The Comment Section
In recent weeks, things have gone from bad to worse for the woman they love to hate. The latest catastrophe to hit is her Netflix project, a cooking show.
That is hardly surprising because cooking shows are a dime a dozen, there are even cooking channels. While we all need food and most of us like eating it, watching people cook isn’t quite the same, even if the cook concerned is a master chef or simply someone we like.
Her new series was scheduled to start January 15 but has now been delayed until March 4 due to the ongoing crisis in California. However, there is a short preview trailer on YouTube. The screengrab below shows what happened when an attempt was made to archive the relevant page; it had already been captured a staggering 81,824 times in one day. Usually a page will be archived once a day at most, and many pages are not archived for years.
From this number and from the fact that it has been viewed over 1.7 million times since it was uploaded on January 2, one might surmise that this preview is popular and the show is likely to be a roaring success. If you so surmised, you have surmised wrong. The vast majority of people appear to have visited the page to hate-watch this preview. The rest of this article is made up of a tiny selection of the (at the time of writing) more than 68 thousand comments, almost all of them hostile or at best neutral.
“How to create an authentically inspiring lifestyle show
1. Do not use your home kitchen, rent one instead
2. Do not invite your family, invite D listers instead
3. Do not wear everyday ordinary clothes, wear designer brands instead, accessorized with tons of fine jewelry most esp. when marveling at beehives
4. Do not use a affordable serve-ware and tableware that common folks use, instead use hard to pronounce luxe brands sourced from Europe
5. Prepare food that has been instragrammed to death by original content creators
6. Speaking of content creators, copy ALL OF THEM such as the Marchioness of Bath, Martha, Joanna Gaines
7. Add a sprig of mint on EVERYTHING to elevate your meals including boiled eggs”
“When I read the comments, I take great pleasure in realizing that while Netflix has lost its mind and values by producing this ridiculous show stuck in the 2000s time warp, the internet users are sharp, witty, brilliant, incisive, and hilarious! I won’t watch this unworthy, absurd, and shallow show, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading the comments!”
“Meghan Markle has set a new record for the highest number of dislikes @Netflix must be so proud of their star”
“Why would anyone want to watch someone who doesn’t speak to her family, has caused a rift between her husband’s family, denies her children any of their relatives, dumps friends left and right and has such a bad reputation?? Think about it Netflix……”
“Everyone’s invited. Except her father, sister, brother, aunts, uncles, cousins, or in-laws. Plus most of her former friends. Meghan clearly does not seem to understand that she is universally hated just about everywhere, which means she’s not relatable, and most people will not watch this. But rather than blame herself for yet another miserable failure, she’s trying to blame the marketing team at Netflix. Unbelievable....”
“I paused this video at 7 seconds, and read the comments for two hours. That’s entertainment. Thank you, America.”
“It’s so refreshing to hear real people using their authentic voices! That Netflix investment won’t be a total loss; they can monetize these comments.”
“Netflix should do us all a favour and just scrap Meghan Markle for good. She’s not liked and we don’t want to see her. Neither her nor Netflix are getting the message. Awful woman.”
“You know from these comments she’s going to cry ‘See this is PROOF! The online trolls are so mean to mee! They just hate me cuz of my race!?’ NO for the vast majority like 99% of people here it has nothing to do with race, and has everything to do with legitimate criticism of your rich privileged narcissism.”
“Why delay the show, meghan will still be a P. O.S. in March. meghan didn’t delay the Oprah show when Prince Phillip was dying, did she? meghan will probably blame Oprah for that one.”
“I came to read the comments only. Watching the Duchess of Nothing or hearing her voice makes me ‘feel’ awful. She wants us to feel something? I’m feeling something. Then I read comments, and now I feel good!! I’m happy to know I’m not alone with my bad feeling about this fake, self-absorbed, greedy, dishonest and Cruel woman. Thanks for keeping the comments open Netflix!”
“What does it mean when Netflix has a launch party for its new shows and ‘With , love, Meghan’ isn’t listed?”
“She crapped all over the Royal Family & the British public then bakes a classic British Victoria sponge cake on her undeserved cookery show…Can’t make this stuff up.”
Finally, the two, both short and sweet which are arguably the best:
“Everyone’s invited.
No one’s coming.”
And
“Happy Birthday Catherine Princess of Wales we love you God bless”