Harry and Meghan are ridiculed by comedian at prestigious Netflix event in LA just weeks before launch of Duchess’ new show
Hollywood’s leading lights were playing close attention last night when streaming giant Netflix held its prestigious new-season launch in Los Angeles.
Ben Affleck was there at the historic Egyptian Theatre to plug a new movie, while Tina Fey entertained guests with details of her latest comedy.
Clips of colourful documentaries starring Victoria Beckham, Eddie Murphy and former president Barack Obama featured prominently.
Yet one of Netflix’s best-known collaborators, the Duchess of Sussex, was barely mentioned at the event, even though her lifestyle show, ‘With Love, Meghan’, is due to launch in March.
Worse, in another sign that America is falling out of love with the royal couple, a leading comedian at the event made Harry and Meghan’s film-making record the butt of a dismissive joke.
Describing his own live talk show, which debuts on March 12 – just a few days after Meghan’s series is due to launch – John Mulaney said: ‘This will be the one place where you [might] see Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting next to Nikki Glaser sitting next to a family therapist with music by Mannequin Pussy…
‘This is a really fun experiment. Not since Harry and Meghan has Netflix given more money to someone without a specific plan.’
The Hollywood audience responded with ‘snickering and a few ‘whoas’ according to a source in the auditorium last night.
‘It was shocking to me that Netflix would seemingly allow Meghan and Harry to be ridiculed at such a prestige event,’ she said. ‘The head honchos were all there.
‘And how strange that a show by the couple who signed a multi-million dollar deal with Netflix barely featured – apart from one brief clip in a montage.
‘Even film-maker Tyler Perry, the guy who loaned his LA house to the Sussexes after Megxit, got a mention.
‘It really felt like Netflix don’t give a d*mn.’
Harry and Meghan reportedly signed a $100 million five-year deal in 2020 to supply material to the streaming giant, which now claims to be the biggest in the world with more than 300 million subscribers.
The Sussexes’s film-making career got off to a flying start with their six-episode blockbuster ‘Harry and Meghan’ portraying their romance and departure from front-line royal duties.
