Earlier this week, we reported that Meghan Markle was left humiliated when Netflix downgraded her contract in a big way. Now, things have gotten even worse for Meghan as she’s been hit with some brutal career advice by a reality television star.
Meghan Gets Some Blunt Career Advice
Bethenny Frankel, 54, is a businesswoman who is best known for previously starring on The Real Housewives of New York. In a new interview, Bethenny is offering some blunt career advice to Meghan, 44, and her husband Prince Harry, 40.
In a wide-ranging interview with Us Weekly, Bethenny implied that the various projects that Meghan and Harry have tried to launch since stepping down as senior royals in 2020 have not “landed.”
“They didn’t want the fame, but they didn’t want to give up the lifestyle, because it’s expensive,” Bethenny said. “Now they’re living in Montecito, and it’s hard for things to land.”
“It’s hard to land all of those things, and they wanted to do it in a timely manner because they realized there was a certain window of opportunity, so they made all these different deals. And business is really hard,” she continued. “I respect that relationship and that loyalty to each other, and I just don’t think it’s that easy. If it was so easy, everybody would be good at doing it.”
Watch Bethenny talk more about Meghan in the video below.
Meghan And Harry’s Netflix Deal
After stepping down as senior royals in January of 2020, Meghan and Harry signed a $100 million contract with Netflix. That deal is set to expire next month.
Earlier this week, it was announced that Meghan and Harry have signed a new “multi-year, first look deal for film and television projects” with Netflix. This is nothing short of a major downgrade from the previous Netflix deal that they had, much to their embarrassment.
This new deal means that Netflix will have the option to say yes or no to new film and television deals from the couple before anyone else can.
Meghan and Harry desperately tried to spin the new deal in a positive light as they jointly announced it with Netflix. According to them, this deal is “extending their creative partnership” through Archewell Productions.
According to experts, however, this deal is nothing to celebrate. Especially compared to the lucrative $100 million Netflix deal that Meghan and Harry signed in 2020.
Under that deal, Meghan and Harry could get virtually any project they wanted green-lit. This resulted in multiple major flops for Netflix, including the docuseries Polo and the recent With Love, Meghan. It appears that Netflix has finally realized that Meghan and Harry simply don’t have their fingers on the pulse of what the public actually wants to watch.
“They have shot the golden goose of 2020 – more of a ‘we’ll call you’ than ‘here’s the checkbook,'” leading publicist Mark Borkowski told Daily Mail. “It’s a first-look deal, which means Netflix gets first dibs but no obligation to bankroll every semi-royal whim.”
“I reckon Netflix is trimming fat industry-wide, so this is less carte blanche, more curated cameo,” he continued. “They’re still in business together. Meghan’s As ever brand and seasonal specials keep them in the Netflix shop window but make no mistake, this is a slimmed-down sequel to the blockbuster original. So Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix chapter is less champagne budget, more Prosecco by the glass.”
Meghan And Harry’s Netflix Flops
Meghan and Harry started off strong at Netflix with their 2022 documentary Harry & Meghan, which they used to shamelessly bash and mock the royal family. That documentary scored 23.4million views and became the most viewed documentary ever through its first four days.
Once Meghan and Harry had exhausted all of their anti-royal anecdotes, however, it was all downhill for their Netflix efforts from there.
Indeed, Meghan’s recent docuseries With Love, Meghan failed to crack the top 300 at Netflix. In fact, it came in at 383 when it came to the most viewed Netflix shows for the first half of 2025. Meanwhile, Harry’s passion project Polo currently ranks 3,436 out of around 7,000 shows on Netflix.
It doesn’t get much more humiliating than that, folks!
Meghan and Harry think so highly of themselves that they will undoubtedly be extremely embarrassed to be receiving such brutal career advice from a reality TV star like Bethenny. Only time will tell if Meghan and Harry will ever bounce back from all of this!