VIEWERS of Meghan Markle’s new show have been left cringing at some of her antics, including getting touchy feely with Prince Harry and riffing on song Milkshake.
The Duchess of Sussex’s With Love, Meghan cookery programme landed on Netflix this morning– and features the royal catching up with pals and showing off her kitchen skills.
But those tuning in have been quick to joke about some of her behaviour, including showing off a tattoo inspired by her new brand As Ever and saying she’s “branded forever”.
The show has been described as the “FAKEST stuff ever” and “only for the richest people” by some on social media.
Across eight 33-minute episodes the mum-of-two made cringe jokes about her bacon, shared recipes with pals, learnt from celeb chefs and even became emotional over bees.
It comes as…
- Meghan Markle’s new show, Meghan, With Love, was released on Netflix today
- The series begins with an emotional Meghan fawning over bees and honey
- In one episode, the Duchess of Sussex makes bacon and jokes: ‘My bacon brings all the boys to the yard’
- She also corrects pal Mindy Kaling calling her ‘Markle’ – insisting her surname is ‘Sussex’
- The Duchess goes onto share a touchy feely moment with Prince Harry, who appears briefly
- Meghan adds bizarre items to ‘children’s party bags’ from Manuka honey sticks to gardening tools
- In one bizarre moment, Meghan gets flustered and tells guest Alice Waters ‘I feel like you’re watching me fall in love’ while eating a turnip
- She also lets loose on a hike, dancing with a pal while out on a dog walk
- Fans slam show ‘the fakest stuff ever’ as they find identical recipes online
- Meghan channels Princess Diana again as she rocks Northwestern jumper
But soon after the release, harsh viewers have already left scathing criticism.
One penned on X: “I’m not even 30 seconds into the first episode and I already know that With Love, Meghan is the FAKESTEST stuff ever.”
Another added: “Six minutes of with love Meghan… ok only for richest people..so.. bye bye.”
“All of Meghan Markle’s “recipes” can be found on Pinterest,” claimed someone else.
In episode one, Meg admits she’s scared of tending to her bees but overcomes her fears by using her gentle “bee voice” to speak to them and harvest honey with the help of pro beekeeper Branden – despite not liking honey as it’s too sweet.
In another cringey moment, Meg mimicks Fred Flintsone by pulling out a fish bone and saying “yabadabadoo” during a cooking session with pals Abigail Spencer and Kelly Zafjen.
Then at another point jokes that “my bacon brings all the boys to the yard”, and says when she cooks the salty meat Harry and the three dogs suddenly appear in the kitchen.
While making breakfast, she says: “I find when I’m cooking bacon, my kitchen very immediately becomes full of husband and three dogs. It’s not my perfume that’s bringing them all in. My bacon brings all the boys to the yard.”
The duchess, while arranging some flowers, later produces a makeshift bin to put any rubbish in and says she is such a clean freak her daughter Lilibet has made up a song called “clean as you go” which the royal then does a brief rendition of.
In one bizarre moment, Meg gets flustered and tells her guest Alice Waters “I feel like you’re watching me fall in love” as she eats a turnip.
She also reveals the music she listens to most includes yacht rock and French dinner party tunes.
Friend Mindy Kaling asks image-conscious Meg about her “look” but the duchess has no idea what she means before saying in a funny accent: “Oh my, look, she likes my look!”
During one episode she also reveals how she grew up on fast food and TV dinners.
Meg recalls being a “latchkey kid”, growing up with a lot of fast food and TV tray dinners watching Jeopardy.
Her favourites were Pollo Loco and Taco Bell where she ate the Mexican pizza with extra hot sauce and “Jack in the Box because my mum loved their tacos”.
In the same episode, Meg reveals her bizarre party bags for kids, which include gardening tools, peas and seeds and a manuka honey stick for “something sweet”.
She says: “When I’m putting together a kids party I think about the senses…
“There’s a real delight in being a present parent sometimes. “
Her pal then mum shamed her by saying kids under one year can’t eat honey.
Meg later revealed to Mindy that Harry cracks salt over every meal.
She says: “I have a family, a husband, who no matter what meal is put in front of him, before he tastes it, puts salt on. So I try to under-salt.” Mindy jokes: “I love knowing that your husband likes it salty.”
Meg popped a bottle of Bollinger champagne and topped up with her fresh juice. Mindy says: “I think this is the earliest that I’ve had alcohol in a long time”. Meg replies: “Welcome to Montecito.”
In a later episode, Harry arrives at a party and does a toe-curling hand wave.
In another slightly bizarre moment, Meg is seen leading her beloved rescue dog Guy – who has since passed away – around the back garden on a lead.
In a reference to The Buckwheat Boyz’ song – mimicked in Family Guy, Meg makes jam and sings: “It’s peanut butter jelly time.”
And later in the same episode, she’s seen dancing in some fields.
Pal Kelly Zajfen describes her as “head of morale” during her time on the set of TV show Suits, to which Meg replies: “I like to plan fun for everyone.”
At the end of episode six, Meg is joined by other members of her “Mom Squad” for Mexican food, cocktails and games of Mah Jongg on the patio.
She even teases her next book might be Game Night Cooking.
In the same episode, she manages to style out a slightly embarrassing moment, when she squirts juice over her arms and face while juicing a blood orange.
She says: “I’m fine, that woke us all up.”
