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00:00Meghan Markle gonna be back on our screens potentially Charlie what can we expect from
00:05her return because people are saying she's back acting okay she's not acting uh I just have to
00:11make that abundantly clear yes she is reportedly returning to screens she will be featuring we
00:18believe in a new Amazon project that stars Lily Collins and Brie Larson however she's playing
00:27herself so I don't really think that we can call it acting last time I checked no one won the best
00:35actress Oscar for their own portrayal of themselves well she has to act like herself I mean you just
00:42said a mouthful because I could go down a rabbit hole with regards to Meghan acting like herself
00:49however she was reportedly seen on the set of this Amazon project sources who were very
00:57secretive about the whole thing they obviously don't want to lose their jobs yes but sources
01:01said that she was incredibly sweet to everyone that she introduced herself to everyone on set
01:06and that she seemed very relaxed and happy in front of the cameras keeping in mind this is the first
01:12time she's really been on the set of a kind of feature film tv show exactly since she was on suits
01:20um now obviously she's filmed a couple of Netflix projects since then I'm sure everyone watched
01:26with love Megan um season one and two but I guess there is something a little bit different between
01:33acting as yourself and acting as yourself so it remains to be seen exactly what will come
01:41of her on set appearance but I'm sure for people who were big fans of suits it will be a thrill to once
01:48again see her return to a fictional on screen project right she's back on a real set it's not just a
01:54staged house this time it's a real production but I do feel like I mean for me it feels like she's
02:01kind of stepping her way further and further back into the acting realm like she had her with love
02:09Megan show which was a production but now she's acting as herself do you think we're gonna see her
02:16try to make a return to scripted where she is portraying a different character I think it's such a
02:22difficult question to answer primarily because so much has changed for Megan since she was in suits
02:30and I mean that beyond she married a royal and you know upended the entire British royal family
02:37I think when Megan was in suits she was a very not going to use the word desperate determined
02:46she was very determined new to it sort of she was she you know and she did what a lot of up and
02:52coming actresses do she appeared on deal or no deal she appeared in some truly heinous independent film
02:58projects and when she finally got her big role on suits she really made a go of it you know she
03:05appeared on every red carpet she went to every event she took advantage of every opportunity in an
03:11attempt to really put herself out there exactly and I think so much has kind of flip reversed
03:19since then when she was a member of the royal family she experienced almost overnight that kind
03:26of fame that she had been lusting after for so long almost too much right but she wasn't allowed to enjoy
03:32the kind of perks of it she wasn't allowed to accept any freebies she wasn't allowed to go to big red
03:38carpet events it's not like she could present an Oscar at the Academy Awards right so for Megan
03:43I think well so for Megan it was like a catch-22 she kind of all of a sudden had almost everything that
03:49she'd been dreaming of but she wasn't actually allowed to enjoy any of that dream now she's in a position
03:56where I think she's still one of the most famous women on the planet but I truly believe she thinks that
04:03kind of scripted projects are a bit beneath her oh okay I get the sense that she doesn't necessarily
04:10want to be an actress like I don't think that act acting was her be all and end all I think for her
04:18it was a stepping stone to something greater something greater being directing producing all of
04:25that kind of stuff which she's obviously been given the opportunity to do through her Netflix deal
04:30but it remains to be seen whether she and Harry are actually going to be able to create a hit because
04:36thus far other than the Netflix documentary that they did in which they basically laid bare every
04:42torturous moment that they had during their time in the royal family right none of their projects have
04:46really taken off they really haven't I mean even Meg with love Megan didn't seem to get as much
04:52attention in the second season that the first season did once people may be like caught on I mean she does
04:57have that holiday special coming out with it but you know it's not really taking off either no and
05:05and I think the thing is not everyone is cut out to be a movie producer or to be a director like I hold
05:13my hands up I can gab all the long day about anything and everything but if you were to say to me like
05:19hey come up with a really good idea for a movie cast it direct it I'd be at a loss and I think
05:26you can't just expect every famous person to be good at whatever yeah and maybe if Megan is able to
05:37gain a bit more experience by making cameos on projects like this seeing people put into action
05:45different projects and really soak up more of the behind the scenes element of these kinds of you know
05:52on-screen dramas and thrillers and whatever it is maybe that will be the key to her kind of finding
05:59her own lane in the industry behind the cameras instead of in front of them well they have the
06:04rights to meet me at the lake and that was such a popular book but they announced that they have the
06:08rights to it and we haven't heard anything about casting when it's coming out where it is and everybody
06:14seems like they've been on the edge of their seat like okay I read the book I'm ready for it myself
06:18but no news from it and these things take time right like they do it's a really difficult thing
06:26in Hollywood because anytime a book gets picked up right you know you expect the movie to be released
06:32tomorrow but you know I actually interviewed an author recently whose book was kind of optioned by
