They never, ever get together for a podcast.
Meghan Markle has reportedly written a personal note to Taylor Swift asking the pop star to be a guest on “Archetyps” but it will be shut down.
According to the Wall Street Journal, 33-year-old Swift declined the invitation and didn’t even bother to respond on her own – instead, she had a representative fall for her in what could be seen as opposition to the Duchess of Sussex.
Any chance of change is now off the table, as Markle, 41, announced earlier this month that she and her husband, Prince Harry, had parted ways with Spotify, which launched its podcast just three years after signing the $20 million deal. to agree.
An insider told The Post that although “Archetips” topped the charts last year, the couple didn’t produce enough content to justify their hefty price tag.
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In a joint statement, Spotify and Archewell Audio said they “mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series.” [they] done together.”
But finding a guest on the former “Suits” star’s podcast wasn’t the only problem.
“Meghan would usually ask for changes late in the editing process, sometimes hiring top Spotify executives, including then chief content officer Dawn Ostroff, to call the producers and force them to make changes,” the Journal said in its report Saturday.
Spotify executives were also reportedly annoyed by the time it took for Archewell to devise an idea for “Archetypes” and then assemble a production team.
Meanwhile, Harry struggled to come up with a podcast idea of his own.
The 38-year-old founder of Invictus Games researched the topic of veterans, but couldn’t find a convincing way to cover the issue in podcast form. I consider myself a newbie to living in America and at one point thought about hosting a show with comedian Hasan Minhaj.
Harry has also reportedly proposed the idea of interviewing Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and Mark Zuckerberg about their childhood traumas.
According to an earlier Bloomberg article, the Duke of Sussex’s bizarre concept confused executives.
An insider claimed that the practicality of Harry’s bizarre presentations was “questionable” to some Spotify staff, given that people like Putin, 70, and Zuckerberg, 39, rarely give interviews about their private lives.
After leaving the company, the California-based royal family was criticized by fellow podcaster Bill Simmons.
The sportscaster, who is also Spotify’s head of international sports content, called it “‘F-king crooks’ on his show. This is the podcast we should start with them.”
Simmons also scolded the couple, calling them “lazy” compared to the Obamas with Spotify contracts.
The collapse of the deal is putting financial pressure on the couple, who resigned from senior royal duties in January 2020.
Their large Tuscan-style property in Montecito, which they bought for $14.7 million in June 2020, has a heavy mortgage and is also reportedly spending $2 million a year on security.