It’s Sunday night and that means the all of the channels push all their best shows during primetime. It sucks every week to figure out how to DVR everything. But this Sunday is different. It is the much anticipated Oprah sit-down with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. I’m not a huge Royals fanatic but I am interested in this. So I really want to watch, and I’ll probably put up a post hitting the highlights. In order to do that, I have to push back RHOA to the second airing. I also have to push back a two hour episode of 90 Day Fiance, Searching for Italy with Stanley Tucci, Shameless, and Married to Medicine. I’m not sure if I’ll be recapping Married To Medicine.
Needless to say my DVR is a clusterfuck and it is on its last legs, so I’m holding my breath to see if this all works. I also have American Idol still in there somehow. It hasn’t been great this season so far, it VERY overproduced, but I am hoping it gets better.
So what are you guys watching tonight? Will you be watching the interview? Should I make a post about it? I’ve been out of wine and trying to get to the grocery store for at least two weeks. It’s really nice out. This could be the day. Maybe. If I can fight the pandemic funk. What are y’all up to?
I’m watching the Royal interview. I read that they got paid 7 million.
You read that wrong. OPRAH (Harpo Productions) got paid $7 MIllion by CBS for all the rights to the interview. Prince Harry and Meghan were not paid for the interview.
Thanks for pointing that out!
I’m so glad Oprah made some more money! Like she doesn’t have enough.
I guess she should just do it for free…
FOH
Jealousy and envy are not pretty.
I will be watching the Harry and Meghan interview. All the hit pieces that the Royal Family has been feeding to the British tabloids to try to turn the populace harder against Meghan in response to them even sitting for this interview has made me way more interested in their interview than I otherwise would have been.
I was also surprised to see Bethenny come out so viciously against Meghan Markle on social media as I seem to usually be in sync with her opinions on things.
Ohh! I missed it! What did Bethenny say?
I actually agree w/B on this. She said, “cry me a river…..the plight of being a game show host, fairly unknown actress, to suffering in a palace, w tiaras & 7 figure weddings for TWO WHOLE YEARS to being a household name w @Oprah on speed dial, fetching 7 m for interviews, hundreds of millions in media deals. #MARRY.”
And then, she explained her feelings further, “I chose reality tv, to work towards making $, to be scrutinized & criticized.I took the trappings & the beatings along with it. It’s a rose w petals & thorns. People beg to enter the often toxic institution I signed up for. That WAS the life I chose. You can’t play stupid & smart.”
I agree with this.
Which TT, you did clarify the 7M but the rest seems pretty on point.
DAYYYUM!! Good for Bethanny…I have to agree with her also. I think the Markel’s (and yes I say they are the Markels) did the right thing by moving back…she had no clue what she was getting herself into with the royals and the way things are done over there. And she may have been mistreated and hounded by the press but she doesnt really seem to be hiding from that over here …I think Meghan is strong-willed and wants things done HER way and that was not going to happen over there.
wont watch though…and I wish them the best of luck.
Stanley Tucci all the way for me on a Sunday!!
I like Bethany and I get what she’s saying but she’s comparing apples to oranges when she compares herself to what Meghan is going through. Bethenny is a B list reality star with a following in the millions, the harassment she would get is benign compared to Harry and Meghan. Bethenny opened herself up to criticism by being on a reality show while Harry and Meghan are just living a reality. IMO all they have to say is “yeah I don’t want to live in and raise my child in a place that protects pedophiles” and that should be enough for everyone. All that to say, I agree with you.
I agree with Bethany – I for one am very tired of this “our side of the story” on all fronts. The “spoke” on their African tour, they “spoke” in the book Finding Freedom and now they are speaking again. Like enough, get on with your life.
Nobody but the media wins in this situation
I guess this is how you attempt to control your narrative when you’re too good for Twitter. I thought their social media would be fired right up after they were free, and I don’t mean stupid press releases.
I agree with you. Where there’s this much smoke, there’s some fire. We have heard for yrs now how she pitched a fit over wearing a particular tiara & wanted it to prep for her hairstyle and was told it’s extremely valuable and would not loan out on such short notice. I would think there are insurance stipulations in place when the Crown jewelry is worn. Some are centuries old pieces.
I’m tired of hearing the whining myself. She had to have SOME idea before the wedding. There were tons of articles about all of the preparedness classes she took BEFORE the wedding.
There are just too many staffers that quit, claims of people being brought to tears, Katherine allegedly telling her she was too hard on staff. Too much has come out from too many sources vs Harry & Meghan’s version. I’m just over it. The “Firm” moved through history without the allegations of such enormous discord til Meg entered the picture. She’s is the variable in the equation (IMO).
Okay, I saw it now. Bethenny also needs some help with reading comprehension. CBS doesn’t pay “the talent” they pay production. SHE HAS TO KNOW THIS WORKING FOR BRAVO FOR SO LONG. She NEVER got a check from Bravo, she got a check from PRODUCTION.
