Brett Cooper — Here's Why The Internet Hates Meghan Markle's New Show | Episode 12

so if you guys have watched the show for a while now then you probably know that I like patterns when I look for things on social media to cover on the show I like seeing repetition I like seeing things bubbling up in a Grassroots way and I think I've talked about my like chat that I have with myself before where I just send myself stories and posts from X and Tik toks and all these things that I know are somehow kind of connected but I'm waiting for the stories to come together and today we have yet another pattern that I have been noticing on social media and more specifically in Celebrity culture and that pattern would be celebrities and influencers demanding privacy and then berating us for not respecting their boundaries in privacy and then doing the exact opposite and never ever ever getting out of our faces and I am sure because you all are very smart individuals you know the person that has inspired this episode right now today obviously that would be my good old friend Megan marle even though Prince Harry and Megan Markle or Megan Duchess of Sussex as she's wanting us all to call her now even though she left the royal family even though they have led the charge on their privacy World Tour they are far from the only public figure who has done this charade has done this dance of the privacy and then know I don't want privacy and pay attention to me you're not pay attention to me even though I want privacy they've fallen into this hypocritical trap of begging for one thing and then doing another and basically the public is done we're saying we're tired we're seeing through it we don't care anymore and that is what we're witnessing with the response of Megan's new show on Netflix and like we talked about last month with celebrities and celebrity culture we are simply unwilling as a society and culture to play their mind games anymore we are Tapped Out we've seen through the facade we've you know the veil has been pulled back and we're just done we're seeing hypocrisy for what it is and we also need to talk about Fame in general and how Fame drives people to act this way and what we all as normal individuals can learn from it and to help tell this story and round out this idea I called up one of the most prolific tabloid reporters and celebrity biographers from the last couple of decades who guys I think you will just adore because he is hysterical but before we get into this story make sure that you like this video if you enjoy it and of course subscribe to the channel and ring that notification Bell if you want to stay up to date on every single one of our episodes and of course if you want adree episodes on a weekly advice video for me called dear Brett you can check out Cooper confidential in the link below or in the description and guys I want to let you know that this is the last week that you can order my exclusive launch Merch this is the merch that we just created for the launch of the breed Cooper show it was always going to be 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primer on entertaining that couldn't be more boring this next one is from the Telegraph and they said that the Duchess of sussex's new Netflix series is an exercise in narcissism filled with extravagant brunches celebrity Pals and business plugs and this last one is from Fox News and they wrote Megan Marco's Netflix show inauthentic depicts Duchess as a cringy Stepford Wife and as you can see the critiques are coming from everywhere from all sides political aisle from Telegraph to Fox News to Time Magazine and number one they are addressing the utter lack of entertainment the fact that the show is just undeniably boring and we're just kind of asking why is this even a thing in the first place and the second thing that they're calling out is the utter lack of authenticity and then from the audience's perspective we're all sitting here confused because this is never something that we wanted this is not something that we ask for we don't need another show like this we certainly don't need it from Megan marle this wasn't coming from Netflix knowing that they need to fill this Niche that they have a hole and that they need a new lifestyle right it wasn't coming from audiences going like we need a new Martha Stewart we need Megan Markle no it is coming from Megan herself it is coming from Megan and her innate desire to further her brand to further her Fame and people these audiences me all of us could smell that from a mile away and so this is the point when I want to bring in my friend Ian halin who is a well-known Canadian investigative journalist tablate reporter and biographer and guys he had some Choice words that I think you all will love just listen to his take I think it's just too much uh smoke and mirror with Megan and Harry now I think people have really got tired of them essentially what they're trying to do is keep Reinventing themselves she's too oversaturated and she claims she doesn't even want to be in the spotlight let me tell you she would literally vomit every day if there weren't headlines about her she loves seeing her name in the headlines and so basically the point that Ian is making that I am making that I think we all are making and understand is that because of the world's perception and experience with Megan and Harry and their Shenanigans over the last four years this show was basically doomed from the start and it was always just a medium to keep Megan in the spotlight nothing else like again when you watch watch this show guys there is no reason for it and I mean guys the public jury is out on this issue they have made up their minds about Megan Marco like not even a prayer will save her but a prayer might save you this Lent season with hallow hallow is the number one Prayer app in the world and right now you can join their lent prayer challenge lent if you didn't know is