End of the road for Meghan Markle’s ‘Archetypes’ podcast: Duchess of Sussex accused of faking interviews for their shows, after Spotify boss calls her ‘fraud’

Meghan Markle is not leaving one controversy to enter another. After it was learned that the platform Spotify announced that her podcast “Archetypes” will not have a second season, now it has been revealed that she was not completely honest in the way interviews for her show were conducted.

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“Archetypes” premiered its first episode on August 23, 2022, and the first interviewee was Serena Williams, a friend of the Duchess and tennis star. In total, the podcast lasted for 12 episodes that dealt with the topics of motherhood, pregnancy and the labeling that is usually placed on women.

“People will get to know the real me in this and probably the one they’ve never met. Certainly not in recent years, where everything was viewed through the lens of the media,” Meghan said at the time.

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Did Meghan fake interviews?

The new controversy centers on the fact that the Duchess did not give all the interviews on her podcast.

Industry sources claim that Meghan would have to do interviews before the sound of her voice was edited in the final episodes. This information was published on podcast website Podnews and reviewed by the Daily Mail.

British media reported that Podnews did not cite any specific episode where this situation could apply. But Allison Yarrow, a New York journalist who was a guest on the podcast, revealed that she wasn’t talking to Meghan, but to a production member.

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Meghan Markle is ending her contract with Spotify

Spotify and Meghan and Harry’s production company released a statement announcing that “Archetypes” will not have a second season on the platform. They stated that they made the decision jointly.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a $20 million deal with the platform. However, experts close to the streaming giant claimed that the pair did not meet the required productivity to receive the full payout, the Wall Street Journal reported.

After learning the end of the agreement with royal family, the head of the Spotify team lashed out at the couple. Head of innovation and monetization Bill Simmons called Meghan and Harry “freaking frauds”.

This manager of the streaming giant did not stop there and gave the headline what he thinks about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. “Damn scammers. It’s a podcast we should have started with them,” he is categorical.

Meghan, despite not currently having her own podcast, would be looking for new sources of income and working on various projects.

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