Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been called out for months over their deal with Netflix. Not just because it was watered down from the original score they composed in their early days, but also because of the way the Spotify deal fell apart.
Now that things have changed and sources are filled with anti-Sussex revelations about the public’s discontent, The Royalist’s Tom Sykes has come forward to speak out about this alleged tendency to blame everyone but themselves.
He spoke to Variety magazine’s chief correspondent Matt Donnelly on the Royalist Podcast. The conversation saw him saying, “Netflix went after Meghan and Harry in a way they haven’t on most creatives, and with that came a lot more visibility and truth in how they work as creatives.”
But for many “the final verdict is that they’re a bit tiresome, and what this partnership has done is not worthwhile at all.”
He even said, “I can absolutely see the talent not wanting the extra layer of headache. These are a highly scrutinized couple and the press breaks around them are bad. It could be a curse how they are covered!”
He also addressed their aggressive approach and questioned the Sussexes’ desire for control, especially when they make a deal with a big streaming giant. Because in his view, it’s akin to ‘partnering’ with someone who is a huge, prolific producer of film and television, rather than getting opinions and feedback from people outside the field.
That’s what the Sussexes are doing for them. As he explains, “In the beginning, Meghan and Harry had the same intentions (as Obama). They wanted to take their cornerstone ideals as a couple and reflect them in content.”
But as his valedictory speech approached, he simply said, “At the time, it seemed more achievable than it thought possible.”