the 40-day period leading up to Good Friday and Easter that is filled with prayer fasting almsgiving sacrifice and surrender it's a great way to grow 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each other even like her friend in the first episode even makes a joke when they're when they're sitting down to eat their cake and talk about their lovely day at at her Ranch which isn't her Ranch to set he goes oh this is so beautiful is it fake I feel like that was him like winking at the audience being like literally guys none of this is real I'm not even her friend like it was just so so weird she's making foods that she obviously doesn't really know how to make and she's keeping bees that obviously she doesn't even keep because she has to have a beekeeper there to show her how to do it's this weird dichotomy really okay this is my thesis on the entire show there is no point for Megan to be doing the show because she is not an expert on any of this and yet she is painted as the expert she has all of her friends come in and she's teaching them how to H she's teaching Mindy Kaling how to assemble a platter of fruit into a rainbow to make kids at a birthday party happy when you could easily find that on Pinterest like she's not doing anything revolutionary but they're painting her as an expert but simultaneously the entire premise is that she's like I'm just learning as I'm going and I'm just a human and doing all these things and oh these bees they kind of scare me and I still need the beekeeper to do I've never made these bees white candles before then why are you teaching people how to do it again literally it makes no sense they're talking out of both sides of their mouth and so the entire time that you're watching you're just like why that's the main question here why why was this produced why are we watching it and what is the point like I was about to kind of say the only thing that she's an expert on is Megan but I don't even think she's an expert on Megan either because to host a reality show or a show that is about you and your life and your interests you kind of have to know yourself and know what you're good at and know who your actual friends are and what your strengths are and I feel like after years of playing characters of being an actress and of playing this role as a royal like I don't know if Megan has ever figured out who Megan actually is I think she's very concerned with how the public perceives her and who she wants to be and that's all she's focusing on and again we can sniff that out from a mile away so again the question is why was this even created in the first place and so because of all of these problems everything that I've said in this entire rant because I did the very generous thing and watched the show for you guys because of all of this Ian and I both really see no future for the show Beyond this first season I don't think it has a chance of surviving I think if there's any justice it's going to you know just sink quickly and uh Netflix will move on to the next best thing Megan margle to you know the the TV industry is a disgrace it's lowering the values it's lowering the brand of Netflix and it's wasting all of our time this conversation doesn't necessarily feel too productive and enough people have been piling on and giving their own opinions you can go on Tik Tok and you will probably see 2 million videos of people giving their takes and breaking down why the show is so ridiculous you've heard my take we don't need to talk about this anymore and really I think that the conversation should be broader this conversation is actually about an unrelenting need for fame where that comes from and what it actually does to people and Ian with all of his experience with celebrities did not mince words as he broke this down after having covered so many celebrities in my career most of them I found were deprived of attention in grade four and that's why they went into the public you know seeking public attention I respect artists great artists we've seen when it started with Charlie Chaplain and Sir Lawrence Olivier and even Jean Hackman who ped recently I mean these were real artists committed to their crafts and couldn't did not put the headlines first above Fame but in Megan markle's case it's complete reverse it's Fame and then whatever I mean where was the LIE we see this every day with celebrities especially with Megan Markle and Prince Harry I mean they continuously show up in front of our faces and we're dealing with the same issue every single time and this is especially relevant and hilarious with Harry and Megan because when they left the royal family as we all know by now they repeatedly said that their boundaries had been crossed that they wanted a life of privacy they wanted a quiet life with their family being behind closed doors in monteo that they would have a private personal life and guys even though this is something that we all watched unfold in 2020 and 2021 this is now something that the media has desperately tried to bury and cover up to protect Megan Markle and Prince Harry from critique just read a couple of these headlines Prince Harry and Megan Markle were respond to claims that they wanted privacy amid release of Netflix docu series that was in 2022 it's from BBC Prince Harry and Megan marle say they didn't step back over privacy concerns this one's from BuzzFeed Harry and Megan have never wanted privacy they wanted control well then you should have said that in 2021 you should not have said that you wanted privacy but unfortunately for them and fortunately for us the internet does in fact live forever so just so we are all on the same page in 2021 in their bombshell very private interview with Oprah they also talked about wanting privacy and wanting a private life for the sake of their mental health as they were leaving the royal family they were making all of their statements they talked about how even Royal should