Duchess Meghan is in the US today, supposedly to watch Serena Williams play tennis. But she may also take a meeting with her PR team at Sunshine Sachs and the US-based agent, manager, and lawyer she has retained to help guide her future Hollywood career.
Meg didn't have much of a career before marrying into the British Royal Family, except for her minor role on cable drama Suits, but she's apparently hoping to do better now that she has the Duchess of Sussex brand name behind her.
What showbiz roles would you like to see Meghan take on?
But would she be suitable as a game show host?
Hosting game shows is an easy and lucrative gig - generally it's just a few days' work per month for a very attractive salary, the sort of schedule that would appeal to any member of the Royal Family.
That said, game show hosts are generally men, not women. And Meghan would probably want to keep all the prizes for herself.
Unfortunately, talk show hosts have to be able to listen to other people - it's a key part of the job.
Listening to other people isn't Meg's strength: she generally just waits, somewhat impatiently, until it's her turn to talk.
Let's just cross this one off the list right away.
After all, Meg can't be Hot Girl #2 forever, and she'd be a great fit for a remake of Fatal Attraction.
The problem is that Close is a gifted and nuanced actress, which Meghan is not.
Close does both serious evil lady roles and comic evil lady roles, but Meg doesn't have enough talent for the former or self-awareness for the latter.
Some bad actors make a living by acknowledging they are bad actors - William Shatner comes to mind - but Meg would never. Just never.
For generations, horror movies have been hiring fair-to-middling actors and actresses to serve as the victims of its furry monsters and men in rubber masks.
Meg would be perfect for this. They could set her up in some Instagram influencer-type setting - one of those tea parties her friends are always posting about, avocado toast for all! - and then have a bad guy (casting call for an actor who looks suspiciously like Prince William) burst through the French doors and create bloody havoc.
Screaming, swearing, and bulging her eyes would all be a part of Meg's script, and she's publicly shown she can handle the part.
What do you think?
Meg didn't have much of a career before marrying into the British Royal Family, except for her minor role on cable drama Suits, but she's apparently hoping to do better now that she has the Duchess of Sussex brand name behind her.
What showbiz roles would you like to see Meghan take on?
Game show host?
Meg has experience on game shows - she started out famously as one of 26 miniskirted suitcase girls on Deal or No Deal.But would she be suitable as a game show host?
Hosting game shows is an easy and lucrative gig - generally it's just a few days' work per month for a very attractive salary, the sort of schedule that would appeal to any member of the Royal Family.
That said, game show hosts are generally men, not women. And Meghan would probably want to keep all the prizes for herself.
Stunt casting on a sitcom?
Stunt casting - which The Guardian defines as getting a distractingly famous person to pop up in a small TV or movie role - would also fit Meghan's busy schedule well.
Stunt casting goes as far back as the 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy, which featured then-hot country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford in a story arc.
More recently, the sitcom Will and Grace made a habit of stunt casting: Britney Spears, Cher, JLo and Madonna all stopped by for single episodes. Unfortunately, the reboot of the show was recently cancelled, because it aligned well with Meghan's political viewpoints.
If Meghan does go the sitcom route, my guess is that she will turn up on one of Tyler Perry's sitcoms. Perry is a good friend of Oprah and Gayle King, and Meghan could use an appearance on say, the upcoming comedy-drama Sistas to highlight her support in the Black community.
(I'm not sure how much support Meg has in the Black community - like Dave Chapelle said of Jussie Smolett, they may be "supporting her by being silent" - but that's a matter for the Lipstick Alley ladies to discuss, not me.)
Talk show host?
Meg would love to be a talk show host, an Ellen DeGeneres-type figure with a brand that generates lots of money.Unfortunately, talk show hosts have to be able to listen to other people - it's a key part of the job.
Listening to other people isn't Meg's strength: she generally just waits, somewhat impatiently, until it's her turn to talk.
Let's just cross this one off the list right away.
Movie actress?
Meg's ultimate dream is probably to be an Oscar-winning movie actress, perhaps taking on the evil lady roles Glenn Close is aging out of.After all, Meg can't be Hot Girl #2 forever, and she'd be a great fit for a remake of Fatal Attraction.
The problem is that Close is a gifted and nuanced actress, which Meghan is not.
Close does both serious evil lady roles and comic evil lady roles, but Meg doesn't have enough talent for the former or self-awareness for the latter.
Some bad actors make a living by acknowledging they are bad actors - William Shatner comes to mind - but Meg would never. Just never.
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There's one genre where Meg would fit in just fine, however, and which I think matches her talent well.For generations, horror movies have been hiring fair-to-middling actors and actresses to serve as the victims of its furry monsters and men in rubber masks.
Meg would be perfect for this. They could set her up in some Instagram influencer-type setting - one of those tea parties her friends are always posting about, avocado toast for all! - and then have a bad guy (casting call for an actor who looks suspiciously like Prince William) burst through the French doors and create bloody havoc.
Screaming, swearing, and bulging her eyes would all be a part of Meg's script, and she's publicly shown she can handle the part.
What do you think?
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With Mm's crazy eyes it could almost be a perfect fit
But you are right Nutty she doesn't have Glenn Close's finer acting nuances to pull it off.
I'm thinking an ad for KFC?
MM featuring in the monthly special "chicken in a Meagain basket"
It would just about accommodate her limited acting skills and would at the same time showcase her love of a roast chicken
Or better still the 'Yachting chicken hotdog"would highlight her real unhidden abilities.
