Meghan Markle Slams ‘Real Housewives,’ Calls Them ‘Caricatures Of Women!’
Meghan Markle invited Andy Cohen to her podcast where they had a discussion about The Real Housewives and why she stopped watching the franchise.
In the latest episode of Meghan’s podcast, ‘Archetypes,’ she welcomed Andy Cohen, Trevor Noah, and Judd Apatow to the show, titled, “Man-ifesting a Cultural Shift.” During the show, Meghan and her guests spoke about labels placed on women, how it holds them back, and how men in the media can impact the conversation. The Duchess of Sussex revealed during the episode that she had been a huge fan of Andy’s show, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen and even tried to get on it during her time on ‘Suits.’
“I was so eager to be on your show because I was such a Housewives fan at the time and I just couldn’t get booked, Andy.” Markle added.
The Bravo executive joked that not having her on the show was “the biggest blunder in 13 years of the show, so it’s a great story.” Andy, 54, asked Meghan if she still watches The Housewives.
“I guess the million-dollar question is, do you still watch The Housewives? This is what we’ve been dying to know.” She responded with, “Well, I will tell you the truth. I stopped watching The Housewives when my life had its own level of drama that I stopped craving.” Cohen finished her sentence with, “other people’s.”
Meghan also spoke about her favorite franchise.
“I get why it was such a huge, huge part of pop culture. And when it began, because you began with Orange County and I’m from California, at least it felt remotely like a world that I knew, but still felt so foreign.”
She continued, “But I mean, I would say almost every one of my friends still watches it and I go, ‘Why are you watching that? There’s so much drama!’ And it’s because it’s entertainment. It’s entertaining to them.” The actress said The Housewives franchise feels so familiar because it’s been on for so long before telling Andy, “You created an Empire!”
Andy commented on the show’s reach and said people love judging human behavior and that it’s a guilt-free way for the viewers to “gossip about friends who aren’t really our friends.” However, Meghan said in a voice-over that she was conflicted about the show’s success given what it is based on. “Are we exploring giving women the space and allowance to be exactly who they are? As complicated, layered, challenging, funny, silly, etc. Or, in a franchise like Housewives, are we fueling the fire of archetypes by creating caricatures of women?”
Andy also brought up Meghan possibly joining The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
“It had to have bubbled up to you somewhere that you moved to the States and everyone is like, ‘Oh, she should join the Beverly Hills Housewives.’ I’m like, ‘She ain’t joining the Beverly Hills Housewives, everybody.'”
Meghan said while laughing, “I never heard that!” Cohen even suggested that the show would be built around her, but Meghan refused, saying, “There will be no reality show! But I think it’s so funny. No, I never heard that. I never heard about the Beverly Hills of it all.”
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