have privacy and should be able to have boundaries which you know I agree with and then in his Memoir spare that literally broke the internet for a myriad of terrible reasons in terms sure you guys remember Harry even wrote about a desire for privacy in that and the thing is their desire for privacy that is totally fine and respectable I can completely understand that I can empathize with that I think the world would understand somebody actually taking a step back and saying this is not the life that we want for our kids this is not the life that we want for each other we're going to step away and if they actually did it we would be fine with it but where they went wrong was being anything but private because it's not just that the Press has continued to hound them and cover them but they themselves have been in front of our faces with docu series and bombshell interviews with Oprah and Megan's podcasts and her lifestyle Brands and Memoirs and speaking tours and all of the different things so I'm sorry but no wonder normal audiences are going to be done no wonder they are going to scoff at your plight you're oh I'm such a victim I have no privacy but please watch my doggies your people are done like we genuinely have just had enough with the constant victimhood while simultaneously contributing to your own problem and your own plight as you parade around in front of us and the media especially with something that is so fake and contrived and inauthentic as this new Netflix show like did she actually believe genuinely that this charade would work like how does she not get it after all these years is sheep sick mer Health could help her figure that out and Mer Health could do the same for you if you want to stop guessing and start optimizing your health you need meric health mer health is the Premier Health optimization platform empowering you to maximize your health thanks to personalized expert guidance in your back pocket mer Health offers cuttingedge diagnostic Labs guys I'm talking like 40 50 pages all about your body personalized coaching expert clinical oversight they support clients in achieving their health and fitness goals by leveraging datadriven lifestyle and nutrition 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how they presented themselves like they're very upfront with the fact that they're like yeah this is all about me I'm creating this this is great I want to be famous I want to be an influencer they're not lying about any of that and we're like great glad you're being honest we will support you because this is a cool brand we like your thing we like your stick with Megan there's all of these weird lies in the victimhood and the hypocrisy and again because of the culture of celebrity and everything we've learned we're just done the other difference in my eyes is with work ethic and strategy which Ian also pointed out specifically in regards to the Kardashians who he has also covered extensively he even wrote a book about them and this is what he had to say they're the godmothers of social media did they have any Talent absolutely not but they knew how to manipulate the media better than anyone without the Kim Kardashian I don't think there would be social media the way it is today and they worked hard people don't realize how hard hard the Kardashians worked they might have had talent and they're they'd be the first people to admit it they're the first people to ever conquer Hollywood without quote unquote any real talent but they were insatiable marketers I actually really appreciate Ian saying all of that about the Kardashians because obviously I have my qualms with that whole family I think a lot of people in society do I think they've kind of lost their hold on culture in recent years and obviously I believe that they contributed a lot of harmful messages and ideas about young women to young women so I have those feelings about them but he's not wrong they're really not too talented but they worked their asses off to make us all think that they were very important and they were not ashamed to say we want to be famous we're going to have an entire reality TV show about us we're going to have cameras in our faces for over a decade we're going to let all of you into our lives are not going to beg for privacy except you know Kylie Jenner wanting to hide her pregnancy which was totally fine they have welcomed us all into their homes they've been unabashed about all of it and I think you can kind of respect that you can respect the Hustle but with Megan like a basically all of the pieces that you would need to achieve success in this weird industry in this field she lacks from genuine talent to drive to the strategy and people can tell again we're sniffing out literally everything that should be the theme of this entire episode and to be fair because I don't want this just to be a pile on Megan episode she is far from the only public figure who has played this little mind game and again not to beat a dead horse because I feel like we've talked about this a lot recently but this is kind of similar to what we saw with Elon musk's most recent baby Mama Ashley stclair but basically with that story she publicly came out she publicly demanded privacy and then literally within hours of making that first post she had the New York Post at her home doing an entire story on her and exclusive doing a whole photo shoot of her in her very ritzy apartment in like sexy attire and then from there has had multiple articles has given quotes to basically every single tabloid about the situation trying to reach Elon trying to get attention from us and from Elon it's just a mess another example that I think you guys would all enjoy is Dylan W my old friend I have not talked about Dylan in so long it feels like and you know I haven't even really followed Dylan recently like Dylan seems to be out in California just doing Dylan having a time I have literally no idea