I'm looking forward to reading everyone's creative ideas ; )
Maybe someone the Sussexes' met during one of their half-assed charity excursions? An ambitious administrative assistant at Travalyst?
I'd love it if the next Duchess was African, a Lupita Nyong'o type with exquisite manners who slides effortlessly into her role and carries it out with dedication, earning the respect of the British people.
That would put paid to Meg's "They're so RAYCIST!" chants pretty quickly.
Also, Nutty, William Shatner is a FINE actor: https://youtu.be/MtP1z0ALI2Q
She doesn't do her Royal job, which is supporting her various patronages - with the exception of Smartworks, which she leveraged for her clothing collection. I suppose Mayhew will be leveraged for the book about the (dead) puppy as well.
Haven't heard much from the Royal Theater patronage recently, which someone who was a dedicated actress (as opposed to a dedicated celebrity) could have really done something with.
My guess is that they're trying to get her out without William's fingerprints being on the job, although I would imagine that he is a force behind the scenes promoting her defenestration. They don't want to taint the heir, or the two people (Will and Kate) in the family that most people seem to like.
Unfortunately, she most likely screw that up. She is bad actress, she is too hammy even in real life. But she could get the Razzies.
https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-yoga-class-after-arrival-nyc/
Meanwhile the worst of the UK tabloids have fired some opening salvos this morning.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-7437163/SARAH-VINE-Meghans-got-priorities-wrong-New-York-trip-trivial-bad-manners.html
It does feel like things are beginning to unravel somewhat.
May 2018 was less than 18 months ago.
"casting call for an actor who looks suspiciously like Prince William" 😂😂🤣😂😂
It's terrible.
Totally unnecessary yet totally brlliamt.
I remember reading that the Harkles are going after the Millenial market. They might truly not care what the older generation thinks of them...since the young fans are the ones who will be the target of the merching. Oh, and the films of course ;)
In the clear light of the morning, after receiving her rather meager fee as a lower tier yachter, the former duchess realizes plotting against the world is the billionaire's favorite form of foreplay.
Disclaimer: I "cut the cord" so to speak years ago because I'd had it with intelligence-insulting shows. The reality shows that I watch are instructional videos about how to make or grow things so I am handicapped in this regard as I have no idea about current Hollywood offerings. Perhaps I'm odd, but I don't know anybody in my circle that does (watch the dreck) either.
There are a lot of Gen-Z people in my life, and I've never heard any one of them mention Meghan Markle.
In my opinion, this will seal the rift between PW and PH:
"Cut to William and Kate dropping their daughter off for her first day at school today, looking like their main priority was to simply fit in and not cause offense, and you can see just how difficult a long-term future for Harry and Meghan inside the royal family really is. The criticism directed at Kate was every bit as bad and unfair as that now coming Meghan’s way, but Harry and Meghan have the option to leave the country, which William and Kate never have. "
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-may-move-to-america?ref=wrap
It would be entertaining to see Meg in a Jane Austen adaptation, however.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh? Maybe Zendaya could play her daugher Anne.
I've seen All About Eve. snicker snicker.
Tyler Perry - now that's an interesting concept. If it were one of his movies, there might be trouble as in it's all about Madea and everyone else is a supporting player. Maybe one of the sitcoms then. And, I believe, it would put her in Atlanta area where there is one of the Real Housewives. I really could see her going for one of those somewhere or they start a new one around her. I think that is more the kind of thing she would jump for.
I was too busy to post yesterday but does anyone think that Meghan might not show today at the US Open? It’s like the tennis is a smoke screen, and now the spin is SW is jumpy about having her there. Perhaps the tennis was not the real reason for the trip.
Meghan herself said she was going to hit the ground running after her mat leave. What new mother has the time or inclination to plan all the projects she has her finger in? I follow Amy Schumer on IG and she is besotted with her baby, posting pics constantly. What MM is omitting is glaring by comparison.
There is no baby, and my sneaking suspicion is that the trip to Uncle Elton and this trip to NY is about procuring one. Everything else is smoke and mirrors, we are being bombarded by contradictory PR. My hinky meter is waaaaay up on this trip and how it relates to her taking care of business disguised as a tennis match. Could she be swinging by Rumbold and Seidelman, NY adoption and reproductive law experts? Could the rumour she has them on retainer be true?
Don't count on that.
Once the papers start sticking the boot in, it begins to shape the narrative and the next thing people are turning against the Royals for being out of touch/wasteful. The internet has only changed the ability to get negative stories out much more quickly, it hasn't changed the game.
If she looks like a liability, she'll be out. Same as Wallis, same as Fergie.
SmartWorks is not Meghan's innovation, although I think she'd like it to be. This charity agrees to let her take center stage while supporting them. The capsule collection and video shoot features HER, which is why I think she has been so involved with them. If SmartWorks also highlighted the work of other celebs, would we see her as involved? I wonder.
Harry Markle has an excellent post recently about how Travalyst looks like just another way for Sussex Royal to rake in $$$. I would like to see her take an acting job and donate the money, but not to anything Sussex Royal associated.
Written by someone who lives in the bubble of LA. No one likes a hypocrite. Other celebrities have been called out for their hypocrisy. The people in LA that will welcome them are the ones thinking they have something to gain from a royal connection. Of course those people are going to kiss their asses.
