Meghan Markle's latest television endeavor, With Love, Meghan, has turned out to be an undeniable disaster—an outcome that surprises no one except, perhaps, Meghan herself.
Netflix has officially canceled plans for a second season, with CEO Greg Peters making the difficult decision to pull the plug before further damage could be done. Unsurprisingly, Meghan is not handling the news well. The show’s performance was nothing short of catastrophic, receiving a dismal 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Even professional critics struggled to find anything redeeming about it. Worse still, the audience score plummeted even further, as viewers widely criticized the series for being pretentious, out of touch, and so poorly executed that even a middle school play might have outshone it.
Netflix executives reportedly saw this failure coming from miles away. Greg Peters had allegedly cautioned his team months in advance that the project was doomed, but whether due to misplaced optimism or contractual obligations, the streaming giant proceeded anyway. Now, as backlash reaches critical levels, Netflix’s board is scrambling to cut its losses, starting with canceling season two before Meghan could even select her next designer kitchenware set. Instead of accepting that the show failed due to its own shortcomings, Meghan has reportedly chosen to shift blame onto Netflix executives. Sources indicate that she erupted in anger upon hearing the news, accusing Greg Peters of misogyny and discrimination. Allegedly, she berated the team for failing to market the show properly, insisting that its downfall was due to poor promotion rather than its awkward execution, weak script, and lack of audience demand.
Following the humiliating reception of With Love, Meghan, Netflix’s board held an emergency meeting to discuss damage control. Their conclusion? Wipe their hands clean of the entire debacle. While a second season had been tentatively greenlit in case the show miraculously performed well, the overwhelming failure left executives with no choice but to shut it down permanently. Even those who initially supported Meghan’s involvement admitted that the project was beyond saving. To make matters worse, internal discussions at Netflix revealed that a significant number of subscribers were threatening to cancel their memberships. With recent price hikes already sparking frustration, many were outraged that Netflix had invested in a project that had failure written all over it from the start. Viewers were simply unwilling to pay extra to watch Meghan Markle attempt to be relatable from the comfort of her multi-million-dollar mansion.
Some Netflix board members are still entertaining the idea of giving Meghan another shot with a different project—perhaps out of sheer stubbornness—but the likelihood of her securing a new deal beyond 2025 appears increasingly slim. Public interest in her content has dwindled, and unless she manages to reinvent herself, her time with Netflix seems to be running out. True to form, Meghan is not going down without a fight. Reports suggest she is making desperate attempts to reverse Netflix’s decision, pulling every string she can and playing every victim card in her arsenal. However, if Netflix has learned anything from this experience, it’s that investing in Meghan Markle is the business equivalent of setting a pile of money on fire.
As Netflix moves forward, one thing remains certain: With Love, Meghan will be remembered as one of the most spectacular misfires in the streaming giant’s history.
