Meghan Markle receives major snub just as Netflix show renews for second and third season
Meghan Markle received a major snub just days after it was revealed that her Netflix show has been renewed for a second and third season.
The Duchess of Sussex debuted the first season of her show, With Love, Meghan, in early March, which also aligned with her lifestyle brand, As Ever – of which the streaming giant is also a partner in.
As the lucrative deal with the platform is set to be renewed this year, Meghan’s team had been hard at work trying to bring more A-listers on the show. However, they were in for a major disappointment after they were rejected by a beloved star.
During The Nerve with Maureen Callahan podcast, it was revealed that Meghan was turned down by Dolly Parton after the Duchess’s team approached her for With Love, Meghan.
“Her team was livid,” celebrity commentator Kinsey Schofield cites a source during the podcast. “Because no, they don’t want to risk Dolly’s reputation Q score [and] her popularity by associating with Meghan Markle.”
Schofield added, “They knew that this ask was just to give Meghan Markle credibility in this lifestyle space, a space that Dolly does have a lot of credibility in.”
She suggested that Meghan’s team was “trying to take advantage of [Dolly’s] popularity” as apart from her country music success, she is also respected as a lifestyle guru with her variety of baking batter mixes and beauty products.
“Dolly is not only incredibly popular and loved by the general public, but she also is somebody who can float around within these different places,” the commentator said.
Callahan described the singer as “authentic” and claimed it would’ve been “spontaneous combustion of good versus evil” if she agreed to appear alongside “a fake royal” in her “fake kitchen”.
