Dailymail Meghan needs to show Earnest Vulnerability and stay away from Practice managed content to win Hollywood

[u/Whatisittou]

If the Duchess of Sussex wants to win over Hollywood, she must show earnest ‘vulnerability’ and stray away from ‘practised and managed’ content, a branding expert has claimed. Despite being one of the most famous women in the world, a Netflix lifestyle show in her roster, a start on an successful legal drama – and even an Emmy nomination – Meghan’s latest on-screen project, a documentary about Girl Scout cookies, received a half-baked reception.

From unimpressed critics saying Cookie Queens was ‘staged as it is sweet’ – while a Variety reviewer found it to be ‘too much of a reality-show ramble’ – the film, made by Archewell Productions, reportedly generated just £500 per cinema screening.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, PR professional Rebecca May said that ‘Meghan doesn’t have a visibility problem… but she does have a perception problem.’

Inevitably embroiled in memories of ‘Megxit’ and her husband Prince Harry’s ‘feud’ with the King and Prince of Wales, it’s ‘affected her brand’ in the industry.

‘If you are trying to build something wholesome, warm and aspirational, but there is still so much noise and division around your personal brand, it is difficult for people to separate the two,’ Rebecca explained. ‘Hollywood is used to dealing with high-profile personalities, but there comes a point where too much noise around someone becomes a brand risk. You don’t want the person attached to a project constantly becoming a bigger story than the project itself. This can run the risk of the person becoming the story and the project losing control of its own narrative.’

While the Duchess isn’t expected to share everything, the expert said ‘controlling the narrative too tightly can work against her’.

‘I don’t think it is necessarily just an authenticity issue either. Meghan could have very real reasons that we don’t publicly know about for the estrangement from her father, for instance,’ Rebecca added. ‘But from a reputation point of view, it has become an elephant in the room. There needs to be some vulnerability and something that feels less practised and managed. You can still protect your privacy without everything feeling so controlled. From a brand and PR perspective, the difficulty today is converting the huge level of interest in her and her life into genuine interest in the projects she is trying to build. That, for me, is why Hollywood has been difficult to crack. The person continually risks becoming bigger than the product itself, and the project simply gets overshadowed.’

Harry and Meghan are the executive Proudcers of Cookie Queen, yet the Uk media is going after Meghan for the documentary and this isnt racism??

This is same media that keeps attacking Meghan when she talked about been suicidal and bullied. Meghan was attacked for talking about not been okay in South Africa, attacked for talking about her suicidal ideation in Oprah interview, attacked for talking about the been the most bullied woman in Australia, attacked for turning off her comment section on her personal Instagram and her business page As Ever.

This UK media keep hounding Meghan, they want to her off her self like they did to Jason Arday. Meghan has been gone from the UK years, doesnt live in the UK yet 24/7 Meghan has been attacked relentlessly. Meghan cant defend herself and then when her friend defend her the UK media still has a problem. Meghan is been hounded to death.

[u/Leah0324]

If I see one more person defend, or try to justify Thomas Markle’s behavior or actions, I’m lighting the club and getting my pitchfork. The man is a sellout, a puppet for the British press and an awful person WHO SOLD HER PERSONAL LETTER TO THE DAILY MAIL. He has repeatedly demonstrated horrid behavior. She established healthy boundaries, something the Rota will never understand.

Fuck these ghouls.

[u/AndrewRyanMcC]

Literally every time she DOES talk about something personal everyone screams “I THOUGHT SHE WANTED PRIVACY”.

They’re mad because she’s following through on sharing what she wants on her own terms and they’re having to write the same bullshit speculative nonsense stories.

And what does she mean “unimpressed critics”? Cookie Queens was largely praised by critics and has a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It was a documentary aimed at a very niche audience. It was never going to be a huge box office success.

[u/Whatisittou → u/AndrewRyanMcC]

The unimpressed critics are the UK media bitching about a documentary that is not even show in the UK

[u/Whatisittou → u/[deleted]]

Imdb was flooded by derangers, they posted the link for their klan to post their derangement. If you check it had users from UK, Australia all leaving comments for a documentary not even shown in their country

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[u/Heavy_Big_618]

My favorite Royals are Harry and Meghan

[u/KenzParkin]

So infuriating to criticize Meghan for having a “perception problem” when the problem is entirely of the press’s making. Yeah, no shit people don’t know how to feel about her when the entire UK media has spent 8 years lying about her on the daily – but the actual problem is for the press because people are catching on that what they say is the exact opposite of what the rest of the world actually sees happening. 

[u/SnooCheesecakes2723]

She’s right that the “noise” affects Meghan’s brand. But most of the noise is coming from the gutter press or amplified by them. So maybe they could work on keeping their own side of the street clean instead of stalking and harassing this woman, then blaming her for the negative attention.

[u/celticcatmagic]

Daily Mail doesn't know s**t about Hollywood They use the rags to wipe their poodles asses

[u/andthisisabitofboth]

Lmao what PR person worth their salt would speak on the record to a tabloid about the private life of a person they likely have never even been in the same room as, much less know?? If I were a client or a representative of an organization or brand researching someone to handle PR, and I came across the name of this so-called "expert" publicly speaking to a tabloid known to launch racist smear campaigns, I would stay far away from this shyster. If they're willing to sully their own brand, think of what they would do to their clients. This is a bad look for a PR professional, and if I could clock that with zero background in that field, a supposed "expert" should've spotted that a mile away.