design.
“The more unpredictable she is, the harder it is to take her down. She’s not trying to be Goop; she’s trying to be a mystery. The product she’s selling? Endless curiosity about Meghan Markle. Maybe she’s not losing control of her narrative, maybe we are.”