{"id":1980570,"date":"2025-08-26T15:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1980570"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:06:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:06:01","slug":"meghan-markles-painful-second-season-of-with-love-meghan-trashed-by-uk-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markles-painful-second-season-of-with-love-meghan-trashed-by-uk-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s &#8216;painful&#8217; second season of &#8216;With Love, Meghan&#8217; trashed by UK critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The second season of Meghan Markle\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81770808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d premiered<\/a> on Netflix Tuesday \u2014 and the negative UK reviews came pouring in.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian\u2019s Lucy Mangan <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2025\/aug\/26\/with-love-meghan-season-two-review-so-painfully-contrived-that-its-genuinely-fascinating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eviscerated the series<\/a> as \u201cso boring,\u201d \u201cso painfully contrived\u201d and \u201cso effortfully whimsical\u201d that it \u201cdoes become almost fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reviewer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/13\/celebrity-news\/meghan-markle-fans-outraged-over-bully-chrissy-teigens-guest-appearance-in-with-love-meghan\/\">gave guest Chrissy Teigen a shoutout<\/a> as the \u201chigh point\u201d of the show and insisted the celebs making cameos weren\u2019t \u201cpaid enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Meghan Markle\u2019s second season of \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d has been trashed by UK critics. <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Reviews from across the pond dropped immediately after the Netflix premiere Tuesday. <span class=\"credit\">JAKE ROSENBERG\/NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Times <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/life-style\/celebrity\/article\/with-love-meghan-series-2-hilary-rose-r0hs2kt5k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a similarly scathing take<\/a> on Markle\u2019s project, referring to the host as \u201ca woman in need of some cash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilary Rose told the outlet the \u201cbaffling\u201d series occupied \u201cthe sweet spot where irrelevant meets intolerable\u201d and made her \u201crock back and forth in a darkened room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Anita Singh from the Telegraph <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/tv\/0\/with-love-meghan-netflix-season-2-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">labeled \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d as \u201ctone-deaf\u201d<\/a> because the \u201cepisode about cocktail-making in Malibu is dedicated to the first responders and victims of the California wildfires.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Guardian called the series \u201cpainful.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Times, meanwhile, labeled the project \u201cirrelevant\u201d and \u201cintolerable.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Netflix\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reviewer, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/16\/royal-family\/step-inside-meghan-markle-and-prince-harrys-14m-montecito-mansion\/\">called the \u201cMontecito Marie Antoinette\u201d<\/a> a \u201cneedy\u201d host did highlight the former actress \u201cdrop[ping] her Type-A perfection\u201d and seeming \u201crelatively normal\u201d in some \u201cself-deprecating\u201d and \u201clikeable\u201d moments.<\/p>\n<p>Critics across the pond <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/04\/entertainment\/meghan-markles-pointless-netflix-show-trashed-by-uk-critics\/\">said much of the same<\/a> when Season 1 premiered in March, while being praised by American reviewers.<\/p>\n<p>Markle, notably, tuned out the noise and celebrated the show making it into the streaming platform\u2019s Top 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to all of you around the world who are tuning in! \u2764\ufe0f\u201d the \u201cDeal or No Deal\u201d alum gushed via Instagram at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>As for The Telegraph, the outlet\u2019s reviewer called \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d a \u201ctone-deaf\u201d show and the host \u201cneedy.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The first season was met with similarly scathing reviews in March. <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later that same week, the series had already been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/07\/entertainment\/meghan-markles-netflix-show-with-love-renewed-for-season-2\/\">renewed for another season<\/a>, with Markle joking to her followers, \u201cLettuce romaine calm \u2026 or not (!) I\u2019m so thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d was part of Markle and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/05\/19\/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-are-married\/\">husband Prince Harry<\/a>\u2018s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/23\/celebrity-news\/meghan-markles-exclusive-100m-netflix-deal-is-done-but-more-tv-projects-are-coming-soon-from-her-and-prince-harry\/\">$100 million Netflix deal<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six reported earlier this month that the couple recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/11\/royal-family\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-new-netflix-partnership-wont-come-close-to-previous-100m-deal\/\">extended their partnership<\/a> \u2014 but for \u201cmuch\u201d less with an amount that is \u201cno risk for Netflix but saves them both reputationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Markle hit back at hate during an interview with Emily Chang on Monday. <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI knew who I was trying to meet,\u201d the \u201cSuits\u201d alum said. \u201cThey loved the show.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Markle hit back at those hating on her show during an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7CtBsylelBo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with Emily Chang<\/a> on Monday, quipping, \u201cI knew who I was trying to meet. If you know your audience, you know your demographic, they loved the show. My partners loved the show. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why they have a Season 2, and why we have more fun coming,\u201d she continued. \u201cAre they saying negative things and then going home and secretly making single skillet spaghetti? Possibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/12\/royal-family\/with-love-meghan-season-2-trailer-drops-on-heels-of-meghan-markle-and-prince-harrys-humiliating-netflix-deal\/\">second season of \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d<\/a> began streaming on Netflix Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second season of Meghan Markle\u2019s \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d premiered on Netflix Tuesday \u2014 and the negative UK reviews came pouring in. The Guardian\u2019s Lucy Mangan eviscerated the series as \u201cso boring,\u201d \u201cso painfully contrived\u201d and \u201cso effortfully whimsical\u201d that it \u201cdoes become almost fascinating.\u201d The reviewer gave guest Chrissy Teigen a shoutout as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1980571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21741,23067,23191,22769,23614,21913],"class_list":["post-1980570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-meghan-markle","tag-netflix","tag-royal-family","tag-series","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Meghan-Markles-painful-second-season-of-With-Love-Meghan-trashed.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}