Speaking exclusively to The Express US, Levine explained, “There’s a fine line between authenticity and indulgent self-pity — and Meghan Markle has turned crossing it into a weekly ritual.
“Her podcast is on hold, her Netflix ratings are lagging, her lifestyle brand was greeted with yawns, yet she continues to dominate the media cycle… not through vision, but through grievance.”
The expert continued, “In a recent Bloomberg interview, Markle complained — again — about her royal wardrobe requirements (pantyhose, of all things) and her critics, all while stirring a one-pot pasta recipe lifted straight from Martha Stewart’s playbook. This isn’t the language of leadership. It’s the vocabulary of a perpetual victim.”
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Levine urged Meghan to focus on showing “a range of emotions, including light and shadow, vulnerability, and strength.”
For now, he said her “relentless focus on slights and discomforts flattens her public persona into one long, whiny note. It’s tiresome — and worse, strategically foolish.
“You don’t build a global lifestyle brand by sounding like a broken record of complaints.”
The expert concluded, “Until Meghan learns to shift from grievance to gravitas, her media presence will remain what it’s become: less royal icon, more reality show confessional. And the public? They’re tuning out.”
Michael Levine is a leading US media expert and best-selling author who spoke to The Express US on behalf of Boundless Media.