a decision simpler than it seems?

With Love, Meghanthe new culinary series from the Duchess of Sussex, should have been released this Wednesday, January 15 on Netflix. But the fires in Los Angeles pushed Prince Harry’s wife to postpone her show, out of respect for the survivors.

Joy, lightness and good cooking. This is what this Wednesday, January 15, should have boiled down to, the initial release day of With Love, MeghanMeghan Markle’s new lifestyle series on Netflix. But the damage caused by the numerous fires in Los Angeles will have decided otherwise. Since January 7, 15,000 hectares have been ravaged by flames, causing 24 victims and several injuries. A catastrophic situation which pushed the Duchess of Sussex, who went to Pasadena with Prince Harry to listen to and help the survivors, to postpone the broadcast of her show until March 4.

Obvious for this native of the City of Angels who, faced with the scale of the drama, would not have assumed the frivolity of the eight episodes of her series filmed in a luxurious villa in Montecito. “Delaying the release of the series was probably an easy decision for her to make. I don’t think she could have imagined releasing a show focused on joy and welcome when so many people in her home state no longer have homes to welcome people into.”declared an industry expert in the columns of People this Monday, January 13.

Does Meghan Markle fear that the fires will overshadow her Netflix series?

“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”wrote Meghan in a press release published on January 12, three days before the release of her show.

Following their appearance in Pasadena, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were heavily criticized by actress Justine Bateman, who called them “disaster tourists” and denounced their desire to create buzz with the victims of the fires. Contacted by Page Six the Sussexes declared, this Monday, January 13, that it was “offensive” that the actress might have thought it was just a photo shoot. Living in Montecito, north of Los Angeles, Harry and Meghan recalled that the 43-year-old duchess “was born and raised” in the City of Angels and that, therefore, she would consider herself “still at home in this city.”

But the former actress’ choice to postpone the release of her series seems to have been mostly supported. “I find it sad that critics say she is only doing this to prevent the fires from overshadowing her show. We are all human and we are facing catastrophe”also reacted the source of People.