Meghan Markle’s much-awaited series, With Love, Meghan, has been met with negative reaction from TV critics.
With Love, Meghan was finally released on on Tuesday (March 4) after being postponed by the series of wildfires affecting Southern California.
The lifestyle series consists mainly of cooking and baking content, with some gardening and other hostess activities. Many famous faces appear during the documentary series, including The Office star Mindy Kaling, Abigail Spencer and Victoria Jackson.
With the 43-year-old hoping to share her “personal tips and tricks”, while “embracing playfulness over perfection” and “highlighting how to create beauty in unexpected ways”, critics haven’t been impressed with largely negative reviews.
The Independent called the show “exhausting” and dubbed the crafting tasks “one part Pinterest, one part posh Blue Peter”.
With Love, Meghan was released on Netflix after postponing its January release (Image: Netflix)
Katie Rosseinsky wrote: The heady blend of aesthetic curation, inspiring truisms and those inescapable edible flowers might well leave you feeling a bit queasy – or simply worn out at the prospect of having to adequately perform gratitude for all the thoughtful touches involved in Meghan’s ‘guest experience’.”
The Daily Mail savagely wrote: “It is so awful it is almost compelling and sources within hope it will prove irresistible to a ‘hate-watch’ audience of those who don’t like Meghan.”
Marina Hyde, a columnist for The Guardian and The Rest is Entertainment host, said: “For Meghan, it’s supposed to assist her transformation into domestic guru.
“If you don’t mind arching an eyebrow at the lifestyle lunacies of fellow Montecito resident Gwyneth Paltrow, then at least have some consistency and give yourself a pass on this one. This show is sensationally absurd and trite, and if you watch it, you know it.”
With Love, Meghan has been largely been criticised by TV critics but there’s been some praise (Image: Netflix)
Other outlets were keen to give a more positive look at the series. The Standard gave the series four out-of-five stars, with praise for its food tips and chats with cooks.
Melanie McDonagh wrote: “So, will this series fly? For laughs perhaps. But if you’re the kind of person who wants to be shown how to make a daisy chain or who gets a thrill from seeing the home life of our Duchess as she wants us to see it, or who wants tips on making pasta the way no Italian ever did (sitting on veg, in a frying pan cooked with water from a kettle), why it’ll be just your cup of tea.”
Despite being underwhelmed by the claim Meghan’s house would be “reimagining the genre” Radio Time’s Caroline Frost was more positive in her review.
With Love, Meghan is the second show to be released as part of the Sussexes’ deal with Netflix (Image: Netflix)
She shared: “This isn’t the most offensive TV show in the world, and useful for those who need to know how to pour Epsom salts into a jar, pour boiling water over pasta and daisies on a plate, but Brooklyn Beckham needn’t worry about giving up his chef’s hat just yet.
“Meghan says she’s hoping to make magic out of ‘elevating ordinary things’. But this ordinary? Will enough people find basic sufficiently beautiful to get the hordes buying the merchandise as is the plan?
“Time will tell. Has Meghan reimagined the genre as promised? Not so much, but I’ll keep watching.”
With Love, Meghan is part of a multi-million dollar deal with in September 2020. to “develop scripted and unscripted series, film, documentaries, and children programming for the streaming service”.
The series follows Harry & Meghan, which was released in 2024.
All episodes of With Love, Meghan are currently available on .