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Meghan Markle’s new Netflix venture, With Love, Meghan, has drawn criticism from various corners since its March 4th debut. Social media users questioned Markle’s familiarity with her guests, whom she’d described as close friends, and pointed out her on-air correction of Mindy Kaling’s reference to her last name as “Markle,” not “Sussex.” Now, royal expert Kinsey Schofield weighs in with her own critique.
Schofield, host of the To Di For Daily podcast, shared her pointed assessment of the show with Fox News Digital. Echoing online sentiments, she expressed disappointment in Markle’s interview style, suggesting missed opportunities to engage guests like Kaling on more substantive topics.
“You’re standing next to Mindy Kaling, and you’re not asking her how she built her girl boss empire? Why?”
Schofield questioned, highlighting what she perceived as a lack of “humility or authenticity.”
Schofield further characterized Markle as “self-consumed and tone deaf,” arguing that the Duchess “needs to elevate the people around her instead of hijacking all the oxygen in the room.” The show itself, Schofield contends, falls short of its purported aim, coming across as “a blatantly obvious PR exercise that does not give us a glimpse of Meghan’s real world.”
The royal expert also took issue with the portrayal of Markle’s relationships, noting the apparent disconnect between the Duchess’s professed closeness to her guests and her lack of awareness regarding basic details about their lives. “She’s doing random arts and crafts in someone else’s house with people she claims are her very best friends but doesn’t know that they’re left-handed or allergic to peanut butter?”
Schofield quipped, adding, “And your ‘girl’ Mindy doesn’t know your last name is Sussex? It’s such a painful farce.”
Finally, Schofield dismissed the Duchess’s on-screen tips as “common knowledge,” even criticizing a suggestion as wasteful. “Her ‘hacks’ are common knowledge, and her definition of ‘elevating’ equals wasting 60 pounds of fruit and tracing lines on your paper menu with a pencil so you can erase them later,” she concluded.