Meghan Markle made Netflix show to roast royal family, Whitney Cummings says
Whitney Cummings believes Meghan Markle’s Netflix show was made to subtly roast the royal family after she and husband Prince Harry famously quit in 2020.
The comedian took to her TikTok on Tuesday to share her “hot take” that the Duchess of Sussex created her lifestyle show, “With Love, Meghan,” to get “revenge” on the royals.
“I don’t think she’s trying to make a good show for you guys, no offense,” Cummings said. “This has nothing to do with making a good show. This show, to me, is just her subtly roasting the royal family. This isn’t made for us. This is made for, like, 30 people in that castle. That’s all she’s doing.”
Cummings, 41, pointed out that one of the things Markle, 43, teaches her viewers is the “really easy” way to make sun tea at home.
“She’s like, ‘Tea is not a big deal. You just put it outside and let it steep in the sun. It’s not fancy,’” Cummings said. “Tea is like their thing over there! She’s like, ‘Tea should just be enjoyed, it doesn’t even matter what temperature it is.’ Burn!”
A second example Cummings gave was how Markle makes her own fruit preserves and spreads, because she doesn’t like how sweet store bought jams are.
Cummings reminded viewers that her estranged father-in-law, King Charles, has been making and selling his own jams since 2010.
“And her whole thing was like, ‘Oh jam’s too sweet. It’s way too much sugar, so I do preserves,’” Cummings said.
The “Good For You” podcast host also cited Markle’s decision to walk around barefoot and to not overly style her hair as ways that she’s “trolling” the royal family.
“She’s just doing this with her in-laws, like, she’s just making this show at them,” she continued. “Like, it’s not for us you guys. The fact that she keeps going, ‘It’s not about perfection, it’s not about perfection’ –– that’s what the royal family is all about.”
Cummings clarified that she’s “not defending either side,” because being a princess also feels like a “nightmare” to her.
“I just see people losing their minds being mad at the show,” she concluded. “I don’t think she cares if you like it. It’s just a big F you to the prom court over there across the pond.”
Cummings followed up her hot take with another TikTok video where she argued that the show might actually be “good for young girls” to see what a modern princess actually looks like.
“What if this show is good?” she began in a TikTok video Wednesday. “What if this is the show that puts the end to the super toxic princess fantasy that little girls grow up with?”
Cummings joined several other people –– including Markle’s own father, Thomas Markle –– who have shared their mixed opinions over the Netflix series.
The lifestyle series, which was recently renewed for a second season, shows Markle sharing her hosting, cooking and home tips.
Markle did not explicitly talk about her and Harry’s past with the royal family, but she seemed to subtly shade her past life by raving about her “new chapter” post-royal life in Montecito, Calif.
“This feels like a new chapter that I am so excited that I get to share,” she said during the last episode, while later adding, “All of that is just part of that creativity that I’ve missed so much.”
Markle and Harry, who wed in 2018, famously stepped down as senior royals in 2020 and later moved to California with their kids: son Archie, 5, and daughter Lilibet, 3.
