March 19, 2025

Jimmy Fallon takes aim at Meghan's pretzel-bagging antics

Jimmy Fallon takes aim at Meghan's pretzel-bagging antics

The mockery of Meghan Markle's Netflix show has now reached late-night television, with Jimmy Fallon becoming the latest celebrity to take aim at the Duchess's pretzel-bagging antics. During a "Trivia Night" segment on The Tonight Show, Fallon's...

The mockery of Meghan Markle's Netflix show has now reached late-night television, with Jimmy Fallon becoming the latest celebrity to take aim at the Duchess's pretzel-bagging antics. During a "Trivia Night" segment on The Tonight Show, Fallon's sidekick Steve Higgins asked: "What is the number one question that mystifies scientists?"When Fallon suggested, "Is there life on another planet?" Higgins responded: "Ooh, no. Why does Meghan Markle make her own pretzel bags? They don't know why."

As the audience erupted in laughter, Fallon chuckled: "That's interesting. She takes it from one bag and puts it in another bag, and that confuses people."They were, of course, referring to that now-infamous moment in "With Love, Meghan" where the Duchess transfers Trader Joe's peanut butter pretzels into her own personalized bags with neat string bows. "This, we're just going to put into a different bag," she explains in the show, later adding that she labels the contents for allergies despite already knowing her friend doesn't have one.

The Duchess was twice scheduled to appear on Fallon's show in 2022, with her September appearance canceled after Queen Elizabeth's death and a December appearance mysteriously scrapped after NBC claimed to have made a "mistake" with the announcement. Prince Harry did make an appearance last September, though he skipped the traditional interview format in favor of screaming his way through a haunted maze.

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Calorogus, shark media at all low and welcome to Palace

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Intrigue Game, your host, Mark Francis. The Mockery of Meghan

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Michaels Netflix show has now reached late night television, with

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Jimmy Fallon becoming the latest celebrity to take aim at

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the Duchess's pretzel bagging antics. During a Trivia night segment

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on The Tonight Show, Felon's sidekick Steve Higgins asked, what

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is the number one question that mystifies scientists? When Fallon suggested,

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is their life on another planet? Higgins responded, oh no,

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Why does Megan Markle make her own pretzel bags? They

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don't know why. As the audience erupted in laughter, Fallon chuckled,

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that's interesting. She takes it from one bag and puts

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it in another bag, and that confuses people. They were,

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of course, referring to that now infamous moment in With

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Love Megan, where the duchess transfers traded Joe's peanut butter

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pretzels into her her own personalized bags with neat string bows.

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This we're just going to put into a different bag,

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she explains to the show, later adding that she labels

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the contents for allergies, despite already knowing her friend doesn't

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have one. The Duchess was twice scheduled to appear on

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Fallon's show in twenty twenty two, with her September appearance

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canceled after Queen Elizabeth's death and a December appearance mysteriously

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scrapped after NBC claimed to have made a mistake with

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the announcement. Prince Harry did make an appearance last September,

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though he skipped the traditional interview format in favor of

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screaming his way through a haunted maze. Fallon joins a

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growing chorus of critics, including Netflix stars Whitney Cummings, Katherine Ryan,

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and Christina Pozitski, as well as Great British Bacoff judge

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Prue Leith, who bluntly stated she's not a Megan Michael fan.

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Even Vogue Williams, whose husband Spencer Matthews is the brother

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in law of Kate's sister Pipper Middleton, couldn't resist commenting

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on Meghan's rainbow fruit platter, asking incredulously, who does that?

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There is, however, a silver lining to Megan's much beligned

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cooking show. Despite the critical Drubbing with Love Meghan has

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apparently sparked a tourism boom for Montecito, the upscale California

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enclave the Sussex's call home. According to Samuel Jeffery's senior

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growth marketing manager at Boken, Online, searches for Montecito have

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skyrocketed to four hundred twenty four thousand in the past

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month alone, with Montecito hotels searchers searching a remarkable three

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hundred and fifty four percent. The show, while not filmed

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that the Sussex's actual residence but at another local property,

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has even inspired wellness trends, with search for wellness Retreat

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California rising twenty nine percent. It seems the Duchess's domestic

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activities have sparked culinary curiosity as well. Searches for family

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cooking classes have increased by thirty one percent, while beginners

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cooking classes are up twenty five percent. Even Megan's bee

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keeping segment appears to have created buzz, with one hundred

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and ninety eight thousand people searching for bee keeping, a

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twenty two percent increase. Perhaps the tourism boost will offer

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some comfort amid the storm of criticism the second season

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reportedly already filmed, is set to air this fall. Prince

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Harry has emerged victorious in his immigration status battle after

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the Department of Homeland Security rejected claims that the Duke

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received special treatment when moving to the United States. In

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heavily redacted documents released Tuesday, a DHS lawyer stated that

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Harry's application followed all applicable rules and regulations, despite speculation

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that he may have lied about his drug use on

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visa paperwork. The documents were made public following a lawsuit

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by the right wing Heritage Foundation, which had sought to

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prove Harry concealed his drug history, which he openly discussed

