Dec. 29, 2025

Netflix Draws the Line With Director Meghan as Press Staff Exits, Bad Reviews and Royal Pushback Pile Up

Netflix Draws the Line With Director Meghan as Press Staff Exits, Bad Reviews and Royal Pushback Pile Up

Fresh reports suggest tensions are growing between chatgpt://generic-entity?number=0 and chatgpt://generic-entity?number=1, with insiders claiming the streamer has firmly blocked her from moving into a directing role on upcoming projects. Sources...

Fresh reports suggest tensions are growing between Meghan Markle and Netflix, with insiders claiming the streamer has firmly blocked her from moving into a directing role on upcoming projects. Sources allege Meghan pushed aggressively for creative control, prompting what one insider described as a blunt refusal.

The scrutiny continues as Archewell Productions faces criticism over new projects, including a romantic comedy adaptation and a documentary, both accused by commentators of blurring the line between storytelling and personal grievance. Meanwhile, the New York Post has named With Love, Meghan among the worst television shows of the year, branding it “bland nothingness.”

Behind the scenes, communications chief Meredith Maines has exited after less than a year, becoming the latest in a long line of Sussex PR departures. Reports suggest the role will not be replaced, fueling further questions about instability inside the operation.
Back in Britain, claims are circulating that Princess Anne is quietly working with Prince William and Queen Camilla to block any reconciliation with Meghan, while tensions at home are said to be rising after Prince Harry took a solo ski trip to Aspen.

And finally, Meghan’s lifestyle ambitions are now facing open satire, with a pilot-run parody brand in California finding global success selling tongue-in-cheek products inspired by life in Montecito.

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Calorogus Shark Media at a long and welcome to balance Intrigue.

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I'm your host, Mark Francis. There are fresh claims of

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tension between Megan Mikel and Netflix over the limits of

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her role in future projects, with reports suggesting the streaming

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giant has firmly ruled out her ambitions to move into directing.

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Celebrity reporter Rob Shooter says the Duchess of Sussex has

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been keen to expand her creative control beyond producing, but

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has met resistance from Netflix. According to the report, Netflix

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has drawn a clear line when it comes to Meghan

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directing her planned romantic comedy The Wedding Date. One industry

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insider is quoted as saying she was turned down outright,

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with no meetings, no maybe's, no second chances. Another source

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explained the reasoning, saying they are fine with Meghan as

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a producer, but giving her the director's chair that was

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never going to happen. Netflix is not interested. The same

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report claims Meghan pushed strongly for the role, with one

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source saying Meghan didn't just float the idea, she pushed hard.

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A further insider alleged that once on set Meghan attempted

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to take control of multiple aspects of production, saying she

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was trying to micromanage everything, casting choices, camera angles. It

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got out of hand fast that, according to the source,

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prompted a decisive response from Netflix. They basically said, Nope,

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absolutely not. Someone has to draw the line. In the Express,

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Jess Phillips writes, Meghan Michael might have just dealt the

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ultimate insult to Queen Camilla from her Montecito mansion. The

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Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry have announced

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various new projects in recent days, with their production company

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Archwell Productions getting involved in both a Netflix rom com

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and a new documentary to premiere at the Sundance Festival.

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I've written that passed about how I think both are

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bad moves for the non working roles, but having taken

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a deeper dive into both projects, I've noticed both run

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the risk of taking very public swipes at the royal

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family Back in the UK, Megan has managed to make

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this project well about her. It's gone past focusing on

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the girl Scouts and more about Harry and Meg's. She

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said in the statement, as a former girl scout, myself

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with my mom A's my troop leader. I have a

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personal affinity for this film, and I'm proud that all

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our conversations and collaborations have led to Archbold Productions partnering

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with this award winning team to executive produce this incredibly

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captivating documentary. The documentary isn't the only risk she's running.

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Archwell has teamed up to produce the rom con The

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Wedding Date, adapted from Jasmine Guillery's best selling novel. The

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problem with that is that it's the first book in

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a series, and the fourth if it gets to a

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Netflix adaptation is called Royal Holiday. The plot follows an

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American woman traveling to England to work for the Royals.

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American Vivian follows from Malcolm, a man who has worked

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for the Queen for years. Strangely reminiscent of Harry and

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Meghan's real life love story, isn't it Megan and Harry

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I once again reshaped their communications operation, with their chief

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communications officer, Meredith Mainz, stepping away after less than a

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year in the role. Mainz, who joined the team in January,

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is departing after roughly ten months. Sources close to her

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told Page six she's unflappable and does not complain. She

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really enjoyed her time there, but at a certain point

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it's time to go. Those familiar with her work say

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Mainz came from a background in venture capital and technology,

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an unconventional fit for a royal adjacent operation, but when

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they argue, proved effective. The source said, coming from the

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VC and tech industries, she's used to so many things

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going on at all times, and credited her with launching

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Meghan's podcast in television projects while overseeing Prince Haroites while

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overseeing Prince Harry's charity work. According to that insider, Mains

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did what she needed to do and already has a

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bunch of stuff lined up for the new year. Mains

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herself confirmed the move in a statement saying, after a

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year of inspiring work with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke

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and Duchess of Sussex and Archwell, I will be pursuing

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a new opportunity in twenty twenty six. I have the

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utmost gratitude and respect for the couple and the team

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and the good that they are doing in the world.

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A spokesperson for the couple who confirmed the change, saying

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Meredith Mainz and the Method Communications have concluded their work

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with Archwealth. The Duke and Dodges are grateful for their

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contributions in which them well. According to the Sun, Mains

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will not be replaced as chief Communications Officer, with YUK

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and Europe Communications Director Liam Maguire stepping in as the lead.