Harry and Meghan were not paid, nor was their foundation. Why does Bethenny sound so butthurt and invested in Meghan Markle? There has to be more to the story for her to come for a pregnant woman in this disgusting manner. Not that I think Megan cares. As far as I know Bethenny doesn’t know Meghan Markle anymore than I do. This seems like a strange hill for Bethenny to choose to die on.
And Bethany haven’t dealt with family issues, both with her family and husband, should be a lot more empathetic.
I saw on Twitter that Bethenny was trying to hook up with Meghan’s ex-husband loll
Well that would certainly explain her odd venom…
Maybe the first thing Bethany has said that I agree with. Glad she said what many think. She gives Harry a pass, though, but I don’t.
Can’t wait for the big interview with Oprah! My husband is so happy because this means he get 2 hours of uninterrupted video gaming. Also happy for drama that doesn’t involve American Politics.
Also thinking about watching the movie I Do Care before the interview. Curious if anyone has seen it yet and their thoughts on it. I barely knew any of the movies that were nominated for Golden Globes but have no idea where to start.
I watched it and it made me very angry. I guess that means that they did a good job? It was the subject matter for me. It’s not a poorly done movie. It just got me all in my feels.
I’m an idiot. Just realized it’s called “I care a lot.” Good to know though!
It will involve American politics. I’m sure they will work a dig in there.
Watching the interview with Harry and Megan and then 90 day fiancé. Tucci tomorrow. Why don’t these networks try to be number one on a night when nothing is on? 😂
I fell asleep last night watching a Kardashians marathon. I’ve watched very few episodes of that, usually years later. But the final season is apparently going to be on FRIDAYS!!!! So I’ll probably watch. And somehow LVP’s stupid show has a Kardashian lead in! So I may watch that too, depending on how that all interferes with Drag Race.
Please watch them all when you can and then comment. I will probably
watch 90 day and watch the interview bright and fresh tomorrow morning
The Oprah interview, then 90 Day.
That’s it for me.
And…I forgot Tournament of Champions on The Food network. I gotta fit that in somehow too!
I tried but I can’t fit that in. I may try to remember to watch On Demand later. This week is already busy as hell.
Her October 2019 interview about thriving was really gross, completely out of touch, victim mindset. I actually liked her until then. I thought she was some kind of badass burning the system down, but nope. It will be interesting if she sticks to the victim narrative, which maybe she actually believes?
She’ll have some new, stupid nickname for him and the boy, she’ll be constantly groping her bump, she’ll talk about her dog or baking sourdough or arranging flowers or whatever is of the people, but not diaper changing level. She’ll have dramatic words like unsurvivable and incessant and overwhelming. She’ll blame the “paprazzi” and the “media” and the “pressure.” She won’t mention Kate. She won’t mention the Queen herself, she won’t give any specific about whatever this horrible treatment is. I don’t think she will cry, because it’s off brand, maybe a couple tears.
She wants attention, that’s why she booked a freaking Oprah interview. And she wanted it for herself, and that’s why it’s an interview about poor little her. If she wanted privacy or to be left alone like Chrissy Tiegen said, she should just stay in her mansion.
Diana was damn brave. The cameras were already following her, so she took them to somewhere that mattered, not a stupid primetime special about how heavy that tiara was. And LOL TT if you think she’s doing this for free.
It’s not my opinion. It’s a fact.
I will boil it down to one sentence: Harry lost his MOTHER because the paparazzi were chasing her.
Would you want something better for your children?
I believe — from the previews — that is his #1 reason for going on Oprah.
Compared to that — his children being safe — nothing else is of any import. Not the money to be made or not. Not what people say about Meghan. Nothing.
Exactly, Harry is terrified that the paparazzi will kill Meghan like they did his mother. He also saw all the shit she had to eat in the Royal family while Charles was treating her like garbage. He had no desire to put his wife and his family through all of that.
That say, perhaps Wyoming or Montana would have been better choices that LA. That plan seems to be all Meghan.
The vitriol towards her in some of these comments is rather disgusting. Like she has done something to them personally.
This
Why do people come for her so hard?
Why don’t they see the disparity in how she has been treated from the very beginning vs. how others have been treated? I can only imagine the crap she had to grin and bear behind the scenes.
Not watching the interview, I am so over Harry and Meghan who wanted out of the spotlight but never misses a chance to be front and center. I’ll be watching 90 Day Fiance, as usual.
I agree. I’m watching RHOA & Married to Medicine.
I’ll be watching the interview tonight. Harry will probably talk more freely now that he split with the royal family formally. Then 90 Day if I can stay awake that long haha
Meghan has always reminded me on the new neighbor you meet and before she even closes on the house she begins complaining about your community.
I look at how Meghan’s former coworkers act about her.
She was on “Suits” for YEARS before she met Harry. The regulars on Suits speak (and always spoke) very favorably about/toward her. She has remained friends with people she worked with many years ago (who were less successful than she was in the acting field). She did not ditch the less successful people as she made her way up. That tells me a lot about her character.
Nannette, sane comment based on facts seems like a good place for me to shut this down. I don’t need all this bizarre negativity today. The rest of you can take your comments to Bethenny’s timeline and work on some sort of posse to go burn Meghan at the stake. Just not here.