It's true that Pharell, Beyonce and the Clooneys were in her corner, I think that they've seen the way she behaves and the odd way she acts, and are going to stay neutral. If her PR manages to turn her image around, they will just back on the bandwagon.
What will happen is that if and when she does leave, the floodgates are going to open and we will be hearing about all of the horrible things she's done wrt staff, in-laws and even to her own family (also pets). I don't think she will survive that. Americans can be forgiving, but the BRF isn't. LOL
That totally misses the point.
"in Los Angeles [it] would be rather minor infractions of the celebrity code" when Leonardo DiCaprio's preachy ass rides a PJ because American taxpayers aren't paying for his ride.
I'm shocked at how the Americans keep missing the point?
Depends how she is moving money around. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), our tax collectors, take this type of thing very seriously.
Americans miss what point? I'm not sure what your comment means.
* That she's a hypocrite?
* That she's sponging off the British taxpayers?
* That other hypocrites will use her name recognition to make a few bucks, so they will excuse her behavior?
Her behavior may not have consequences so long as she's marketable. Hollywood will excuse a lot of bad behavior to make a buck. But don't confuse this with actually being liked by the American public.
It's a bit mind-boggling to me to watch the Americans defend them (especially George Clooney whose wife went to university in England & should've known better). It's not the Americans they're screwing over.
I'm not from either country, but it's bizarre as hell to me!
There's a slight physical resemblance - that pointed chin! - and the ages would line up well. Zendaya's 23 now, so by the time they get around to season 8 she should be about 38 (42).
Also, Zendaya is very good at glowering. I would imagine that Meg does a great deal of glowering in her interactions with Harry, the other Royals, and her staff.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/progressive-elite-aspirational-asceticism-environmentalism-cost/
"Lifestyle choices still loom large in the environmental debates of our time. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle set off controversy this year by announcing the they would only have two children because of environmental concerns. (What a comment on Prince William, father of three!) The ginger princeling has gone on to promote the idea of reducing air travel. Not for him personally of course — he has his duties. But the rest of us can “do better,” he said, just after having taken four short-hop private-jet flights in eleven days. Sir Elton John, having satisfied himself with the children he paid a surrogate to deliver, did his knightly duty by purchasing carbon offsets for the prince’s flights. Possibly for as little as $135."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexplained_wealth_order
The US is filled with aging celebrities who are clinging to any bit of fame left. Sparkle Skank would join those ranks and be among the least talented and attractive of the lot. She really missed the opportunity to do something grand with the BRF, but she's a vapid soul-sucker of the lowest order and would never have the vision or integrity to see that. What's she going to do when no man wants to have sex with her for trade anymore?
I doubt that a portfolio of average Americans (in such a diverse country, it's hard to imagine a single "average American") would have much of an opinion on Meg at all.
The media will like her as long as they can make money off her.
As for Priyanka, she was perhaps big in Bollywood (I don't know because I'm not a fan of the genre) but she cannot open a Hollywood movie yet, so I stick to my initial evaluation. She does try to do a lot of PR to upgrade her status, I'll give her that. I see her almost everyday in the DM.
I wonder if she and Meghan are still close. I haven't seen a story about them since the Archie stories when he was "born".
Splash News has a photo of a battered-looking Meg with a yoga mat. Could have been taken at any place and time, however.
https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a28948800/meghan-markle-yoga-class-nyc/
I suggest Markle is best suited to some trite "Cougar" movie because she could probably still sell sex for a couple of years if the photoshopping/filters/lighting were done well enough. After that, it's a remake of Mean Girls, and she's the one who can't sit with us at lunch.
That's for you Sparkly Skank: you can't sit with us at lunch. No one wanted you to sit with them at lunch then and we don't want it now.
I'm sure Meg would consider the H ome Shopping Channel or QVC, but would her products sell?
That's a pretty merciless way to see if the public really likes you or if Meg's "popularity" is just media spin.
In Meg's appearances on talk shows and onstage as a royal - what was that women's forum? - she has not been particularly likeable.
Cindy is likeable; I think she has a good fan base of people who are roughly her age. I used to be a Cindy fan myself, but I'm not keen on the way she aged - trying to look exactly like she did in 1990 - and I don't like the way she's promoting her daughter as her mini-me.
I'll go away now.
Yes, they do. It's called structuring and it's considered illegal. The problem is that the government can't tell the difference between someone making repeated deposits from a small business and someone else laundering money.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/irs-structuring-civil-asset-forfeiture_n_573b908de4b0aee7b8e83ae3
https://freebeacon.com/issues/irs-took-43-million-from-innocent-americans/
I was commenting more on individuals (like Clooney/Pink) who oddly have a blind spot.
If someone from my country married into another country's monarchy and wrecked havoc with their system/taxpayers' funds or whatever, the last thing I'd be doing is defending them! I might even distance myself from them. Maybe I wouldn't *apologise* for their behaviour on their behalf because WTF, but I'd be ashamed.
Not sure if there's some US/UK bilateral history there that makes Americans believe an American citizen is perfectly entitled to doing so? Am I missing something here?
'Incredibly, despite an astounding number of people being in the same small studio as one of the world's most famous women, a photo is yet to emerge of Meghan's session'
She’d be playing g herself, essentially, and it would brutally drive home all the points about who she is. Nutmeg would love it as the lead role, pricy clothes, jewels and jet set locations.
