Netflix Staffers Who Worked With Meghan Markle Are ‘Over the Duchess’ and Call Her As Ever Products a ‘Nightmare’
The day finally arrived for Meghan Markle‘s big As Ever product launch. The Duchess of Sussex had been teasing her lifestyle brand launch for more than a year and had to work through several challenges that included a name change. But on April 2, she showcased a few items available for purchase including jams and teas.
Taking to Instagram, Meghan informed her followers: “Come shop the As ever collection I’ve poured so much love into. So excited to share this with you.” She added that quantities are limited because the items are seasonal.
She also introduced her collection via a newsletter, writing: “Ever since I can remember, I’ve been dreaming up easy ways to elevate the everyday into the exceptional. I always knew that I wanted to turn these ideas into something real and to make beautiful items that spark connection and celebrate quiet, meaningful moments. Maybe mimic the magic of Montecito in a way you can recreate at home.”
But unfortunately coinciding with her product debut is her husband, Prince Harry’s drama after he resigned from his Sentebale charity before the chair of the board leveled some damning allegations against him.
For some Netflix employees who worked with Meghan for this launch, they’re hardly surprised. Here’s what those insiders have shared about what they’re calling her “drama” and “logistical nightmare.”
Netflix staffers are over Meghan and the ‘logistical nightmare’ of her As Ever line
The serious accusations of “harassment,” “racism,” and “bullying” against Prince Harry from the Sentebale chairwoman couldn’t have come at a worse time as all the attention and focus was supposed to be on Meghan and her new venture.
But staff who worked on her show With Love, Meghan, and to promote her brand told the Daily Mail they’re certainly not shocked because: “There is so much drama surrounding them [Sussexes] once again that internally the team are over it before it’s even launched. It’s been a logistical nightmare, and the buying team are having an issue as they can’t work out what the demand will be.”
The insider added: “We’re already over it.”
Netflix is the duchess’s official business partner and the CPG division will begin selling her items from the lifestyle line at locations inside two stores opening in shopping malls later this year.
Meghan’s Hollywood pals will help her out with future product pushes
The former Suits star‘s first As Ever collection features a raspberry spread in keepsake packaging (customers can opt for the spread without keepsake packaging as well), herbal lemon ginger tea, herbal peppermint tea, herbal hibiscus tea, flower sprinkles, crepe mix, shortbread cookie mix (with flower sprinkles), and a limited-edition wildflower honey with honeycomb.
Meghan will reportedly be looking to her Hollywood pals and social media influencers, as she did in the past, to help push her new items in the coming weeks.
Sources have said: “People will be posting their jars of jam – they’ve seeded it to lots of influencers to get it out there and to plaster social media with ‘good vibes’ on launch.”
The prices for Meghan’s initial products range from $14 for her raspberry spread to $28 for her limited edition wildflower honey with honeycomb.
