It remains to be seen if the podcast will have staying power, given the less than stellar performance from other left-wing political figures’ podcasts, such as the one featuring former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, the future of which has been thrown into doubt after failing to be renewed by Spotify. ‘D-List Celebrity Who Married Well’: Meghan Markle $25m Spotify Podcast Debut Slammed by Critics įor the privilege of hosting the podcast, Swedish streaming giant Spotify reportedly paid $25 million to the woke couple in December 2020. So since I felt the negativity behind it, It’s really hard to unfeel it.”

The woke royal added that she will be drawing on her education, through which “feminist ideology trickled down… into every aspect of my life.”Ĭontinuing her feminist theme, she went on to claim that she did not “ever remember personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious, until I started dating my now husband,” adding that “apparently ambition is a terrible, terrible thing. Markle said that future episodes will attempt to “rip apart the boxes women have been placed into for generations” by examining phrases such as “slut”, “diva”, and the “b-word”.

In the show, the former Suits actress discussed with tennis star Serena Williams the struggles and “ pain” she has experienced since marrying into Britain’s Royal Family. The early success of Markle’s podcast comes despite the programme being widely panned by critics, who slammed the podcast as a vanity project in victimology from a “ D-List celebrity who married well” - a reference to her marriage to the increasingly wayward Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. The long-awaited debut episode of the Duchess of Sussex’s feminist-themed podcast, Archetypes, overtook perennial top performer The Joe Rogan Experience on Thursday in the Spotify rankings in the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, according to Forbes magazine.

Meghan Markle’s debut into the podcasting world has seen her show shoot to the top of the Spotify rankings, unseating reigning champion Joe Rogan from first place.

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