"With Love, Meghan" has officially dropped...and so has the inevitable storm of critic responses. Turns out, there's one thing in particular people are up in arms about, and it's not something she said. It's something she wore.
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00:00With Love, Meghan has officially dropped, and so has the inevitable storm of critic responses.
00:06Turns out, there's one thing in particular people are up in arms about.
00:10Really? Yeah, yeah."
00:12Surprisingly, it's not anything she said. It's something she wore. Yep, the pale pink jumpsuit
00:17Meghan jammed while cooking in her luxurious Montecito kitchen didn't go over well with
00:22pretty much anyone. One ex-user asked incredulously,
00:25Why is she dressed like a mechanic? Another user could hardly even believe what they were seeing,
00:30writing,
00:31Please, someone explain this horrific outfit to me because Meghan Markle has got to be kidding."
00:36Meanwhile, another person couldn't help but notice the odd similarity between Meghan's
00:40Netflix getup and that of Don Knotts' Three's Company speed suit while playing the role of
00:45Ralph Furley. The user jokingly asked,
00:47Who wore it better? Meghan Markle or Don Knotts?
00:51Sure, it's a questionable fashion choice on the surface, but the real reason so many people have
00:56been quick to jump down her throat might have to do with the fact that she loves to wear
01:00down-to-earth clothes that have not-so-down-to-earth price tags. For instance, in the second episode of
01:05the show, we see her wearing Zara linen straight leg pants that cost only $50. Pretty reasonable,
01:11right? But what about the Loro Piana crew neck that goes for $1,325? Or the $395 Jenny Kane
01:19sweater that's slung over her shoulders? Yeah, those aren't the sorts of pieces that fall within
01:24a normal person's price range, and we'd venture to guess that this seemingly simple jumpsuit
01:28probably isn't a cheap fit either. This sort of discrepancy is never lost on anyone,
01:33especially these days, so it's definitely a head-scratching decision on her part to
01:38pander to working folks while decked out in pricey garb. In addition to the criticism
01:42surrounding her fashion, pretty much everything about the show has elicited negative responses.
01:47And we're not just talking about random ex-users, we're talking about a wide range
01:52of major publications.
01:53Don't you go there.
01:55The Irish Times found a way to dunk on her clothing and the general aesthetic of the
01:59show at the same time. After referring to Markle as a black hole of beige throughout,
02:04they summed up their scathing critique of the show in general by writing,
02:08"...lusterless and bland. It doesn't even rise to the status of a hate watch."
02:12Variety, meanwhile, noted how the entirety of Meghan's on-screen persona seems to be
02:16nothing more than an act. They wrote,
02:19"...Meghan's quirks come to seem like affectations from the multiple times she remarks on the beauty
02:23of an egg yolk to her dedication to placing edible flowers on just about any comestible."
02:29What are you sprinkling on it?
02:30Flower sprinkles.
02:31What? Are you Tinkerbell?
02:33Meanwhile, critics at Time magazine noted that it's quite strange how there simply isn't
02:38more to the show, especially when you consider Meghan's complicated history.
02:42They wrote,
02:43"...there has to be something remarkable, besides her jam-making skills,
02:46about a woman with the strength of will to extricate herself, her children,
02:50and a husband who'd spent his whole life within the institution from the notoriously
02:54controlling British royal family."
02:56The Guardian focused on the tone-deafness of it all and how it's fundamentally insulting
03:00to watch a rich, U.S.-based royal offer up lifestyle advice while the majority of her
03:05viewers struggle to make ends meet.
03:07When you go to the grocery store, sometimes you can get
03:11things that are beautiful and things that are really affordable."
03:15The outlet wrote,
03:16"...it's the lack of humor, irony, self-awareness and apprehension of the reality of this deeply
03:21unequal and apocalyptic world that makes With Love Meghan so unlovable in the end."
03:26And seriously, beyond the existential dissonance brought about by the show,
03:30we can't help but say it's a fantastically cringetastic experience watching someone
03:35who claims to be a culinary lifestyle influencer use a sharp kitchen knife the wrong way.
03:41Anyone with basic cooking experience is praying for the safety of her fingers.
03:45Tuck the nails, Meghan!
03:46So yeah, from her wardrobe to her show reviews to her kitchen etiquette,
03:51Meghan just can't seem to catch a break.
03:53We say that with love.
03:54Kind of.