I've seem comments from my fellow Americans on Daily Mail and Daily Mirror expressing embarrassment of Smeg's behavior. I really don't think she has a large following and her antics would not go over well here. We're fed up with the Kardashians, not sure how much mileage Smeg can get.
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
Smeg's problem is that the pool of people she can fool any time is decreasing rapidly.
This is an old photo from her Toronto days. To be precise, it's one the (many) papped pics that eventually led to the infamous 'dont-bully-my-meghan-you-rasist-bores' statement from Harry.
There's also another similar picture of hers in the same clothes, but with Doria by her side.
And I kid you not, the 6 of Swords (which if you're familiar with the old skool tarot deck features a boat, allegedly). Janine doesn't look like she reads CDAN tho... 🛥
https://youtu.be/ciTsuQhJEEo
PS: I have nothing against professional sex workers, by the way (In fact I think sex work should be decriminalised so it can be better regulated). I'm not prejudiced against sex workers, I just thought the tie-in between Enty vocabulary ("yachting", ALLEGEDLY) and the tarot card was amusing as hell. Janine had no clue tho... LOL.
Also, by then Zendeya might be 40ish and look.old enough to.play MM. But MM would ALSO still look the same she does now.
All these trips to NYC, Canada, LA obviously also serve to be a medical emergency trip aka fill her time.
She would be stalling up for her return to work look and the upcoming tour. Extensions, shiny diamond veneers, new lips, chin tuck, tummy tuck, shampoo and conditioner from the 5star suite bathrooms...
"... she was fully satisfied of being still quite as handsome as ever, but she felt her approach to the years of danger, and would have rejoiced to be certain of being properly solicited by baronet-blood within the next twelvemonth or two.”
Meghan only had her appearance to offer as an actress, and that was unremarkable in an industry full of beautiful women. She was already into "the years of danger" when she grabbed Harry. Even more senior than a baronet-blood, but whatever she has is never enough.
When I read the story, I thought it really odd that no one could get a photo of her walking in with her friend. Or someone from the class validating it considering there were supposedly 60 people also taking it. 60-70 is a lot not to have a camera ready.
/I am not in any way, shape, or form a designer.
That's why she has been dabling in all sorts of things for a few years now, and still not getting much work beyond Suits.
In Suits her moment of glory came with sex in the library scene, and that's when she became known. Before that she was the annoying girl who alternated between stringing Mike along and scolding him. (And she was bad at that) It also seems that she knew she didn't have much of a future in acting, and she wasn't any good at it. That's why she tried a lot of other faffy things that made her seem cool.
(Yes, I watched suits, and that's because my flat mate at Uni pestered me to. I swear to God, that library scene was the last episode I watched. It seemed like an overkill to me.)
I also at some point watched the Craig Ferguson interview, she wasn't famous at that time, certainly not famous enough in Scotland, yet it seems like she wanted to expand in UK/Scotland. That i yerview was aweful, she flirted mercilessly with CF, being a tease, and you can see Craig there being taken aback a bit although he plays along since that's his brand image.
She has always protrayed herself as the Sex Kitten post the library scene. For no good reason. But I guess that ties up with all the networking/ yatching she was doing g behind the scenes. It was around this time that I was put off by her.
By Tom Sykes
As the days have ticked by, Meghan and Harry have appeared ever less suited to the dutiful life of a minor British royal. Instead of doing what they should do, they have rejected and discarded royal traditions in dizzying succession, and kicked back against the prevailing “never complain, never explain” culture.
Whether it’s guest editing Vogue, insisting on the right to fly private to Ibiza or setting up a shadow press team to represent them to the U.S. tabloids, their behavior makes it legitimate to wonder whether life in Los Angeles might suit the couple better.
Meghan and Harry are not following any established pattern of royal precedent, instead, they are setting themselves up as super celebrity philanthropists, seeking to leverage their vast global fame in the service of vast global causes, such as the environment and poverty.
If this requires them to scoot around the planet by private jet, they certainly don’t see a problem with that in service of the greater good. They are hip and driven, and out to change the world.
Certainly the appointment of the veteran Hollywood publicist Ken Sunshine this week, as reported by The Sun, suggests they are at least interested in building a significant media presence and power base in America.
Also while Meghan’s falling out with her father is well-publicized by the media, moving to L.A. would allow her to strengthen what already appear to be excellent relations with her mother, Doria.
Earlier this year, Meghan was caught on camera telling pop star Pharrell Williams: “They don’t make it easy.”
One assumption was that she was referring to the British media.
Cut to William and Kate dropping their daughter off for her first day at school today, looking like their main priority was to simply fit in and not cause offense, and you can see just how difficult a long-term future for Harry and Meghan inside the royal family really is.
The criticism directed at Kate was every bit as bad and unfair as that now coming Meghan’s way, but Harry and Meghan have the option to leave the country, which William and Kate never have. While Kate was subjected to terrible snobbery in the early days of her relationship, she had little choice but to hunker down and wait it out.
Meghan, it seems, despite her claim not to read the papers, has grown tired of the barrage of relentless criticism that they face in the U.K. for what in Los Angeles would be rather minor infractions of the celebrity code, such as talking about the importance of tackling climate change while flying around in a private jet.
Perhaps the relentless criticism from the press over perceived hypocrisy wouldn’t, alone, be enough to trouble the young couple, but The Daily Beast continues to hear a steady stream of unflattering reports from people close to the royals, complaining in particular about the way they treat staff.