what's going on in Dylan's life and that actually kind of seems to be the problem that we haven't been paying attention because suddenly Dylan has burst back on the scene with a new Memoir that's coming out and an attempt at a stand-up comedy career however the standup comedy career really did not last long I think that Dylan did literally one show and it did not go well I think the book is coming out soon so maybe there will be a tour that is in conjunction with that but actually guys even though Dylan is releasing a memoir that all of us are apparently supposed to buy and that Dylan is doing standup comedy that we all should buy tickets to actually Dylan just wants privacy oh Dylan just wants a private life for once literally guys that is what was printed in the New York Times Dylan mulany dreams of privacy really but also here is an entire profile in the New York Times about me and a photo shoot inside my house and yes again please buy my Memoir and learn all about my life and my transition from the last couple of years that you guys have also seen on social media because I literally documented my life every single day for multiple years like come on like the trades like just be honest and consistent it is 2025 people wanting to be famous is not shocking people blowing up and becoming viral on social media and becoming influencers is not shocking that happens every single day you can just say that you want to be famous and honestly I think more people would be on board and kind of respect that but apparently these people think that you can't say that because just a couple of weeks after that Dylan W profile Casey Anthony and yes it is the same Casey Anthony who was tried and later acquitted in her daughter's murder which to this day is an incredibly controversial case where most people don't actually believe that this mother is Innocent but you know all that aside this is not a true crime podcast I'm not trying to get into that that's just what the internet is saying well after doing God knows what for the last decade since that trial Casey Anthony was so inspired maybe I should say enraged by Trump's presidency and everything that he done this first month in office that she decided to make a Tik Tok to create a new public profile and create a substack so that she could become just wait an lgbtq and women's rights activist and hopefully make some change in the world since she has been in the legal field for the last decade yeah that's because you were accused of murder that is why you are in the legal field she also said that this was how she was going to reintroduce herself to the public and hopefully build a career so again she is literally becoming public she is saying she is going to build this into a career this is going to be great for her but even though even though she's doing all of that even though she made this very huge Tik Tok that literally got over 100 million views across all of these different platforms even though she's creating a substack and wants everybody to subscribe to she's going to make all of these videos she still wants her privacy take a listen I feel that it's important that I use this platform that was thrust upon me and now look it as a blessing as opposed to the curse that it has been since 2008 you really didn't have a platform until you made this video like you had kind of gone off into Oblivion you are thrusting it upon yourself they're not going to be edited most of the time they're not going to be short but I am proverbially standing in the light embracing this piece still going to keep my privacy intact so you will get very comfortable with my car and I will explain in great detail why it's so important for people to protect their privacy it's not just important to public Figures it's even more important to private individuals and so that is why I am going to become a public facing brand that is why I'm going to build a career as an lgbtq and women's rights activist I mean guys it quite possibly is the most nauseating and self-important video I have ever seen and not just because I think that her social justice causes are ridiculous as somebody on the right who obviously feels that way it is because her entire Miss is just ridiculous and clearly everyone agreed because the right laughed at her obviously they were like H look at you Democrats this is what you got you got Casey Anthony we get RFK Jr and you get Casey Anthony and to their credit the people on the left immediately rejected her they were like oh no no this is not going to help us win we do not want you crazy lady we do not want you on your side you are not helping us and within 48 Hours she deleted her video off of Tik Tok so actually Casey Anthony you are going to get the Privacy that you so desperately wanted even though again you were making a whole public profile and reintroducing yourself doing the whole thing now I want to go back to what I just said about that self-rising self-importance and I think that that term is really important as we go through all of these stories and we talk about this broader issue because it's relevant in every single case that we have just discussed from Megan to Casey Anthony because it is this prevailing idea that these individuals have that we need them that we are desperate to hear from them that they are so important that we can't live without these people that we are hanging on to every word when really in all honesty we don't care like The World Keeps spinning as Ian summarized here they're basically have this drug of Fame and they just can't let go they think the world can't live without them the world doesn't really depend on one individual that's we're just here to make it better for the next generation and that's it and to put in the good energy we can and with these celebrities they just can't get enough and guys this cycle this self-importance like that screws with people's head when you walk through the world thinking