06:38Hulu I was chatting to her about it and she said well listen like they have the option that doesn't mean
06:44that it's going to end up on screen it just means that they're the ones who have the opportunity to
06:49put it on screen if they want to and so often these kinds of projects fall through but I think that if
06:56Meghan and Harry are going to really make something of themselves in the Hollywood industry if they are
07:03going to make an impact they have to stop with all of the personal stuff I know that's what people want
07:10I know I know that's like a double-edged sword because that's what's working for them but then
07:14also look take take a leaf out of Victoria Beckham's book I regularly hold her up as the queen of
07:22reinvention after the Spice Girls she produced like a line of true religion genes there was a lot of
07:29bedazzling love and then she disappeared she went she had children she made a wonderful home
07:36she supported David as he moved around the world with his various different football sorry soccer
07:42teams and then after years away from the spotlight she came back and rebranded herself as a high-end
07:52fashion designer if at the end of the Spice Girls you had told me that Posh Spice was going to be
07:58designing couture I would have laughed in your face now not only does she have an incredible fashion
08:04line she has some of the best beauty products out there on the market she does and it's because
08:08she understood that in order to make it as a respected fashion designer she needed to get like
08:16let go of Posh Spice no no I want the Spice Girls to do a reunion she's now at a place in her career
08:23where it doesn't matter she can be Victoria Beckham and she can be Posh Spice right now Meghan and Harry
08:30are still Meghan and Harry if they want to be something beyond the Sussexes and the you know
08:37the royals whom exited then they need to create some kind of distance between the two things they
08:44have to stop having a go at the royal family they have to stop releasing tell all memoirs doing
08:49interviews with Oprah whatever it is and they need to basically rebrand themselves as whatever it is that
08:56they're trying to be whether that's Hollywood producers documentarians charity founders like
09:02lifestyle brand gurus jam makers you know they have so many options at their feet and they're trying
09:09them all and but you can't have your cake and eat it too I know and to your point we have a page six
09:15source that was saying that Hollywood is kind of getting a little tired of them yeah I mean I think the
09:21the atmosphere right now in the industry is like okay you're like internship is over you know like
09:29you kind of had the time you needed to settle in it's been five years since you've exited
09:36it's been five years since you signed your Netflix deal like it's time to kind of produce or get off the
09:44film set right I think is the truth and there have been some reports as you said sources kind of spoke to
09:51page six and alleged that there have been some I guess kind of difficulties with their behavior
09:59one person claims that Harry has shown up late to some very important meetings and that after he did
10:05so he then requested that high-powered TV executives provide him with hot chocolate his drink of choice
10:12you know I get it it's cozy I myself just had my first peppermint mocker of the season I get it
10:18but there's a time and a place you know I'm not going to walk into a meeting with the CEO of a
10:23company and be like hey got any hot chalk any little marshmallows you can pop on top um and so I think the
10:31the kind of feeling in Hollywood is like look what you're doing yeah where are you where is this going you
10:37know you have a very privileged life you have been given every opportunity like there are a few other
10:43people who can walk away from a job you know if we're talking about their roles in the royal family
10:48as a job they walked away from a job and someone was like here's a hundred thousand dollars or right
10:52here's a major platform million dollars like just make some stuff for us that is the the thing that
10:58most young budding directors and producers would give their left arm for and I think a lot of people
11:05in Hollywood are saying like you were not only given a leg up you were given an entire ladder
11:09what are you going to do with it and where are we going right exactly so it's understandable to me
11:15that people in the industry are perhaps feeling a little bit resentful and frustrated with what
11:21Meghan and Harry have done thus far do you feel like Harry is starting to feel the heat a little bit
11:27because we did have a story about how Meghan's Dodgers video kind of rode people the wrong way
11:34but other people were supportive of it it got mixed reviews she was cheering for the Dodgers
11:39celebrating in their what looked like a movie theater in their home yeah and then ran over to
11:44Harry right right to casually watch the world series for your is it your favorite baseball team
11:51and then Harry's like yay I mean Harry's reaction made me want to die inside me too and like okay so
11:58the one thing I would say about the movie of the movie the the video not being staged is like
12:04stage it well if you're going to stage it like if I was to ever pull some kind of baloney like that for
12:11my own Instagram you best believe I'd be there staging my boyfriend being like right when I say go
12:17you're going to jump up and be like Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers you're not going to sit there looking at me
12:23like I'm a raving lunatic which is what Harry did it was I can reenact it he was like he was he really
12:31was he was slumped back in his chair he looked like he wanted the chair to swallow him whole
12:36meanwhile Meghan and her friend are losing their naughty word running around in circles screaming
12:43and cheering and so I understand why people felt that it might have been staged and look what influence
12:51the video is not I was gonna say aren't they all staged but it did feel extra it felt I felt the
12:57same way when I saw Harry I was like oh yeah like my body is tensing up watching it and I'm not even