For example, one source told The Daily Beast that a senior member of Meghan and Harry’s team who quit last year did so because they found Meghan so difficult to work for.
“Of course on the surface it was all very diplomatic and they said that it was just time to move on, with the wedding, but the truth is they just found that she was a complete nightmare to deal with.”
You don’t have to attend many British dinner parties these days to hear an astonishing amount of trash talk directed at Meghan.
One of the latest rumors is that a falling out with Kate and William was turbocharged after Meghan was overheard gossiping about them.
Another source told The Daily Beast that Kate was far from impressed when during a fitting, a courtier made an unspecified mistake and Meghan turned to her friend Jessica Mulroney and said, “You see what I have to deal with.”
The courtier apparently left the room in tears and, once again, word of the incident filtered back to Kate.
It's beginning to look to me like her PR is starting to foreshadow her exit from royal engagements. She'll try to spin it similar to the way Diana retired from public life, like a gradual fade out.
I am kind of glad she's not going to Bahamas because she'd just be in the way of the real rescue folks who are trying to help the people there. She'd want to put the portapotties so far away that people would be unable to get to them. And, she'd try to engineer food and water distribution to only those she feels worthy, as in those who bow before her and don't look her in the eye or take selfies.
She may not act, certainty not a serious thought provoking project, since she k ows that's putting herself too much on the line. She won't be able to take instructions from directors, scriptwriters, cameramen, cinematographers etc ever again in her life.
She would be heading a lot of panel discussions though, but never work at an actual charity. Unless it's showcasing her work and expertise.
And she could certainly be giving acting and directing lessons in the future. The irony would be lost on her.
I would love to know, for example, the following:
- did Meghan actually graduate with a double major in theatre and international relations? Because at Northwestern, the college issuing the theatre degree does not have an IR major. They do have communications. And she does seem to have a penchant for exaggerating. Like look at her old resume/CV as an actress. The lady lists "Nickelodeon", which actually refers to her brief interview when she was like 12 years old. How ridiculous is that to list on a grown adult resume, but what else has she exaggerated?
- why is there a separate organization created for the Travalyst venture?
- who were the donors behind the Sussex Royal Foundation? They list initial assets at 6million GBP, which is about 75% of the annual expenditures for the considerably more important Kensington Royal Foundation
- why are Meghan and Harry listed as officially trustees for Sussex Royal, whereas the Kensington Foundation never listed any of the royals as trustees but rather as "principals"
I find the use of celebrity and politicians foundations quite often to line the pockets of those involved with the foundation, which is why the Sussex Royal Foundation is all the more distasteful to me.
"If someone from my country married into another country's monarchy and wrecked havoc with their system/taxpayers' funds or whatever, the last thing I'd be doing is defending them! I might even distance myself from them. Maybe I wouldn't *apologise* for their behaviour on their behalf because WTF, but I'd be ashamed.
Not sure if there's some US/UK bilateral history there that makes Americans believe an American citizen is perfectly entitled to doing so? Am I missing something here?"
It would certainly astonish Hollywood to hear that they, as American citizens, should make a moral judgement of a fellow "actress" taking unearned money as "wrong". If they had morals, they would have never made it into the movies.
As for the rest of us, most do not even know who Meghan Markle is (trust me, she was NOT famous) or would even recognize her on a street. People are busy with careers and families. If she is taking advantage of a foreign government, they feel that it is the foreign government's responsibility to put a stop to it. Do you really think that an "actress" (who reportedly knows her way around a yacht from stem to stern) is really going to care about the disapproval of the hoi polloi Americans? She knows that we already disapprove of her.
"But are young people really interested in a 38-year-old (cough, cough, 42-year-old) former duchess? There are a lot of Gen-Z people in my life, and I've never heard any one of them mention Meghan Markle."
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People in Meghan's target demographic (18 - 35 year olds) are not interested in her for the most part, especially the younger end. Women nearest to Meg's age, the over 30s may follow her antics, but it's hard imagining any of them aspiring to her fashion or avidly following her stupid Instagram account.
As we discussed in an earlier entry, Meg is still mentally stuck in the 1990s for all her fashion and 'artistic' frames of reference, including how she views herself. In her world, it's always 1999--when she was 18 (or 22, depending on which you subscribe to.) For a person whose entire identity is wrapped up in the the fleeting attributes of youth and sex appeal, the late teens-early 20s are the pinnacle. Based on her behavior and her fashion choices and her patois, Meghan has not really dealt with the inevitable realities of aging. She hasn't got any internal qualities apart from the superficial to offer, so there's no personal growth going to be happening as she matures.
It's pathetic, really, that she considers herself an aspirational role model and a figure of importance and influence to young women who were not even born or were still in nappies during her post-high school years. I work with a couple of 23 year olds . . one a recent college grad, the other preparing to graduate in December--and I'd assume that they are precisely the age demographic to whom Megs fancies herself influential. They could not be any more uninterested in her. They are much, much more invested in the Marvel Universe. Tom Holland is where it's at for these young Millennials. So if I were going to tell Megs what she should pursue acting-wise, I'd say a comic book movie, in which she can play a one-dimensional alliterative character in a skin tight outfit made out of synthetic material and where only the most nominal acting talent is required--right up her street!