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in his memoir Spare and the Netflix series. The release

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contains page after page of blocked out text, with officials

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arguing that revealing Harry's immigration status would subject him to

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harassment and unwanted contact by the media and others. Jared Panter,

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chief FOIA officer at DHS, firmly rejected allegation of preferential treatment,

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writing this speculation does not point to any evidence of

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government misconduct. The records do not support such an allegation,

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but show the regulatory process involved in reviewing and granting

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immigration benefits, which was done in compliance with the Immigration

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and Nationality Act. The Heritage Foundation remains unsatisfied with Niall Gardner,

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telling The Daily Mail that the American public deserved to

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know how he entered the country and if he did

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so legally. Gardner expressed hope that the incoming Trump administration

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might release the full, unredacted file. Donald Trump, who once

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said he wouldn't protect Harry, recently changed his tune, telling

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The New York Post he wouldn't deport the Duke because

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he's got enough problems with his wife. Harry's representatives have

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declined to comment on the case. In The Independent, Rosamond

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Hall writes Megan Michael doesn't know how to open champagne

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properly and is giving me nightmares. Rosamond tells us I

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wanted to reach into my television, pull the touches aside

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and have a chat about safety and sparkling wines before

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someone loses an eye. I don't know one person who

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has the time to do any of the things she does.

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My child is lucky if he gets a sandwich cut

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in the shape of a dinosaur, let alone flowers on top.

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I do think the debut series could have come with

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a health warning. Episode two is a tutor fource in

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how not to open a bottle of champagne. Honestly, I screamed.

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I wanted to reach into my television, pull the dentis aside,

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and have a vital chat about safety and sparkling wines

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before someone loses an eye watching Megan casually remove the

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cage and then just potter about the kitchen having a

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chat plaiting up a Tata or while she's essentially stood

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next to a loaded gun. That cork could have exploded

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out at any point and taken someone out. Remember, people,

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if you're opening champagne, prosecco cover, or any sparkling wine

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that has a cage on it, that thing is there

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for a reason. The pressure inside a champagne bottle is

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much higher than the air pressure in a car't tire.

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It can fly out at speeds of up to sixty

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kilometers per hour. Get the cork out as soon as

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the cage comes off, please, or better still, use the

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gauge as a little bit of extra grip to safely

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open the bottle and enjoy the spectators. James Dellingpole doesn't

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hold back in his assessment of the Duchess's show writing.

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The harder Megan tries to persuade us that she is warm, approachable, likable, normal, homely,

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the more you're inclined to suspect the opposite, delling Pole adds,

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you almost feel sorry for her, At least you would

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if you weren't thinking about all the hapless production team

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members whose lives were no doubt made a living hell

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during the making of Operation Make Meghan Seem Nice. It's

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as if a rich, connected bird eating spider had commissioned

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itself an eight part series in which it was to

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be portrayed through as a gambowling newborn lamb. The challenge

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was always going to be tricky. That's quite the vivid

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metaphor from the Spectator, one that surely won't be appearing

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in any of Meghan's future promotional materials. Palace Intrigue were

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right back on a more positive royal note. King Charles

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and Queen Camilla have arrived in Belfast for a series

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of engagements across Northern Ireland. Their majesties were welcomed by

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enthusiastic crowds as they visited the cobbled commercial court, widely

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considered one of the city's most historic areas and voted

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Belfast's most beautiful street in twenty twenty two. The royal

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couple was hosted by Willie Jack, who received an MBE

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in twenty twenty three for his service to arts and

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tourism in Northern Ireland. Jack has spent over forty years

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in Belfast's hospitality business, and alongside his wife Joanne, has

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transformed what was once a run down area into a

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vibrant community and tourist destination. Following their visit to Commercial Court,

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where they spoke with business owners, tour guides and florists,

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the King and Queen to the Sea Holy Gallery, Established

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in twenty nineteen. The gallery supports and promotes local artists

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from across Northern Ireland, with traditional music playing in the background.

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Their Majesty's viewed portraits of local people representing Belfast's diverse

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culture and workforces. The visit monks another step in the

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King's gradual return to public duties following his cancer diagnosis

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earlier this year, with a monarch continuing to balance medical

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treatment with a carefully managed schedule of engagements. Queen Mary

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of Denmark has returned to royal duties after being forced

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to cancel engagements due to illness of the Australian born

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monarch visited a school in Valens Bay to observe work

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related to her namesake Mary Foundation, which tackles social issues

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including bullying, domestic violence and loneliness. This marks her first

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public appearance since March fifth, when she abruptly canceled her

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attendance at the Heart Association's annual awards ceremony. During her

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school visit, Queen Mary met with students and heard from

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the school council about improving well being throughout the institution.

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The royal couple has a packed schedule ahead, with a

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state visit to France from March thirty first to April second,

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followed by their daughter, Princesses of Bella's eighteenth birthday celebrations

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on April twenty first, and then a trip to Japan

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at the end of April. Mary became queen when her

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husband Frederick ascended to the throne following Queen my Greatest

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abdication in January of twenty twenty four, and they have

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