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Updated · Fox News · Aug 7
Martha Stewart Questions Meghan Markle's 2025 Lifestyle Pivot as Netflix Ended As Ever Partnership in March
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Aug 7

Martha Stewart Questions Meghan Markle's 2025 Lifestyle Pivot as Netflix Ended As Ever Partnership in March

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 7

Summary

  • Martha Stewart said Meghan Markle’s move from actress to royal to homemaking TV host “doesn’t sort of follow,” casting doubt on the duchess’s fit in the lifestyle space.
  • People quoted Stewart, 85, saying authenticity and subject-matter knowledge are essential for a lifestyle brand—remarks that echo her July 2025 skepticism about whether Markle “knows what she’s talking about.”
  • Stewart said she briefly saw Markle at a California dinner party after the duchess returned from a July family trip to Britain, where Harry, Meghan and their two children visited England for the first time in four years.
  • Markle’s lifestyle push began with Netflix series “With Love, Meghan” in March 2025 and brand As Ever, but Netflix and Markle said in March 2026 they were ending that partnership while the brand continued independently.

Insights

Will Meghan Markle's independent lifestyle brand survive Martha Stewart's harsh critique and the recent loss of her Netflix deal?
Can a former royal's celebrity-driven business truly compete with decades of hands-on expertise in the ruthless home-entertainment industry?