The only people I know besides myself who watched Megs' Wedding Show were my 80-year-old mom and two friends who are even more middle-aged than I am. There's no accounting for the rabid 'sugar' fan base, but in my opinion, Meg's fans and supporters are likely almost entirely drawn from the ranks of women who are older than she, up to her peers . . but she's old enough to be the mother of the young fans she most covets . . those early 20-somethings. Particularly if she's several years older than she admits to.
Other roles I think she'd excel at:
Miss Havisham
Norma Desmond
Nurse Ratched
the psycho nanny from 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle)
Smegs could also revisit another Rebecca de Mornay hits from the 1980s . . Risky Business in which a geriatric yacht girl opens a floating bordello to service aspiring high school sex perverts.
Catherine Trammell (She's already got the Basic Instict move down)
Any mediocre cookie-cutter thriller that Angelina Jolie took a pass on
https://blindgossip.com/family-distraught-over-her-control/
I think she will try to go the fashion/design route if she's ever kicked to the curb. Sigh....
I normally am not interested in tarot card readings but somehow I got into the rabbit hole of the internet and there was Tarot by Janine.
I really like how insightful she is and how she reveals the information, very calm with integrity. I also feel she is a very genuine person
I really look forward to
her readings.
If you haven't as yet had the chance to see her on YouTube then I recommend a viewing
HEY! I am a couple months younger than you, sister!
I am not ashamed to say I watched the entire wedding from soup to nuts. I haven't missed a televised Royal wedding since Charles married Diana. I love everything about the weddings, including knowing more than many of the television commentators about the Royal Family.
I had such high hopes for these two. Sigh.
Meghan Markle is not just an embarrassment to the British Royal Family . . she's a humiliation to the United States of America. Due to her saturation in American media (the bulk of which she has paid for) and British media, owing to her connection with the Royal Family via Harry, an observer from outside of the U.S. or Britain might draw the understandable but erroneous conclusion that she was/is a popular figure in the U.S.--on a par with Grace Kelly. Nothing could be further from the truth. Meg has spent millions of dollars over the last 10+ years to construct the persona which she sold to Harry and the Royal Family. When Harry released the famous 'You racist trolls leave my girlfriend alone!' before the engagement, America collectively went, "Meghan . . Who??" The only people who'd heard of her were regular 'Suits' watchers. She opened a briefcase on a popular American game show . . but she was one of 25 sexy girls in short skirts and too much makeup on that show, most of whom were better-looking than she and she was known as '#24" or occasionally "Meghan".
Any American interest in the wedding was due to Harry and his bride was somewhat incidental, really. Megs bought herself some great PR but it's all manufactured. If she came back here to live, there would be some temporary interest in her story, but more as a notorious figure. A televised interview with Megs would probably garner a big audience but only because people would be keen to get a look at our national embarrassment for themselves in living breathing color.
Meg is mostly a legend in her own mind. Google this name "Kate Gosselin' and read up on her. This is what I envision Megs' post-Harry life to be like. Or perhaps another notorious American figure once connected to a rich, powerful man--Monica Lewinsky.
The 'Duchess' title has no meaning here in America. We waged a revolution in the 18th century to cast off deference to nobility. William and Kate are very popular when they visit this country, but Meg and Harry do not enjoy the same reputation. Meg is banking on the fact that she is a huge celebrity draw without her husband and sad to say the shine is off Harry these days, mostly due to her influence. The best Megs is going to do as she moves into her 40s as a cast off from the Royal family is game show appearances ala 'Hollywood Squares' or sad, boozy talk show appearances. She might end up on the Home Shopping Network. Her 'celebrity' friends are already distancing themselves.
"Americans" at large either revile her or couldn't care less about her.
I really do.
YES!!!!
I think Smirks is going to flame out BIG TIME when her marriage ends. Her ego is such she won't ever believe that, but without the cachet of the Royal Family behind her, no-one is going to be interested in Smirkle.
Do they still have late night infomercials? If so, we'll see her shilling for some crap product at 2 o'clock in the morning, screeching "call this number NOW and we'll also throw in two additional Ginsu knives..." or whatever it is she'll be pushing.
Anyways . . 53/4 is the new 33/4 right? :) My other friend who follows the Meghan saga is a decade above us.
Meg is such a devotee of Princess Di . . I think the people most interested in her "American Princess" schtick or Royals in general are the women who watched Diana wed in 1981. There was a lot of interest in William and Catherine's wedding in 2011 from the same demographic; I don't know to what extent W. and C.'s own peers are interested in their activities--the cohort that was in their late 20s at the time of their wedding and are now 30-somethings with young families, too. William and Kate are wholesome and conventional . . since they have conducted themselves with dignity and non-flashily and largely without scandal during the nearly 10 years they have been a married couple, they lack the sleaze/soap-operatic factor that makes the Markle Debacle such a trainwreck of entertainment/despair. But communities dedicated to following the trainwreck like this one are in the minority. Tens of millions of average Americans never give Meghan or Harry a thought.
I was not ashamed to admit that I'd watched the wedding at the time . . but I am starting to feel shame as time goes on. I got up at 4 in the sodding morning so as to not miss anything, but I really could have spared myself that and watched the travesty on DVD later on. I feel mostly ashamed to have been duped that this was a real love story and to have ever spent even 5 minutes thinking that she'd be a good wife for Harry and an intriguing addition to the staid institution of the Royal family. Rachel duped me and continues to spew unaccountable lies to my face daily and these are unforgivable sins.
