Ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle first started dating in 2016, the world has had strong opinions about their union, their exit from the UK and much more. Over the past few months, Meghan has become more visible than ever — there’s the Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, her As Ever lifestyle line and new “Confessions of a Female Founder” podcast. This omnipresence coupled with Harry becoming more outspoken about his years-long rift with the royal family means that those public opinions have reached a crescendo.
Now, it’s not just regular, anonymous people in Facebook comments saying what they think about Meghan, but celebrities too. These high-profile stars — whether they have met Meghan themselves or don’t know much more about her than the general public — have used their platforms to air their views, and sometimes even offer some nuggets of wisdom and professional advice for the Duchess of Sussex.
Meghan has always been a divisive figure, and that’s something most big names can relate to. So, let’s hear what they have to say about one of the most controversial women on the planet.
Bethenny Frankel
The entrepreneur and Real Housewives of New York City alum has taken to social media a number of times over the years to say exactly where she thinks Meghan is allegedly going wrong, and how she can fix it.
Most recently, in March 2025, she shared that she had cracked the reason for Meghan’s polarizing public persona. “It’s a combination of jealousy and frustration,” she said via Instagram. “I remember when she walked down the aisle … she was beloved and it was amazing that she was divorced and that she was Black. It was like, it’s this modern royal family and the monarchy’s changing and it was great! And then the wheels came off. She has every right to be unhappy about her life but … I think they underestimated how much they would be on their own. I would do anything to just advise her. It feels like the last girl in the murder movie — like ‘why are you making all the wrong turns?’ Most people don’t have these opportunities. The pot of gold is right there. It’s frustration, we don’t understand. Just like – stop! How did you do it this way?!”
Previously, in July 2023, she said similar things about both Meghan and Harry, posting “How do you do every single thing wrong? I can’t imagine going from hero to zero like that” and adding that their outbursts against the monarchy were “a botched job” and they should “go away for a long time.”
Sandra Lee
The TV chef exclusively told Us Weekly on March 26 that she is pro-Meghan — and can’t understand why With Love, Meghan has attracted so much criticism.
“I was actually surprised about the backlash to the show,” she said. “[I’ve been] in the lifestyle space for years. We have mixed relatable and unrepeatable elements [too]. Meghan’s show is very well done [and] beautifully filmed. [It has] calming, serene content — and she even used my trick of using a plastic bag as a piping bag for her cake! I’m happy for her. Her crew is doing a great job.” She even had a few words of motivation for the duchess. “Keep on going, and inspire people to make beautiful things,” she said.
Whitney Cummings
On May 3, the actress and comedian posted an Instagram Reel captioned “Meghan Markle can totally fix this if she just does this” where, in a long, hilarious rant, she explained that Meghan’s mistake has been not being more candid about how she and Harry got together.
“She is just avoiding talking about the one thing we all want to hear about,” she said. “Girls are programmed from the time they are literal children to marry a prince, to land a prince. We don’t really want them but, like, give us that intel. What did you do? How did you get them? Just tell us how you got him! Was it kegels? Did you laugh at his corny jokes? Did you let him keep up his Die Hard poster? Like, what did you do?! Just tell us — you’re wearing full butt underwear? Just tell us!”
She went on to poke fun at some of the homemaking tips in Meghan’s show. “I know it’s not the petals on the cookies,” she said. “We know you don’t get men with petals. We don’t want him, we’re just curious! What was the trick — you just listened, and every time he talked you were like, ‘That’s so interesting! Oh my God, that’s so smart! I never would’ve thought about that!’? Do you ask him questions that you already know the answer to? Do you walk with pigeon toes? Are you wearing skirts, aprons? Like, what is it? Just tell us how you got him and we’ll like you.”
Gwyneth Paltrow
As a fellow founder of a huge lifestyle brand, Goop, all eyes were on Paltrow when As Ever launched. But, disappointingly for anyone who loves a drama, the Oscar-winning actress is supportive of Meghan’s work and thinks there’s plenty of room for competition. “I wish Meghan nothing but the best,” she said on “The World’s First Podcast With Erin & Sara Foster” in March 2025. “It’s so great what she’s doing. I’m proud of her. Every woman deserves to go into anything they want to do.”
In fact, Paltrow hasn’t even ruled out collab-ing with the duchess, revealing on May 17 that the two powerful women have been chatting over text.
It’s not the first time both Paltrow and Meghan have been at pains to emphasize that they’re on good terms. “I was raised to see other women as friends, not foes,” the actress told Vanity Fair in March, when the comparisons between Goop and As ever were first drawn. “I think there’s always more than enough to go around. Everybody deserves an attempt at everything that they want to try. Another woman is never your competition.”
Meghan McCain
The former View cohost and political scion might share her name with Meghan, but that’s where the similarities end. “I was originally a Meghan Markle supporter, I thought she was cool, stylish and refreshing,” she wrote via X in January 2025 after seeing a clip of With Love, Meghan. “Like the rest of the world my opinion changed when she disrespected the royal family. Now that she wants to be American again instead of British aristocracy what she seems to forget is Americans want real, raw, uncensored. All of this even in the trailer is highly curated, produced and out of touch. I would have told her to do a show helping bring fresh food to food deserts in low income neighborhoods. Do something to help people instead of your ego.”
