The Duchess of Sussex announced this Sunday that her cooking series “With Love, Meghan” would finally be broadcast in March and not this week as planned.
“We are focused on the needs of those affected by the wildfires in my home state of California,” she said in a statement.
Accompanied by Prince Harry, she saw for herself the damage in Altadena before going to the victims of Pasadena.
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She should have celebrated her reunion with the public on the screens this week. But the time has come for contemplation and not celebration for Meghan Markle, who has decided to pause the show combining cooking and lifestyle With Love, Meghanwhich was to be uploaded this Wednesday, January 15 on Netflix. “At the request of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, the broadcast of the series – a heartfelt tribute to the beauty of California – has been postponed to March 4”announces the streaming giant in a press release.
“I am grateful to my partners at Netflix for helping me delay the launch as we focus on the needs of those affected by the wildfires in my home state of California.”underlines Meghan Markle. Even before this postponement was made official, the British tabloids wondered whether maintaining the broadcast would be a good idea in this unprecedented context in the United States. At least 24 people have died in the fires that ravaged part of Los Angeles, leaving many members of the Hollywood industry homeless. Hollywood has taken the lead by canceling premieres and filming in a city where the air has become unbreathable.
Meghan and Harry had called for donations in the middle of last week to help the victims. They themselves welcomed friends affected by the disaster into their home in Montecito, 150 km north of Los Angeles, according to The Telegraph. The couple traveled to Pasadena, to the east of the city, this Friday to meet residents, some of whom have lost everything. Focused on the First Lady of California at their side, the cameras initially did not recognize them behind their FFP2 masks.
Meghan and Harry, “disaster tourists”
“This is their second visit today. We were here earlier, they were serving food anonymously. No one knew they were serving food with their masks on. They didn’t come here to to advertise but to work. They just wanted to show their support.assures Victor Gordo, mayor of Pasadena, interviewed by Skynews. Images show them in full embrace with the victims. In other photos taken by TMZ (new window)they walk masked through the ashen streets of Altadena. Enough to provoke the anger of their detractors who accuse them of pulling the rug over themselves.
“Meghan Markle and Harry are no better than ambulance chasers. What a disgusting ‘staged photoshoot’ they pulled. Are they ‘touring the damage’? Are they politicians now? They don’t live here, right? are tourists.
Disaster Tourists”particularly annoyed actress Justine Bateman on X. (new window) This is not the first time that the Duchess of Sussex has been targeted while mobilizing for a cause that is dear to her. His tribute to the victims of the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the spring of 2022 was also strongly criticized.
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