that you are the most important person that everything revolves around you that is not healthy and this is why Fame in general just as a fact as an idea as a you know way of living and being that is why it is such a dangerous game like it destroys people who become famous too young it ruins those who chase it just for the sake of Fame itself and for money and power and these days with all of our access through social media and reality TV and you know citizen journalists whatever it may be it can as a celebrity or an influencer completely destroy your relationship with the audience that pays your bills that watches your videos or your content on a daily basis and that really in my opinion is the Reckoning that we are seeing now it is people utterly rejecting Casey Anthony within 48 Hours of her posting that ridiculous video it is people going on X and saying Dylan mulany you literally showed us your daily life for over an entire year we don't believe that you want privacy and this is just ridiculous they're saying Megan Markle you have been lying to us about what you actually want in order to Garner our sympathy to turn that into views and purchases and supporting your businesses so that you don't have to be part of the royal F like people are just seeing through all of it and I really wanted to hear Ian's take on this especially as somebody who has been following and investigating and studying celebrities and artists for years and when I asked this question he brought up two examples and two case studies that I think you guys will really love the first was Michael Jackson who he wrote a bestselling biography on and he later directed an entire film on and on Michael Jackson he said this the one thing I learned about him was how humble he was and how present he was when he met anyone it was like you were the most important person in the room the mistake Michael made which I think is very important to mention is that he failed to surround himself with solid people the people around him were essentially vultures and they didn't care about his well-being they cared more about his money and that why he's dead I mean this should have never happened and so really the point that he's making with this anecdote about Michael Jackson is that it isn't just about your quest for fame and your motivations and your drive but also the drive of the people that you choose to surround yourself with and while none of us are Michael Jackson level of famous we will never be Michael Jackson level of famous I don't know if anyone will ever get there again I think Taylor are is getting close but I mean he is just unmatched even though we are not him I think that is a really important lesson for all of us as human beings to hear and understand you always have to be considering who are the people in your circle do they actually have your best interest at heart do they make you a better person do they make you reflect on your choices and be self-aware in the way that you're walking through the world do they protect you and if the answer to any of those questions is no then you have to take responsibility for yourself and leave and find better people and in hearing this story I wish that that had happened for Michael Jackson I wish that that had happened for a lot of people who have clearly Fallen prey to this idea that the people that you surround yourself with doesn't matter now this next example that Ian brought up we're kind of continuing with an obviously important theme of humility Ian brought up an unnamed Blockbuster friend of his who seems to have cracked the code to success and fame take a listen one of the most powerful Hollywood actors and still going today who's a personal friend before noon every day he would make sure he did one random act of kindness it could be helping an old lady cross the street it could be carrying somebody's groceries and he lives 7 days a week by that ethos he has to do an act of kindness before he starts his day before noon so guys at the end of the day what we can take from all of these stories from this idea of Fame from Megan's ridiculous new show is that it really is about your intentions and what drives you through the world is it fame or money or attention or power or is it your craft and doing something in service of the world of making the people around you better of leaving the world a better place than you found it and I'll just say personally I have been around a few of those famous people who fall in that former bucket who do it all for money and power and some are arguably able to hide it well they convince even the most astute audiences that they are in it for virtue and goodness but that facade guys it will always break and crack and be exposed but you know some people can't even hide it from the jump they don't even have a facade to begin with and I think that is what we have watched unfold with Megan and Harry they have never had the facade and they have never been able to build one back up because we all knew this was a sham from the beginning it was never about privacy it was about garnering sympathy to then further attention and fame with love Megan was never about teaching Netflix audiences and her friends how to host and make rainbow fruit trays it was a vanity show that was objectively poorly done and she should fire all of the producers and advisers and marketers who allowed this to air because it was so objectively bad but you know what I'm kind of glad that it did air I'm glad we're all able to see it and laugh at it and comment on it and analyze it because this was just another nail in the coffin it is another wakeup opportunity for audiences who are becoming more and more astute in sniffing out in this search for genuine goodness and authenticity in their content and in the people that they follow and I am so glad that that is happening that that is what we're all searching for because our world could use a lot more of that right now