I had hopes for her to settle in and be a credit to us until Eugenie's wedding and the Belly Cupping Nothing There Australia tour. All my worst fears about "What could go wrong with an American divorcee starlet joining the Royal family?" have been confirmed, along with special Markle variations only she could have dreamt up. The elaborately, if poorly, staged Faux Pregnancy and carrying around a plastic baby for long-range photo ops are things that nobody could have ever foreseen, since they are so, so Out There.
I really just want all the chaos to be over; wondering how long it's going to take.
Perhaps the drugs will be 'inside' the avocadoes. Gives her devotion to 'avocado toast' a whole new meaning, doesn't it?
I'm sure she'll pick up some gear while she's in the States, but it wouldn't be necessary to take a transatlantic flight just to score dope. Harry knows people in London for that, and so does Marcus Anderson. Indeed, it was sex and drugs that brought Haz and Meglodon together . . I don'think that's disputable. I think she's also looking for a Stateside bolt hole in New York and having meetings with her Sunshine Sachs people. She's probably hoping to book some Manhattan-based TV network projects as well.
Whether or not any of this plotting comes to fruition, she's getting her beloved 'optics'--the Duchess of Sussex as transatlantic superstar, visiting her celebrity friends and taking very important meetings about her fabulous career!
Serena is now being identified as 'her best friend', I see. Poor Jessica Mulroney . . who? . . has been downgraded.
Despite her repulsive personality, people will be clamoring to have her work with them to extract those secrets. That is her ticket,
Except, she would have signed the NDA secrets act - which she might not care squat about it but ... what if the BRF/Commonwealth announced that allowing her to talk would be treason and if X had her on their show or a publisher wanted a book, they (the talk show/publisher) would be considered as aiding and abetting. That would shut things down fast. very fast.
If Megs is so interested in promoting her 'brand', then her best bet for future employment is not in movies. Meg is not accepting of certain realities, ie., she is already old by Hollywood standards, and the only way she'd be a viable prospect now, at 'nearly or over' 40 is if she already had an established body of work, like Nicole Kidman or Meryl Streep, or had skills as a character actress.
I've never watched a moment of Suits beyond clips on the Internet in anti-Meg videos . . .the 'up against the file cabinet' scene gets a lot of airplay . . her finest moment as a feminist humanitarian role model icon, I daresay . . the burger grilling video gets Honorable Mention. But I confess to wonderment how MM even got that Suits job over any of the other 500 actresses that likely auditioned. I wonder how many guys she had to blow to get selected over so many more deserving candidates.
I can see her attempting to break into the 'lifestyle' market with a fashion/lifestyle show on cable or lifestyle segment correspondent for an existing show like Entertainment Tonight. She'll resurrect her blog and lend her word salad forewords to any number of lifestyle books. Relentless merching ala Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP empire.
Gwyn is equally tone deaf and clueless about her actual level of relevance as in 'influencer' in a post 1990s world, but Paltrow has a significant body of acting work behind her, an Oscar and is the offspring of famous Hollywood parents. Megs might like to be Gwyneth Paltrow but it ain't ever gonna happen, 'Duchess' title or not.
All it takes for people to sour on Smurkle is to meet/work with her one time outside of the insulating rosy cocoon of her paid PR. She will get a few opportunities owing to her notoriety at first, but those will dry up and she will become the female equivalent of Matt Lauer . . an untouchable. I wish we could skip directly to the 'untouchable' part, but alas, we've got some distance to go yet to endure the Meglodon Show.
Yoga pants, aromotherapy oils and her own special avocado keepers!
#luckycharm
Kudos for "Style Vampire". So true. It has always puzzled me why a woman who made her tenuous living on a (purchased) image as a fashion trend setter for the sassy American career woman consistently appears in public so unkempt and careless about her wardrobe and general appearance. Being high as a kite would explain a lot, plus having no stylist/makeup/hair people, having to beg & borrow clothes that don't fit. You'd think that someone who had spent so many years around show business and dreaming about being a celeb would have learned how to do her own makeup at least. Meg's designer glad rags can't disguise her innate trailer park aesthetic.
I believe there's truth to the statement someone made that narcissistic people struggle with aesthetics--what they see is not reality. Donald Trump thinks himself a fine looking example of a stud, and has said as much. He thinks he looks good. So does Meg. In her mind she's so amazing naturally that she doesn't have to make the effort in the small things that define a true style icon.
Where you going by 'bootsy' a few days ago? Just wondering.
B - probably already posted previously, Real Housewives of somewhere in California. She’s be perfect on a Bravo reality TV show. Also as a guest on hsn/qvc selling her junk, but not she’d never make it as a host. Also she could play a character on Dynasty or Dallas or valley of the dolls reboots. She could go into real estate, or be the attraction to the SoHo place in LA for a couple of years until her Royalness shine tarnishes.
@abbyh, as for signing an NDA, I’m not so sure. Anyone living in the UK would be privy to seeing countless of ex staff (valets, butlers and Private Secretary’s) flaunting their knowledge in the media about the royals. Diana’s ex Private Secretary Patrick Jefferson wrote a book. It was highly detailed and both Diana’s son’s were deeply disappointed with him. It was an excellent read though, because it does give the reader a truthful ( I can’t imagine he’d lie, at most embellish a little) insight into the various goings on into royalty and the various royal households.
