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Updated January 4, 2025

Meghan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex, has the internet in a tizzy, as she recently announced her new show with Netflix, With Love, Meghan, on her revamped Instagram account featuring a trailer showing her performing several Martha Stewart-esc activities, from preparing decorative ice cubes, apertivos, and entrees in the kitchen, to flouncing around in her backyard garden and hanging out with her loved ones and close celebrity friends like Minda Kaling and of course husband, Prince Harry and their View this post on Instagram

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It’s unfortunately not a surprise that Markle has already received harsh criticism and feedback online, mainly from British royalists and Megan McCain, who revealed that she was previously a fan of Markle before the debut of the trailer for her new show, as she named it,  “utterly tone deaf to the moment.” The moment, being the state of the world, especially in the United States, we’ve recently experienced several harrowing public tragedies (some are labeling them as terrorist-motivated); the public is currently preparing for a new president of the United States. She continues, “I was originally a Meghan Markle supporter. I thought she was cool, stylish and refreshing,” McCain shared in n a post on X. “Like the rest of the world my opinion changed when she disrespected the royal family. Now that she wants to be American again instead of British aristocracy, what she seems to forget is Americans want real, raw, uncensored. All of this even in the trailer is highly curated, produced and out of touch.”

I was originally a Meghan Markle supporter, I thought she was cool, stylish and refreshing. Like the rest of the world my opinion changed when she disrespected the royal family. Now that she wants to be American again instead of British aristocracy what she seems to forget is… https://t.co/EexXfqm28P

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) January 2, 2025

“There have been 2 terror attacks in 2 days, major wars raging and Americans can’t pay for groceries,” McCain continued. “We are a country in rage, uncertainty and intensity right now. This concept is ill advised. I would have told her to do a show helping bring fresh food to food deserts in low income neighborhoods. Do something to help people instead of your ego. This is why the world doesn’t like you, nothing else. Just completely and utterly tone deaf to the moment.”

While McCain and others have a right to their opinion, many are wondering why it is an issue to see a happy Black woman demonstrate acts of love in the form of culinary creations for the closest people in her life while inspiring other people to do the same, especially in light of challenging times? Don’t we need and deserve the joy? 

Another critical point of Markle’s rebirth in the public eye that most are unaware of is that she’s deeply familiar with the culinary and life>The Tig, which included insights into Markle’s life, such as her friendships, relationships, and adventures in Vancouver. It was initially created for her to share interests in travel, fashion, wellness, food, and other life rel=”tag”>Food Megan Markle Netflix

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