Meghan Markle’s new Netflix show ‘is renewed for second season’ just days after first episodes were panned by critics and fans
Meghan Markle has had her new Netflix show ‘renewed for a second season’ just days after the first episodes were panned by critics and fans.
The Duchess confirmed the news on her Instagram this afternoon, when she uploaded a story with the caption ‘I’m thrilled to share that season 2 of With Love, Meghan is coming!’
During each of the eight 33-minute episodes, which dropped on Tuesday, Meghan was joined by guests as she offered lifestyle tips from inside a rented $8million (£5million) mansion near the Sussexes’ Montecito home.
Despite the show being largely panned by media outlets on both sides of the Atlantic, the controversy that continues to surround Meghan is said to be the reason TV bosses were convinced to renew the series, according to People.
‘This may raise a few eyebrows but one thing which Netflix love is controversy – and this show certainly created alot of debate,’ a TV insider told the Sun.
They added: ‘Many were so scathing about the eight-part series that they thought there was no way it would get another season.
‘But it seems the streamer is delighted with the chatter its created on both sides of the Atlantic this week.’
With Love, Meghan is comprised of eight episodes of 33 minutes and features brief appearances from her husband Prince Harry. It is the second collaboration between the couple and the streaming giant.
The series aimed at showing a new side to the Duchess of Sussex – in what could be the last roll of the dice to salvage her and Prince Harry’s lucrative $100million streaming deal.
Meghan Markle on her new show which has been renewed for a second season, according to reports
The eight episode series shows Meghan inviting famous friends to her house and features brief appearances from husband Harry
The episodes feature Meghan inviting famous friends to a California estate where she shares cooking, gardening and hosting tips.
However, the new series was slammed by reviewers as ‘gormless lifestyle filler’ with a ‘tangible desperation’ following its release.
Others said it shows the Duchess is ‘attempting to cling to fame by any means possible’, while another described how she was ‘joylessly filling kids’ party bags with seeds’.
Guardian TV writer Stuart Heritage said the series was ‘so pointless it might be the Sussexes’ last TV show’ and ‘might also be the final thing she makes for Netflix’.
The Telegraph gave the show just two stars. In a review, they said the series was an ‘exercise in narcissism, filled with extravagant brunches, celebrity pals and business plugs’.
In one episode, Meghan insisted her surname was Sussex as she corrected her celebrity friend and The Office star Mindy Kaling.
The Duchess of Sussex called herself a ‘latchkey kid’ who ‘grew up with a lot of fast food and TV tray dinners’, listing off US chains Pollo Loco, Taco Bell and Jack In The Box.
But Mindy seemed to get under Meghan’s skin with her response, as she said: ‘I don’t think anyone in the world knows that Meghan Markle has eaten Jack In The Box and loves it.’
Trying to hide her frown with a smile, she replied: ‘It’s so funny you keep saying Meghan Markle, you know I’m Sussex now.’
Meghan shared a number of recipes throughout the series, including for spaghetti, a honey and lemon cake and a cooked breakfast.
Meghan said her new show had helped her to ‘find herself’ again.
But despite her huge two-million-strong following on social media, she insisted she instead saw as a ‘female founder’ and ‘entrepreneur’ rather than an influencer.
The series has been filmed inside an $8million (£5million) mansion on a sprawling estate just two miles from the Sussexes’ Montecito home.
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