Sooo, if they can’t keep ex staff quiet, they’d have little chance with an ex spouse. I also don’t think they’d ask a future spouse to sign one, but can we really imagine Harry allowing it? I most certainly can’t. It will be a shit storm media wise, if Harry and Murky divorce, as they won’t be able to control her as much as they’d want to. The royals have the UK’s powerful privacy laws to protect them within the UK, but in America they have little power over what they could control.
Also, it looks as though Blind Gossip's item on Anna Wintour having plastic surgery isn't correct. She looks as she always has.
Lastly, I totally agree with Lime_Smoothie--it's exciting to see the next generation of women coming up.
Well done!
However, the friend rejected a suggestion from a well-placed royal insider that the Duke had physically assaulted the highly-respected aide, adding: ‘There were heated words on both sides but the altercation was in no way physical.
Do they have a screen at the Open that people can watch? Sure seemed like Megs knew every time her face was up there.
1) Has Megz upset the Queen with her snub?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7439169/Palace-insiders-ask-Meghan-Markles-Balmoral-snub-upset-Queen.html
2) Extensive pics of Queen having a lovely time at Highland Games with her pal Judi Dench, looking very jolly.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7438387/Queen-Dame-Judi-Dench-expected-guests-Braemar-Highland-Games.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7439195/Palace-altercation-Prince-Charles-dragged-in.html
I always wondered if the “major skin care line” deal Gina claimed she had waiting when Meghan ended her career pre-engagement was as a spokesperson for ProActiv since a group of women in her age group (like Sarah Michelle Gellar and others) appeared in ads around that time.
Fly away, Meghan. Your creepy entourage and Prince Entitled are royally irritating
It’s a question I feel compelled to ask: why does the Duchess of Sussex need so many creepy American “people” around her? First there is the big-dollar New York image management firm. Then there is the American book agent, a man who is advising her “on the quiet” about possible deals — never has a piffling opuscule received such high-powered and unwarranted attention.
Then there’s her business manager — why does a royal need a business manager, I hear you shriek. Surely the deal is simple: she does the work (or not) and we pay the cash. It’s a system that’s worked for longer than America has been a nation, so I’m not sure why she needs to get all peopled up as if she’s Donald Trump.
Oh, wait. No, wait. Hello. Maybe she thinks she is Donald Trump. A progressive, Greta-loving, Oprah-snogging, #present, #honoured and #grateful, cisgender, Instagramming, woke version of the world’s leading weaponised hairpiece.
The Sussexes on royal duties. Last week, the duchess flew to New York to meet Serena Williams
The Sussexes on royal duties. Last week, the duchess flew to New York to meet Serena Williams
PHIL NOBLE
In fact, when you look back over the past five months, there’s little evidence that the rumours the duchess wants to become president of the United States aren’t true. She will drop everything to fly to New York to see top political ally Serena Williams, for example, as she did on Friday, whereas she cannot even be bothered to hop on the 45-minute flight to attend to more tedious local constituency matters, such as seeing the Queen at Balmoral.
She will happily get the royal family to spend thousands of pounds on image management in America, where her profile could not be better, without any apparent effort to improve her behaviour towards the enraged muggles over this side of the pond. And is it just me, or do certain announcements seem to coincide as closely as possible with the US breakfast television shows?
The weird statement, for example, that the palace made about the duchess being in labour, hours after she’d given birth. I’ve always wondered why they needed to wait so long, before issuing a superfluous (and misleading) “prepare yourselves” announcement just as American shows hit their peak on the east coast.
Whatever her real motives, it’s becoming clear Meghan isn’t interested in us or our way of life. It is said she plans to spend more of her time in America, to which I say, why not all of it? It is now time for her to leave and she can take poor Prince Pussywhipped with her. Her reputation will be hard to salvage over here after the showboating and the snubs and the obvious contempt she has for the little people who don’t like being called racist and stuffy and bigoted the moment they question her behaviour.
Even Harry talks down like an entitled Valley Girl these days. On Tuesday, he had the effrontery to launch an “eco-friendly travel scheme”, whatever that is, after taking four private jets in under two weeks. “We could all do better — no one is perfect,” the future first dude said, without realising that there was in fact only one person, no, two, who could do better and they were him and his wife, Meghan.
Perhaps the PR executive they should have hired was Kate, rather than some slippery stateside stuffed suit who has no idea why British royals have to pretend that they are humble, stupid and poor. Did you see those sensational shots of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge riding in to Princess Charlotte’s first day at school? If you had to invent a Hollywood wet dream of what top royalling looks like, I couldn’t think of anything better than their matched chinos and chins and Timotei tans.
Recreating that royal event down the generations is the slamdunk/kneeslide of royal PR — Kate’s only mission in life now is getting her children repeatedly photographed doing the same thing as her husband did at the same age 30 years ago. Kate is testimony to the success of what I call slow royalling, a patient, mature, stringently self-denying modus operandi developed over decades, right down to the tips of her newly bronded hair. Meghan is, by contrast, an example of fast royalling as practised by the likes of Prince Edward and Prince “ideas factory” Andrew.
Andrew is the sort of person who thinks that a ride in a car with the Queen will instantly distract from the fact that a woman in New York is alleging that he slept with her when she was a child (which he “emphatically” denies). He thinks suggesting that she is lying when she produces a picture of them together is the quickest way to see off these pesky rumours. Only “chubby fingers” is not a defence any more than “Meghan flies commercial” is a positive and heartwarming story full stop.