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The outlet also reported that another agency is believed to

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have been lined up to handle the couple's communications needs

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in the US. This latest departure is said to be

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the eleventh publicist or communications figures to part ways with

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the Sussexes in the past five years. The Royalist Thom

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Sykes writes it will be difficult to spin this as

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anything under the crap show. Senior pr figures do not

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quit up to seven months unless something has gone badly wrong.

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Did Mainz jump or was she pushed? The New York

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Post included with Love Megan on their list of worse

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TV shows of the year. They write, It's hard to

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say what the worst part of this show was. The

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lack of its reason to exist, as none of her cooking,

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hosting or flour arranging tips were anything you couldn't easily google.

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The too obvious artifice of it all as Markel reportedly

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didn't even host it in her own home, but a

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staged fake TV residence, or merely the fact that there

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was dreadfully boring. With Love Megan was a show that

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proves that it's not enough to be a celebrity. You

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need to have something to say. Otherwise it's planned nothingness

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that might as well be on screen static, which is

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what With Love Megan was. There are new claims that

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the Princess Royal has been quietly exerting influence behind these

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scenes to prevent any reconciliation with Harry and Megan. According

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to the National Examiner, Princess Anne has been working discreetly

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at Windsor Castle, aligning with Prince William and Queen Camilla

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to block any potential return, and urging King Charles the

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Third to bar the Duchess of Sussex from royal settings altogether.

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And inside it told the public Ocasion, Ann doesn't tend

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to interfere or get involved with public politics all that often,

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so when she does speak up and offer her opinion,

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it counts for a lot, and says it's madness that

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childs would countenance any type of reconciliation or forgiveness. Let

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alone allow this upstart anywhere near them. Another insider claimed

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if Meghan does decide to come back to the UK

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and finds herself in the same room with Anne or Camilla,

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she'll get extremely short shrift, adding that it would be

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just about the most fearsome combination imaginable, more ballace in

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just a moment. Meghan Markle is said to be feeling

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increasingly sidelined after Prince Harry took a boy's ski trip

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to Aspen, a move that sources claim has deepened tensions

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at home. According to an insider quoted by Style, Harry

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returned from the trip in high spirits, telling Meghan that

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the time away did him a world of good, that,

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remarked the source says, did not land well with the

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Duchess of Sussex. The insider added, Megan doesn't see the

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need for a grown man to take the little time

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he has off and spend it away from his family.

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While Meghan is reportedly willing to accept occasional solo trips,

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the problem, according to the source, is Harry now saying

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he wants to do this far more often, pointing to

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his friends as proof that is totally fine and normal.

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From Meghan's perspective. However, the insider says there is nothing

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fine or normal about it, adding that she worries Harry

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maybe venting about their marriage to his friends, which she

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finds deeply unsettling. Another insiders said Harry has tried to

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reassure Meghan, explaining that he simply needs a little space

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to breathe and insisting that trip is not a sign

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of deeper problems. Meghan, however, is reportedly unconvinced. As the

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source put it, she's not taking it lightly. She's in

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full panic mode. And here's a fun theory. Harry has

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been taking shots at President Trump in hopes that Harry

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gets deported and has to move back to the UK.

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Royal expert Hillary Fordage tells The Globe, if Harry's home

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life is as unpleasant as we've seen, this may be

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a deliberate attempt to get deported. It's entirely possible. If

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you look at the both of them, they are individual trajectories.

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What is she doing building her brand? She's building a

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Netflix show, Love Megan. She's going back on social media.

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He wants to have protection in the UK. They are

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going in two completely different opposite directions. A palace saw

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says he's secretly begging his father to take him back,

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and then the question becomes, what's Meghan to do? She's spiraling.

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An American airline pilot has launched a satirical lifestyle brand

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aim squarely at Meghan Markle, using humor and pointed slogans

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to poke fun at the Duchess of Sussex's post royal ventures.

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Rachel Maxwell, a thirty six year old commercial pilot, runs

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a website called Montecito Minimalist, which sells candles, mugs, sweaters,

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tote bags and other items style to resemble the look

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and tone of Megan's as ever brand. The difference lines

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in the messaging. Maxwell's products carry slogans such as no titles,

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just taste burnt bridges and backpedaling, privacy and paparazzi and

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let them eat flowers sprinkles. One of her most popular

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lines featured the phrase recollections may vary, a line used

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by Queen Elizabeth Sis second response to claims made by

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Prince Arian Meghan Markle doing their twenty twenty one interview

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with Oprah Winfrey. A candle bearing that slogan is described

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on the site as being for moments when the lighting

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is soft, the camera is rolling, and the truth is flexible.

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Speaking to The Daily Mail, Maxwell described her project as

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a cheeky satirical brand based off a certain someone who

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lives in Montecito, adding that it was never intended to

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be cruel. It doesn't come from a place of cruelty,

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she said. Instead, it's meant to be fun, lighthearted, letting

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people be in on the joke. It's a little bit

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of Catharsis. Maxwell said the idea began as a creative

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outlet and modest attempt to earn extra income after noticing

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the boom and celebrity backed lifestyle and brands. I'm not

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a millionaire, I'm not married to anyone famous, she explained.

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I bought a domain for eleven dollars and a shop

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trial for a dollar a month. I thought I'd see

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if it would work. While Maxwell insists her satire is

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rooted in publicly available material and not personal attacks, she

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acknowledged skepticism toward wealthy celebrities presenting themselves as victims. These

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people have enormous power and influence and access to pr

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people and were meant to sympathize with them, she said,

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I asked, why is someone trying to get us to

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feel sorry for them in a mansion? She said. She

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was surprised by the international response, with customers ordering from

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places such as Singapore and Dubai. I realized the collective

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eye roll wasn't just by Americans and Brits. It was global,

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