Mindy Kaling
Everyone wants to know what Kaling — as one of Meghan’s most high-profile With Love, Meghan guests — really thinks of the duchess. And, of course, she’s a fan — and finds all the attention their friendship gets pretty overwhelming. “I noticed that whenever I do something, anything related to Meghan it becomes big news,” she said on The View in March 2025. “We were making sandwiches, then they’ll push in on my face on TikTok, and they’ll be like, ‘Look at how this emotion you felt,’ and I honestly didn’t even remember it because we shot it like nine months ago.” The actress added: I loved my time with Meghan. I’m also like, ‘Let her promote her show, and I’ll talk about (Kaling’s new show) ‘Running Point.’ It was great, and it’s really fascinating seeing the reaction.”
Katherine Ryan
The Canadian comedian used to be a supporter of Meghan — but, since watching With Love, Meghan, her feelings have changed a little. On her podcast, “Telling Everybody Everything” in March 2025, Ryan questioned her authenticity. “I liked Meghan Markle,” she said. “I was rooting for Meghan Markle… though she is very Hollywood – even for me – and I don’t like that in people. I don’t think she’s a bad person. Her whole act just seems very manicured and very forced.”
Like Cummings, Ryan thinks the former Suits actress should acknowledge the wonder of their relationship more. “I think she likes cozying up to celebrities and she wants the hundred million dollar deal and she likes the fact that she’s married to a prince,” she said. “I would rather someone lean into that and be like, oh my God, I used to be on Suits and now I’m married to a prince. I would rather that than this act of ‘Oh, I’m just so humble.’”
Tina Brown
The former Vanity Fair editor-in-chief (who has written two books about the royal family) has never minced her words when it comes to Harry and Meghan, calling their decision to quit royal duties for life in the U.S a “disaster” at the time. And now she’s gone further. Speaking on “The Ankler” podcast in 2025, the British journalist said “The trouble with Meghan is that she has the worst judgment of anyone in the entire world. She’s flawless about getting it all wrong. All of her ideas are total crap, unfortunately.” She also described Harry as “the lamb to the slaughter” and said the prince “blindly followed her like a child.” Ouch.
Meghan Markle turned heads when she launched her lifestyle brand and Netflix show in early 2025. Meghan took fans inside her kitchen, garden and home with Netflix’s With Love, Meghan series. She brought along celebrity friends Mindy Kaling and Abigail Spencer for tea parties, sleepovers, cooking and crafting. Shortly before the series premiered in March […]
Kelly Osbourne
The outspoken Osbourne offspring once declared Harry a “f–king t–t” but later clarified her opinions on the couple with a little more nuance. “Maybe it’s because I feel a certain level of disappointment in the sense where I feel like they had an opportunity to become the most liked, loved people in the entire world that could actually bring some positive change,” she said on her family’s podcast in September 2023. “But then, they went down this, like, victim road instead. I get wanting to leave [the royal family], but then just leave. Don’t leave and then just give, “Woe is me” stories about how difficult it was.”
Sharon Osbourne
Kelly isn’t the only Osbourne who has issues with Meghan — her mom Sharon isn’t a fan either. Speaking with Piers Morgan on his show, Uncensored, in September 2023, she said the couple were “just so horribly disrespectful and just a whine fest.” She added: “Well, do you know what? You have a great life, you have a beautiful family, and you are so much in love. Move on. Get a life and move on.”
Maren Morris
The singer-songwriter is one star who doesn’t understand why the world has such a problem with Meghan. “This profound hatred and annoyance at Meghan Markle specifically — mostly coming from women, I have to say — it’s unfathomable to me,” she shared via TikTok in December 2022. “People are saying, ‘Oh, a woman should never take a man away from his family. That’s all that this is.’ Um, have you seen this family? I just don’t [understand it]. I never have. But people have been annoyed by royals or a particular person in the royal family for centuries.”
Meghan King
This Meghan has her namesake’s back. The Real Housewives of Orange County alum said that it was the Meghan & Harry Netflix series that saw her “turning to their side.” Sharing via her Instagram Stories in 2023, she said “I think Harry seems like his mother and the two of them are in love and want to protect their kids. There’s nothing more relatable in the world than that. I can only imagine how unsafe they feel judging from my baseline of often feeling vulnerable and unsafe.”
Kathy Griffin
The comedian had her say on the controversial couple via Instagram in December 2022 — and, yet again, the Duchess is being criticized for not owning up to her remarkable trajectory enough. “Acting like they can do so much good in the world, which is great and aspirational,” she said. “But when’s the last time a royal did anything that helped the world? That’s all I’m saying. [Meghan] kinda acts like she was never on Deal or No Deal and when I say ‘kinda acts like,’ I mean they don’t acknowledge it at all which is hilarious to me. … You don’t think it’s funny when Meghan acts like she doesn’t know what hair and makeup is?”
Jameela Jamil
The actress and presenter spoke to Meghan on a November 2022 of the Duchess’s “Archetypes” podcast — and said she feels vehemently protective over her. “It’s just an unfathomable amount of s— that you take, Meghan,” said The Good Place star. “I can’t believe it. And I fought back on your behalf for years before I’d ever met you because I was so outraged by the twisting of this, very normal, very kind, very civilized woman. That demonization just shows how afraid they are of you.”
