Meghan Markle 'may be running out of steam' after big blow - expert
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Meghan Markle may have "run out of steam" after the lucrative $20 million deal she and Prince Harry had with Spotify came to a mutual end, an expert has claimed. Last month, Archewell Audio released a joint statement with the online streaming giant to announce the two sides had "mutually agreed to part ways". Meghan's podcast series Archetypes was being streamed on Spotify. But soon after the end of the deal was announced Bill Simmons, Head of Podcast Innovation and Monetisation at Spotify, lashed out at the couple, labelling them "grifters". The fallout has led LA correspondent Ross King to question how the end of the Spotify deal may have impacted Meghan Markle in particular. He made the comments while speaking in the hour-long documentary 'Meghan: Famous But Friendless?' which broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK on Saturday night and looked at what the future holds for the duchess
Meghan Markle's podcast series Archetypes was streamed on Spotify
King said: "The Spotify deal collapsing, it made a lot of us think: 'Is this the first sign of running out of steam for Meghan?'" He added: "If it was working for both parties, it would not end. There's obviously been some disagreement, maybe some level of disappointment, on possibly both sides?" Last month, Spotify and the Sussexes mutually split, with a joint statement reading: "Spotify and Archewell Audio have mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we made together." The talent agency representing Meghan also said in a separate statement: "The team behind Archetypes remain proud of the podcast they created at Spotify.
Archewell Audio and Spotify announced the two sides had 'mutually agreed to part ways'
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"Meghan is continuing to develop more content for the Archetypes audience on another platform." But just hours after the end of the deal was announced, Spotify exec Bill Simmons launched a foul-mouthed tirade at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. He raged in an episode of his own show: "The f***ing grifters. That's the podcast we should have launched with them. "I've got to get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try and help him with a podcast idea. It's one of my best stories."
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The fallout led to claims Meghan is "distraught" over the end of her deal with Spotify and has been "humiliated" over the executive's accusation she and Prince Harry were "grifters". A source told Closer magazine: "Meghan is distraught over this Spotify snub and the fallout that has followed. It’s totally knocked her sideways. "She can’t believe she’s been attacked so viciously and so publicly by one of their execs, and to be labelled 'grifters' is an utterly humiliating and gut-wrenching all-time low. "It’s served as a brutal reality check that things really do need to change to save their popularity."
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Source: Express
