{"id":412419,"date":"2025-09-10T06:09:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T06:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/412419\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T06:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T06:09:15","slug":"whos-up-for-a-second-helping-of-meghan-philstar-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/412419\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s up for a second helping of Meghan? \u2022 PhilSTAR Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

She\u2019s back. Meghan Markle<\/a> has returned for Season 2 of With Love, Meghan, and once again, she\u2019s inviting us into her world of sourdough starters, edible flowers, and lighting so flattering it deserves its own damehood.<\/p>\n

Season 1 was her \u201csoft launch\u201d: part cozy chat, part Pinterest board, part \u201cSee, I\u2019m normal, except my friends are Oprah and Serena.\u201d It was syrupy, sure, but there was a hint of sincerity in there too\u2014the kind you almost believe while licking the spoon.<\/p>\n

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\nWhen Meghan slips into being a student instead of the hostess, the show becomes genuinely fun. Netflix<\/p>\n

Season 2, though? Imagine Meghan heard those \u201ctoo curated\u201d critiques and said, \u201cHold my gluten-free, organic ros\u00e9.\u201d Everything is shinier, glossier, more lacquered than a Beverly Hills manicure. The lobster glistens like it\u2019s auditioning for Top Chef. The sourdough sparkles, a diva among loaves. Even her handwriting in calligraphy looks ready for its own Netflix special.<\/p>\n

If Season 1 was syrup on pancakes, Season 2 is the syrup cooked down, caramelized, and then poured into a crystal decanter before serving. Sweet, yes\u2014but try not to get cavities.<\/p>\n

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\nPrince Harry doesn\u2019t make an appearance this season, but he took a photo off- cam with Meghan and episode guest Clare Smyth,\u00a0
the chef who catered their royal wedding reception. @meghan\/Instagram<\/p>\n

But to be fair, there are moments when the gloss cracks, and suddenly the show works. If you\u2019re Team Meghan, Season 2 is a feast. She\u2019s glowing, she\u2019s thriving, she\u2019s running around sprinkling edible flowers with British TV personality Tan France and giggling like the California duchess-next-door you want on speed dial. There are tender confessions, like the burnt chicken she served Harry the night he proposed\u2014 proof that even duchesses can massacre poultry.<\/p>\n

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\nMeghan with model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen Netflix<\/p>\n

There are adorable behind-the-scenes moments, like her squeamish lobster wrangling with chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s (who\u2019s darling to watch, by the way). These are the Meghan nuggets you can screenshot, tweet about, and say: \u201cSee? She\u2019s real. She\u2019s fun. Leave her alone.\u201d And as a dog lover myself, I have to say, seeing her beloved beagle Guy (now gone, sob) padding around is a highlight\u2014if someone loves dogs, they can\u2019t be all that bad, right?<\/p>\n

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\nMeghan with celebrity chef David Chang Netflix<\/p>\n

But if you\u2019re Meghan-skeptical\u2014hello, Britain\u2014you will feast, too, because Season 2 is basically a buffet of things to mock. The Times recommended viewers \u201cstart therapy now.\u201d The Telegraph called it \u201cneedy.\u201d The New York Post described Meghan as \u201ca woman in need of some cash.\u201d Ouch. The critics are clearly not eating the cupcakes, let alone the edible glitter. And honestly? They\u2019re not wrong about the gloss. Sometimes the show feels less like a window into Meghan\u2019s world and more like a brochure for an aspirational lifestyle brand called Sussex.<\/p>\n

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\nMeghan with Spanish-American chef Jose\u0301 Andre\u0301s\u00a0 @meghan\/Instagram<\/p>\n

So where does that leave us? Somewhere in the middle, sipping our metaphorical tea. Because yes, the show is contrived. Yes, it is curated to death. But it\u2019s also\u2026 not terrible. It\u2019s easy, it\u2019s pretty, it\u2019s background TV that asks nothing of you except to occasionally admire Meghan\u2019s centerpieces.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Every so often, Meghan slips into being a student instead of the hostess, and the show becomes genuinely fun. She clearly enjoys being a domestic goddess. But is it the peek-behind-the-curtain relatability the show promises? Not really. It\u2019s more of a peek into how relatability looks when it\u2019s been polished, staged, and lit by a Netflix budget.<\/p>\n

Season 1 versus Season 2? Think of it this way: Season 1 was Meghan offering you a homemade cupcake, maybe a little lopsided, but served with sincerity. Season 2 is the same cupcake, now perched on a $300 cake stand, dusted in gold leaf, shot from a dozen angles, and captioned with an inspirational quote about love. The taste is the same\u2014it\u2019s just up to you if you\u2019re hungry enough for seconds.<\/p>\n

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With Love, Meghan Season 2 streams on Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She\u2019s back. Meghan Markle has returned for Season 2 of With Love, Meghan, and once again, she\u2019s inviting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,4781,7721,7719,77,7718,388,7720,1281,141770,14966,141769,141771,447,7710,519,7711],"class_list":["post-412419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-royals","tag-british-royal-family","tag-celebrity","tag-duchess-of-sussex","tag-duke-of-sussex","tag-entertainment","tag-harry","tag-lifestyle","tag-meghan","tag-meghan-markle","tag-philippine-star","tag-philippines","tag-philippines-news","tag-philstar","tag-prince-harry","tag-royal-families","tag-royal-family","tag-uk-royal-family"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115178515059488310","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}