Meghan, Duchess of Sussex III

[canuckcutie]

You know their stock in Hollywood is sinking when they are getting a gossip rag like US Weekly to do damage control for them. I guess no reputable publications were interested in printing gushy testimonials from former Sussex staffers?

[cancan]

Sept 25, 2024 16:49:17 GMT -4 canuckcutie said:

You know their stock in Hollywood is sinking when they are getting a gossip rag like US Weekly to do damage control for them. I guess no reputable publications were interested in printing gushy testimonials from former Sussex staffers?

That's so bizarre to me. Were the NY Times, Washington Post, Puck, and AirMail all busy that day? Or is their head of PR truly incompetent?

Also strange to me that WME (1) didn't quash the Hollywood Reporter article and (2) allowed the Us Weekly clapback. Have H&M been dropped as clients?

[boxofrocks]

I thought WME's contract with the Sussexes was only for content deals only, and PR was fully in-house after they left Sunshine Sachs. Am I wrong?

[canuckcutie]

Yeah I think the Sussexes handle their own PR now. Or Archewell does it on their behalf. The Hollywood Reporter article implied the Sussexes had stiffed Sunshine Sachs on their bills.

Ari can’t be making any money from Meghan so I guess he can’t be bothered going to war with The Hollywood Reporter on her behalf. I think in the last year the only “new” deals are the one with Lemonada for a new podcast that still hasn’t materialized and the lifestyle brand that still hasn’t materialized.

[cancan]

Sept 25, 2024 17:53:41 GMT -4 boxofrocks said:

I thought WME's contract with the Sussexes was only for content deals only, and PR was fully in-house after they left Sunshine Sachs. Am I wrong?

I honestly don't know. The initial announcement makes it sounds like WME was going to do everything necessary to turn Meghan into an icon -- not just content, but business deals as well. I don't know if that extends to PR, but I do know that if Ari Emanuel cared about how Meghan was perceived, that article would not have been published.

"Film and television production, brand partnerships, and overall business-building will be explored. Acting will not be an area of focus." (I laughed at that last line.)

[Ladybug]

Sept 25, 2024 17:31:43 GMT -4 cancan said:

Sept 25, 2024 16:49:17 GMT -4 canuckcutie said:

You know their stock in Hollywood is sinking when they are getting a gossip rag like US Weekly to do damage control for them. I guess no reputable publications were interested in printing gushy testimonials from former Sussex staffers?

That's so bizarre to me. Were the NY Times, Washington Post, Puck, and AirMail all busy that day? Or is their head of PR truly incompetent?

Also strange to me that WME (1) didn't quash the Hollywood Reporter article and (2) allowed the Us Weekly clapback. Have H&M been dropped as clients?

Those publications, even the clowns at People, have to investigate stories and fact check claims. Us was willing to publish straight up PR.

[royalwave]

Sept 25, 2024 16:49:17 GMT -4 canuckcutie said:

You know their stock in Hollywood is sinking when they are getting a gossip rag like US Weekly to do damage control for them. I guess no reputable publications were interested in printing gushy testimonials from former Sussex staffers?

Now the Daily Beast has published a "rebuttal to a rebuttal."

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One former staffer who worked with Meghan ahead of her wedding says "I always thought she was a classic narcissist and getting her staff to tell a magazine how amazing she is only confirms that in my mind." "She is lovely when it is all going her way but a demon when the worm turns."

Lol

[tiggertoo]

Hey, that’s exactly what I think about her.

I had an aunt who was a narcissist. Did her best to divide up the family. That’s how they operate.

[featherhat]

Sept 25, 2024 21:38:00 GMT -4 Ladybug said:

Sept 25, 2024 17:31:43 GMT -4 cancan said:

That's so bizarre to me. Were the NY Times, Washington Post, Puck, and AirMail all busy that day? Or is their head of PR truly incompetent?

Also strange to me that WME (1) didn't quash the Hollywood Reporter article and (2) allowed the Us Weekly clapback. Have H&M been dropped as clients?

Those publications, even the clowns at People, have to investigate stories and fact check claims. Us was willing to publish straight up PR.

I always thought People just published whatever someone's publicist sent in. That's what many of it's articles have sounded like over the years, including Meghan's "super secret" private, luxury, women led birth with Lilibet and other Sussex stuff over the years that was absolute BS. But it might be a sign of how the bloom is off their rose that the last couple of times they've done this it has been US Weekly.

I guess we better watch out for "my friend Meghan sent me some jam!" 3.0 in a couple of weeks.

The Daily Beast article is basically what we've been hearing about for years now but it's kind of interesting that someone is bothering to "rebut the rebuttal" in US media this time.

[tiggertoo]

And she clearly authorized those staff to speak to US Weekly, if not having written out their scripts. But this week was surely supposed to be focussed on H. He’s kind of been left in the dust. But hey, you marry a narcissist, that’s what you should expect.