Insiders say Meghan Markle has been left devastated as she receives the cold shoulder from yet another former friend<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/meghan-chrissy-scaled-e1755791922113.jpg” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”Screenshot” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”19px||16px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
Fans criticised the celebrity line-up on the second season on With Love, Meghan<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
Dropping the trailer for the latest installment of her Netflix series last week, fans expected to be salivating over not only Meghan Markle\u2019s delicious home-cooking hacks, but over a guest list dripping with famous faces ready to make and bake with Monetcito’s new domestic duchess.<\/p>\n
So when the trailer for the second series dropped on YouTube and teased just ONE celebrity, Meghan\u2019s long-term pal, Chrissy Teigen, the clip received just over 3000 likes, while the \u2018dislike\u2019 button received so many clicks (over 32,000) that the channel decided to discreetly hide them.<\/p>\n
A Hollywood insider said of the guest list last week, \u2018It\u2019s very underwhelming. It’s really down to Meghan to get the stars. Where is Oprah, Michelle Obama or a Kardashian, even? It is just a bunch of random people she knows’.<\/p>\n
Not only that, but in the same week, Meghan, 44, was faced with yet another celebrity snub when Mariah Carey, who previously appeared on Meghan\u2019s ill-fated \u2018Archetypes\u2019 podcast in 2022, claimed during an interview that the only \u2018member of the Royal Family\u2019 she had ever met was Sarah Ferguson.<\/p>\n
‘Fergie [Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York], I thought she was cool,\u2019 Mariah replied ahead of her performance at King Charles\u2019 Sandringham Estate last week \u2013 another potential snub for estranged Meghan, who has not returned to the UK in three years.<\/p>\n
And now a source tells Closer that Meghan had been desperately trying to woo over more celebrities to prove to Netflix that she still has the power to pull in big names, but that the reality of her dwindling popularity has been \u2018devastating\u2019 for the duchess, who fears the show will be a disaster.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228050107.jpg” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”Mariah Carey, American record producer, singer-songwriter” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
Mariah appeared to snub the Duchess<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
The insider says, \u2018When Meghan and Harry first set up in LA over five years ago, the idea of them trying to woo D-listers would have been totally unthinkable. Meghan was certain they\u2019d be socialising with the cream of Hollywood for a long time to come \u2013 it didn\u2019t enter her head that they\u2019d find themselves scrambling for friends or celebrity advocates like this.<\/p>\n
\u2018She went into this whole Hollywood journey with Harry convinced they\u2019d be immediately at the top of the food chain, and hanging with people like the Obamas and the Clooneys, those types of respectable power players.<\/p>\n
\u2018But that hasn\u2019t happened. It\u2019s been rejection after rejection and while she would never admit to it publicly it\u2019s no secret that she\u2019s devastated by it.\u2019<\/p>\n
Riding on the wave of their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, during which the world heard Meghan and Harry\u2019s take on the alleged bullying and isolation they experienced within the \u2018firm\u2019, the couple found themselves welcomed with open arms into the most exclusive Hollywood circles.<\/p>\n
Their friends at the time included A-listers Oprah, Gayle King, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom, the Obamas, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia Rossi, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz. Even Beyonc\u00e9 also thanked Meghan for her \u2018strength and leadership\u2019.<\/p>\n
However, when Meghan launched her new lifestyle brand last April, sending out 50 jars of homemade strawberry jam, the only high-profile celebrities who publicly supported her by posting on social media were Chrissy Teigen and Kris Jenner.<\/p>\n
At the time, her first foray into podcasting had been the perfect opportunity for Meghan to show off her new celebrity entourage, interviewing guests such as Mariah, Serena Williams and Paris Hilton. <\/p>\n
And in May we reported how Meghan was \u2018making moves\u2019 to reconnect with the likes of former First Lady, Michelle Obama, who she met first in 2018. <\/p>\n
At the time the pair \u2018spoke at length about supporting and empowering women\u2019 and clearly made an impression on one another. The following year, Meghan interviewed Michelle as a guest editor at Vogue magazine, during which the Duchess described her new friend as \u2018kind, inspirational, motivating\u2019.<\/p>\n
In March, Meghan also streamed a Zoom call with Gwyneth Paltrow, who later teased that she would be open to appearing on Meghan\u2019s show. <\/p>\n
But now the source said that Meghan has been left feeling \u2018embarrassed\u2019 that her expectations didn\u2019t come to fruition when it came to crunch time.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2166228849.jpg” alt=”Perdro Pascal” title_text=”Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visit Colombia” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
The Sussexes are running out of A-list support<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
The insider says, \u2018She came in with these huge expectations and the harsh reality is she hasn\u2019t been able to get traction with the A-list, so now she\u2019s having to totally adjust her expectations and is turning to people who are just happy to be included.
\u2018That\u2019s how she ended up having Chrissy Teigen appear on the show. Chrissy had this big public fall from grace over the 2011 online bullying scandal and that left her pretty radioactive, so it was an obvious yes for her.<\/p>\n
\u2018And right now the truth is Meghan needs people around her who won\u2019t say no. It\u2019s got to be pretty embarrassing for her.\u2019<\/p>\n
They continue, \u2018Meghan has milked her talent agency [WMA] for recommendations and hook ups but that\u2019s only gotten her so far and now \u2013 as brutal as it sounds \u2013 she\u2019s having to look at the next level down and scrape the barrel a little.\u2019<\/p>\n
Meghan\u2019s fall from grace comes nearly six years since she and Harry stepped down as senior royals.<\/p>\n
But while sharing their experiences of life and love behind-palace-walls had been the golden goose that catapulted them into the Hollywood elite and the good graces of Netflix, the public soon began to side with the Royal Family.<\/p>\n
Following Queen Elizabeth II\u2019S death in 2021, both King Charles and Kate Middleton were diagnosed with cancer last year and, naturally, Meghan and Harry\u2019s tirade against them began to leave a very bitter taste.<\/p>\n
However, with their new deal with Netflix set to leave them a lot less comfortably sitting on their pedestals as they are forced to create good content to be approved for their \u2018first look\u2019 contract \u2013 which means Netflix also have the right to turn down their ideas \u2013 the source says the couple are becoming increasingly \u2018desperate\u2019.<\/p>\n
They tell us, \u2018People are turning down Meghan\u2019s invites or flat out ignoring her, as well as Harry, because they clearly don\u2019t want to be tarnished by association. It\u2019s really that simple, as well as the fact they\u2019re commonly viewed these days as a pair of try-hards, which is not a good look because it makes them seem desperate
\u2018To be fair to Harry and Meghan they do have some friends to count on but very few of them are famous and that\u2019s a big blow to their ego as well as their brand. They haven\u2019t been photographed with a true A-lister in ages and that speaks volumes.\u2019<\/p>\n
Now the source says Meghan is being forced to face up to the reality of the situation and knows she has to lower her expectations for the time being.<\/p>\n
The insider says, \u2018She\u2019s not given up on wooing the likes of Beyonc\u00e9, Jennifer Aniston, Eva Longoria and other like minded liberal A-list types but at the same time she\u2019s being realistic.<\/p>\n
\u2018She and Harry are trying to put a brave face on the whole thing, saying it doesn\u2019t help that they live so far away from Hollywood in the relative wilderness of Montecito. But everyone knows they\u2019re just deluding themselves with that excuse.<\/p>\n
\u2018The truth is, no A-lister in their right mind would want to hitch their wagon to the Sussexes because there\u2019s just way too much drama and baggage attached.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Aboreto|||on|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
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