13:03in it but like if I was Meghan I would have done some artful cropping to just remove him and just
13:08pretended it was me and my friend you know like he doesn't need to be in every post maybe watch it
13:12back and just be like you you weren't really giving I'm gonna just not have you in it exactly or you
13:17weren't really giving get your booty back to the private movie theater so we can redo this
13:22you know because at the end of the day rewind that youtube tv and if it was if it was staged it can be
13:27staged again you know but yeah again it comes back to this whole thing of like what does Meghan want
13:33to be she was an influencer once upon a time she had the tig her lifestyle website which did well
13:40it did really well but you know back then influencing was posting those really embarrassing
13:45instagram filtered images of like oh here's a bottle of wine like bit blurry but grainy aren't I
13:51cool these days influencing is basically producing a mini movie every single day these people on tiktok
13:59are incredibly talented with their editing skills they really are consistency their variety of content
14:06and do I think that people are going to unfollow Meghan because of a staged video
14:11no no but either she is a mother and a wife and a business founder sharing glimpses inside her life
14:20candid glimpses inside her life or she's an influencer who's setting up a tripod in the corner of her
14:26private movie theater to you know film a frankly quite staged reaction I know and I just think you kind
14:34of have to make up your mind and then you know additional sources are saying that Harry is also growing
14:39frustrated with the amount of content being shared of him and their children right because they kind
14:44of wanted to take a step back at least from what we understood to move away from that and then it's
14:50like oh wait now we're seeing a lot of what your life is like and you know we've talked about it before
14:55it's a very difficult balance to strike Meghan only returned to Instagram January 1st this year
15:02and since then it seems to me that she has become more and more and more comfortable with sharing
15:09those like sneak peeks inside her life whether they're going to Disney World whether they're
15:14going to a pumpkin patch whether she's making cocktails with her mom whatever it is but you have
15:21to understand why people might be quick to shout hypocrite if you are on stage at an event accepting a
15:29humanitarian of the year award telling everyone how dangerous social media is and how we all need
15:36to keep our children away from it and then the very next day you're posting a video montage of you and
15:41your husband rocking around New York and then the next day you're at a pumpkin patch with your children
15:46who's you know who can be seen pretty much in full view in this clip um so I understand why people
15:54would be a bit confused about the mixed messaging I'm confused about the mix absolutely and I can
16:00understand if true that he's frustrated with it why he would be frustrated with it but she does at
16:05the same time need the platform because she's still trying to grow as ever she was just put on
16:11her bestie Oprah her neighbor Oprah's favorite things list for the holiday I mean honestly the way
16:17Oprah creates a web of people who must just suck up to her like nobody's business don't get me wrong
16:25if I had a product that I was trying to sell Oprah would be the first person I would call if she was
16:29in my phone book me too I would be like holiday gift guide right here is my product and I think
16:35Oprah also gave Megan a shout out for recommending another product she had like a lineup of Tatcha skincare
16:41I think it was yeah and she said you know oh I got this from my neighbor Megan um you know it smells
16:47like a forest because who doesn't want to smell like a forest I would love to always and also who
16:52doesn't want to smell like Oprah really I mean you know I love bread Oprah loves bread yeah we could
16:57have some of Megan's jam while we smell like forests on said bread I love money Oprah has money I you
17:03know I feel like it's a symbiosis yeah exactly um but yes to your point Megan does still have this
17:10fledgling business that she is trying to get off the ground and I know her products sell out every
17:15time they are put out there but we have to keep in mind limited quantities are being made this is not
17:22Whole Foods do you know what I mean she's not dispatching these are more small batch tens upon
17:27tens of thousands of jars of spread as we call it um you know she's not got enormous warehouses that
17:34are just filled with workers kind of filling boxes right this is an Amazon right exactly she
17:40has the backing of Netflix yes but Netflix has learned from its mistakes they put a hundred
17:45million dollars into Harry and Megan and they kind of got a bum deal so I think this time around
17:50they're going to be a little bit more cautious and take the view that it's better to build small
17:57than go over the top let's prove the value of the product before we invest too much money in it
18:03absolutely so having a little you know promotion from Oprah goes a very long way sure does
18:09and we'll see how it continues to grow we shall holiday season comes oh my goodness and then
18:14special we're just gonna have the Sussexes they're like we still need to take a step back but we will
18:19see them all throughout the holiday season shortly I mean dare I suggest that Oprah may make a cameo in
18:23the holiday special of with love Megan because that would be a coup for the ages that would be a
18:28real get for Megan and they film at her house exactly house yeah so Oprah could just come next
18:34door all right we'll be on the lookout for that for sure Montecito is basically a cul-de-sac of
18:38celebrities so it wouldn't take Oprah long to get there at all oh she's right on the street yeah
18:43okay Charlie as always thank you so much for your insight as always or as ever oh dang it I wish I
18:50thought of that myself that was a good one we're ending on that note
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