Big Thanks are in Order to Netflix for Leaving the Comments On Under the Trailer for Meghan Markle's Insufferable New Lifestyle Show

It's been a little while since we've heard from Meghan and Harry. It's seems like every so often they'll come up to the surface of pop culture like a whale opening its blowhole for air. Because, despite their years-long claims that all they want is privacy, they need attention more than a great sea mammal needs oxygen. So whether it's claiming they were chased by paparazzi through Manhattan or making a huge, ostentatious display of their wealth in Portugal, they seem to be constantly on the lookout for something that is the exact opposite of a quiet life away from the spotlight. 

Take for example this week, when they left the comfort and security of their $29 million home in Montecito to travel down to the scenes of devastation in Los Angeles. Possibly to help out. But never without a camera crew tagging along. A move that hasn't had the desired Public Relations effect they were going for: 

Whatever. Make of that what you will. Sincere effort to bring attention to the scale of the catastrophe or cynical attempt to chase clout. It's an eye of the beholder thing. 

What I'm here to discuss is something everyone can agree on. And that Meghan's latest vanity project. Which has to be the most inspid, vapid, grandiose piece of pretentious dreck ever put on screen. Even by Netflix standards, this is trash:

A few things about this trailer. Besides the insane tone deafness of releasing a show about a pretend royal's lavish, luxury lifestyle in the middle of the worst natural disaster in the modern history of southern California.

First of all, by all accounts, this is not her house. This is a place her production company rented, just for this show. For 5 million bucks. To put it differently, they lined up a place that isn't really hers so that she can show the world how authentic she is. Then apparently stocked with paid actors like Mindy Kaling, to demonstrate how genuine she can be around "friends." You also have to respect the insincerity of the chef telling her "We family," given the fact she refuses to speak to her own family and succeeded in alienating her husband from his. 

It's also been reported that the entire vibe of the show is a shameless ripoff of other people's content:

Daily Mail - In one clip from the kitchen of the rented Montecito mansion, Meghan, who told viewers she would share 'some little tips and tricks', made a 'Ladybug'-themed appetiser.

However, upset viewers said that recipes for the dish have been around since 2015 on dozens of food blogs and Pinterest pages, the US lifestyle magazine First For Women in 2018, and the popular TikTok account Home Cooks World in 2023.

Other viewers compared scenes from the trailer to those in the YouTube cooking show, 'Emma's Kitchen', hosted by marchioness and chef Emma Weymouth.

The Celebrity MasterChef contestant, formally Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath, shares videos of her creations after launching the brand in 2015.

And Emma Weymouth is reportedly not taking it lying down. Some have suggested she's lawyering up, which caused Netflix to push the release of the show back. While using the wildfires as cover:

And just to completely hit for the cycle, apparently the whole beekeeping thing is Kate Middleton's hobby, right down to the identical outfit:

But to finally get to what I came here for, it seems like Netflix is no more pleased with this cloying ego trip than anyone else. Because they took the practically unheard of route of keeping the YouTube comments open, even as this trailer was getting ratioed into the molten core of the Earth. With 1.2 million views so far, it only has 17K likes, which works out to about 1.2% of all viewers giving it the thumbs up. And it seems like each of the other 98.8% left a comment. A negative one. 

Here is just a random sample: 

I paused this video at 7 seconds, and read the comments for two hours. That's entertainment. Thank you, America. 

I’ve been a chef for 30+ years and I can tell by how she holds her knife and her under proofed and under cooked focaccia that she has no idea what she is doing 

She added some olive oil to hummus, spun the salad dip plate and now the dish is not ordinary anymore, she elevated it to next level. How much did they pay Mindy to say that being served cake is the most glamourous moments of her life, show seems so fake.

“Surprising people with moments that let them know, I was really thinking of them.”  As she grasps a huge knife to cut through a cake.  Interesting script there.

H & M are like the boyfriend you broke up with who just can’t accept that it’s over. Go away. How many times do we have to say it?

Netflix please feel free to postpone this ridiculous and unnecessary garbage forever. No amount of editing or reshooting will change how utterly repulsed the public is by Meghan Markle. 

Netflix…is Meghan blackmailing you to keep her show and contract because the the ratio of likes to dislikes says it all. 

Have you noticed that when she does these fake hugs and rather overacted expressions of sympathy/compassion (all very Hallmark), she always positions herself so that it's her face that can be fully seen, along with her compassionate hand on the back. It's all so manipulative and cringe worthy. And for these two to even think about inserting themselves into the LA disaster with a film crew is beyond abhorrent. 

I think we can all agree that she’s truly a unifying force—after all, 95% of people seem to be united in their total revulsion to her show. 

"The most glamerous moment of my life!"….seriously?  Over the top. 

These comments have taken a VERY ordinary trailer and elevated it

I want to thank every single one of you for making sure I don’t have to see that narcissist’s face on my telly anymore. Cheers to that and let’s keep the good vibes going! 

Harry also tried to take something below ordinary and uplift it too - he failed.

Over 54,000 comments as I'm posting this. And finding a positive one would be like trying to find a particular grain of sand at the beach. And in leaving the comments open, Netflix has done a public service that will entertain their audience more than this exercise in self-aggrandizement and ego gratification ever could. By an order of magnitude more. 

And just to end this post on the highest possible note, here's a rant about it from the great Tim Dillon:

Thanks for the comments, Netflix. These should help millions of married men like me from ever having to be in the same house as With Love, Meghan.