{"id":242307,"date":"2026-01-20T09:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/242307\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:50:08","slug":"meghan-markle-cancels-netflix-series-to-focus-on-lifestyle-brand-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/242307\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle cancels Netflix series to focus on lifestyle brand, reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Love, Meghan debuted on Netflix in March last year and ran for two eight-episode seasons.<\/p>\n

Markle described the concept for the show as \u201creimagining the genre of lifestyle programming, blending practical how-tos and candid conversation with friends, new and old\u201d.<\/p>\n

The show, shot in a rented house in Montecito, California, featured a slew of special guests including The Office actress Mindy Kaling, TV personality Chrissy Teigan, and US celebrity chef Tom Colicchio.<\/p>\n

An early episode received mass ridicule online after Markle was seen repackaging store-bought snacks, such as nuts and berries, into her own labelled bags for a kitchen segment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so glad Meghan Markle has a new show on Netflix where I can watch her take pretzels out of a labelled bag and put them into a new bag \u2026 then label it,” one X (formerly Twitter) user wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the IDIOT who thought she could modernise the monarchy. The jokes write themselves,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n

The Suits actor was also mocked online after correcting Mindy Kaling after the comedian called her Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so funny, too, that you keep saying Meghan Markle. You know I\u2019m Sussex now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"MeghanMeghan Markle and Mindy Kaling on an early episode of With Love, Meghan. Photo \/ Netflix<\/p>\n

Markle opened up about her love story with Prince Harry in an early episode of season two, which premiered last August.<\/p>\n

She told viewers it was the Prince, who she calls \u201cH\u201d, who first admitted he was in love during the couple\u2019s courting stage.<\/p>\n

Critics derided the show, saying it was boring and one calling it \u201cultimately uncompelling\u201d.<\/p>\n

Netflix subscribers did not take to it either, with the first season failing to crack Netflix\u2019s Top 10 list.<\/p>\n

Page Six did report that a special Christmas episode titled Holiday Celebration did crack the Global Top 10 list, although the official ratings won\u2019t be confirmed until next month.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail reported this month that Markle would release a cookbook this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201c2026 is looking like another big year for her. There will be more wine and definitely more homeware too, but she will ease off selling her biscuit and crepe kits,\u201d their source said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Love, Meghan debuted on Netflix in March last year and ran for two eight-episode seasons. Markle described…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3225,74,4463,3043,28721,48901,156,1958,263,49610,23493,2510,1094,111,139,69,90,766,8145,1963,1305,2044,61,142348],"class_list":["post-242307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-according","tag-after","tag-brand","tag-call","tag-cancels","tag-decided","tag-entertainment","tag-focus","tag-lifestyle","tag-markle","tag-meghan","tag-multiple","tag-netflix","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-reports","tag-run","tag-series","tag-show","tag-time","tag-to","tag-twoseason"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}