Meghan Markle kicks off 2025 with Instagram return and Netflix series
Meghan Markle kicks off 2025 with a new Instagram account and her lifestyle Netflix series “With Love, Meghan.”
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No, Duchess Meghan and Gwyneth Paltrow are not feuding.
After rumors swirled about possible bad blood between the two women, who both own lifestyle brands, the pair took to Instagram to put the narrative to bed.
Responding to a fan question about the women’s supposed “beef,” Paltrow posted a story to the app Tuesday saying: “I genuinely do not understand this at all, whatsoever, do you understand this?” She then panned the camera over to the duchess, who was sitting at Paltrow’s table eating pie, shrugging and smiling.
Paltrow, whose wellness brand Goop has set the standard for celebrities hoping to break into the business, previously addressed the rumors in an interview with Vanity Fair, telling the outlet in March, “I was raised to see other women as friends, not foes.”
The duchess, who like Paltrow began her career in acting, recently launched the rebrand of her lifestyle company As Ever, alongside her Netflix cooking show “With Love, Meghan” and an upcoming podcast series “Confessions of a Female Founder.” The content package is largely viewed as a second act for Meghan after she and Prince Harry stepped back from their roles as senior royals in 2020.
When fans began to instantly draw parallels between the two, common practice for two powerful women, Paltrow shrugged off the idea that they needed to be in competition.
“I think there’s always more than enough to go around,” she told Vanity Fair. “Everybody deserves an attempt at everything that they want to try.”
“With Love, Meghan,” which has already been renewed for a second season on Netflix, inspired sharp reactions. While some welcomed Meghan’s return to public life, others piled on with online derision ranging from criticism of her personality to a seeming lack of authenticity by shooting the show at a set and not her real home.
Much like the comparisons to Paltrow, psychotherapist Stephanie Sarkis previously told USA TODAY viewers should interrogate why they feel so threatened by Meghan’s success.
“We can be hypercritical, and we need to look at, ‘What is that doing to us, when we feel such a high level of judgment of other people?’” Sarkis said. “It seems that whatever (Meghan) does, she’s going to be under a microscope.”
“Why is this bothering me, and what can I do about it?” she recommended asking yourself. “Why do I possibly feel threatened by her doing well? What does this trigger in me, and do I need to take a look at possibly healing that?”
Contributing: Charles Trepany
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