Meghan Markle is launching a new podcast all about successful businesswomen, two years after her first podcasting deal with Spotify fell apart—and right as her own business ventures keep making headlines for their failure to launch.
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00:00Meghan Markle is launching a new podcast all about successful businesswomen,
00:04two years after her first podcasting deal with Spotify fell apart,
00:07and right as her own business ventures keep making headlines for their failure to launch.
00:11Take a look. It's called Confessions of a Female Founder, out April 8th,
00:15and here's the official show art Meghan shared on Instagram.
00:18And check out the name at the bottom. It's just Meghan,
00:20not Meghan Sussex, despite the Duchess insisting on that name in her new Netflix show.
00:25It's so funny too that you keep saying Meghan Markle, you know I'm Sussex now.
00:28Call her what you will, you wouldn't exactly call her first podcast a success.
00:32Archetypes ran for just 12 episodes before being abruptly canceled.
00:36The New York Post reports that Meghan and Prince Harry's massive $20 million
00:40deal with Spotify ultimately fizzled out because the couple simply didn't
00:43produce enough content to justify the massive payout.
00:45I'm just excited to be myself and talk and be unfiltered.
00:49And that's not all. The Vanity Fair cover story for February,
00:53American Hustle, reported that the convoluted pitch for Archetypes,
00:56Meghan interviewing women who supposedly embody certain stereotypes,
00:59then debunking that notion, wasn't even Meghan's idea.
01:02It's really about dissecting and unboxing these labels.
01:07That same report also featured inside sources claiming that Meghan acted like a mean girls
01:11teenager to her staff, and one employee even allegedly had to enter long-term therapy after
01:16working with her. But it's not just anonymous sources making these damning claims. After the
01:20deal crumbled, Spotify executive Bill Simmons called Meghan and Harry out on his own podcast.
01:25The f----- Grifters. That's the podcast we should have launched with them.
01:28Meghan's new show will be all about amazing women with massively successful businesses,
01:33according to her announcement. And yes, royal watchers have spotted the irony.
01:37She could do with a few tips herself.
01:39Meghan's current lifestyle brand, As Ever, has yet to put a single product up for sale,
01:44as of the making of this video, despite her Netflix show largely serving as an
01:47infomercial for those products, like those infamous edible flower sprinkles.
01:51Do they add flavor or is it decorative?
01:53It's just an accessory.
01:54As Ever is also the second brand name Meghan has cooked up, after having to axe American
01:58Riviera Orchard following trademark disputes. Meghan gave away 50 jars of jam to her famous
02:03friends. But the rest of us will have to wait, as the As Ever website isn't selling anything yet,
02:08though you can save your seat at the table by signing up to receive emails from the brand.
02:12Meghan isn't exactly known as a successful entrepreneur herself,
02:15which makes her pivot to business podcasting guru a little shameless,
02:18as the Daily Beast points out. It's also confusing, considering her last reinvention
02:23came just weeks ago, as she presented herself as a Montecito-based Martha Stewart with the
02:27debut of With Love, Meghan. Critics didn't buy the duchess as a picture-perfect hostess.
02:32Royal author Tina Brown called the series,
02:34"...unbelievably inauthentic and UK outlets were especially harsh,"
02:37with The Independent calling it,
02:38"...queasy and exhausting,"
02:39and The Telegraph labeling it,
02:41"...an exercise in narcissism."
02:43"...thank you for loving me so much and celebrating with me."
02:46In her latest announcement, Meghan says her work so far on Confessions of a Female Founder
02:50has been eye-opening and inspiring, so perhaps she'll spill some tea on why her own brand's
02:54journey has been such a disaster. At the very least, Royal Watchers are eager for some clues
02:59about what Meghan's brand is really all about, because, as ever, her public persona remains elusive.