EastEnders icon Natalie Cassidy has taken aim at Meghan Markle and her new Netflix lifestyle show, With Love, Meghan, after being left unimpressed by the Duchess of Sussex’s cooking skills
EastEnders legend Natalie Cassidy aimed a brutal two-word dig Meghan Markle’s Netflix lifestyle show, admitting she was left “bamboozled”.
The 41-year-old actress tuned into With Love, Meghan, where the Duchess of Sussex and her close friend and makeup artist Daniel Martin were seen preparing a crudité plate. The pair also whipped up a spaghetti dish in a single skillet.
However, mum-of-two Natalie wasn’t impressed with Meghan’s culinary prowess. Speaking on her Off the Telly podcast with Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page, she suggested Meghan’s skills seemed “beginner”.
She quipped: “You don’t cook pasta with a cream linen suit on, number one.” Joanna chimed in: “Tomatoes as well.”
Natalie continued: “No, that’s the first thing. Do you know what, I like Meghan, I mean it, they get a lot of bad press, all of that rubbish, I’m not here to have a go at Meghan, or at Harry, that’s really boring and people do it all the time. They’re living their life, good luck to them.
“But as a lifestyle show, I am sorry, she was chopping up some vegetables, her crudité plate, and I thought, you don’t chop a lot, don’t pretend. Her chopping was quite beginner-ish.”
Natalie also expressed confusion over the simplicity of Meghan’s pasta dish. She added: “The pasta she made was very healthy and I genuinely was bamboozled. She was showing us how to put some vegetables on a plate and added a few flowers to it, who can’t do that?”.
“It’s really glossy, it’s really easy, I could put another one on. It is what it is, it’s just easy.”
With Love, Meghan is the latest Netflix project involving Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, reports the Manchester Evening News. The eight-part lifestyle features a string of famous faces including Mindy Kaling and her Suits co-star, Abigail Spencer, who played Dana ‘Scottie’ Scott.
Throughout the series Meghan gives fans an insight into her favourite recipes as well as sharing an insight into her life with Harry and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The series has however been met with a raft of negative criticism.
The Mirror previously reported that Meghan felt deeply “devastated and hurt” by the chilly reception the series has faced. Yet, Royal pundit Jennie Bond advises Meghan to disregard the negativity.
She commented: “The pile-on of utter mockery about her show has, in my opinion, been completely out of order. Even cruel.
“It is a lifestyle show. It is not a political debate or an analysis of global affairs. It’s not meant to have any great substance. It is a show about making things pretty or tasty or comfortable. It doesn’t pretend to be anything else. So I don’t think Meghan should change anything about it for her next series, which has already apparently been shot.
“The crew who worked on it have spoken about how charming and hospitable she was. That’s refreshing to hear. The show has quite a few handy little tips, if you’re interested. And if you’re not, then the answer is blindingly obvious: don’t watch it. But leave the poor woman alone and stop the b****y comments.”