On Friday, the Duchess of Sussex posted the above Instagram – a video clip which did not make it into Season 1 of With Love, Meghan. Meghan is showing Randi Karin how to slice a pineapple by using a paring knife to cut a “cube.” It’s a cute trick! It took about two seconds for the Daily Mail to throw a huge tantrum over the clip, with people swearing that Meghan claimed to invent the method (she did not) or that she copied it from TikTok (I’m pretty sure this method existed long before TikTok).
Anyway, none of that is important. What’s important is Meghan’s caption, which included this: “Great weekend to rewatch or catch up on the show as we gear up for Season 2 this summer and all the fun to come with @aseverofficial.” Gear up for Season 2 THIS SUMMER??? People were surprised, because back in March, just days after WLM premiered, Netflix confirmed that they had already greenlighted and filmed a second season. People Magazine wrote: “PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that With Love, Meghan will have a second season, which has already been filmed, hitting the streaming service this fall.” So… basically, everything Meghan touches turns to gold, so Netflix was like… you know what, we’re moving up the second season premiere. My guess is that they’re already organizing Season 3, and perhaps they’ve even started filming it (with no leaks).
Speaking of leaks from Montecito, random outlets are still paying (??) random people in the Santa Barbara area to say random things about the Sussexes. Recently, Richard Mineards claimed that Meghan “cultivates a very controlled image. She pays attention to every appearance, every word, every gesture. And here in Montecito, we appreciate simple people, even famous ones. Oprah Winfrey, for example, shows up at charity events. Meghan doesn’t play the community game’.” Yeah, if the name “Richard Mineards” sounds familiar, it’s because he regularly gets paid to do just this. Back in December 2024, Mineards told a German documentary that Harry and Meghan are not “assets” to the community and that Meghan “doesn’t seem to get seen anywhere…. And you don’t see him either.” Funny enough, Mineards is a former British tabloid journalist who worked for both the Mail and the Mirror. I believe he was also an unnamed source for that Vanity Fair cover story earlier this year too. It’s all so sleazy.
Photos courtesy of Netflix.
Gee, I wonder why Meghan would try to be careful of what she says. Let’s hear about all the charity work this guy does.
One could argue that Richard Minneards, constantly leaking about his neighbor, is the real one who is not playing the community game. And that Meghan does have friends in the community and that they would never in their lives talk to a tabloid writer who is consistently talking about Meghan, a woman he’s likely never met. Anyways, bring on WLM2!
Mineards is the local rag’s gossip columnist – Montecito Maureen, lol! He’s particularly into gossip re: ‘society’ events. My understanding is that H&M don’t do the society party circuit thing and steer well clear of events Mineard’s likely to turn up at. For obvious reasons. Drives him mad, apparently 🤣
Montecito Maureen fits😂
Montecito Maureen! 😂 🎯
Bullshit. We’ve got photos and video of Harry and Meghan showing up for the local firefighter fundraiser two years in a row. There’s footage of them trick-or-treating in the neighborhood with their kids and attending a 4th of July parade—again, with their kids. Meghan supported the opening of a local bookstore and is known to be actively involved with other parents at Archie’s school. She’s even helped coordinate parties and sleepovers.
And that’s just what we know.
So no, this “they’re not involved in the local community” narrative is lazy, baseless tabloid garbage.
As far as season 3 goes, I strongly suspect she will film some holiday content like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.
Why does it matter whether she is involved with her local community or not? I’m not involved in my local community (I don’t have the time) but I pay my taxes and don’t get involved in anti social behaviour nobody should expect more from their neighbours. Meghan doesn’t owe this neighbour anything. It’s not his business what she does with her time.
Agreed. I am not very active in my local community either and it’s never been an issue. I pay my taxes and keep quiet and there is nothing wrong with that.
Great point!!!
My thoughts exactly, why should she be an asset to the community, but she is an asset to the community so why is he telling untruths, of course working for the DM explains it.
Such a good point. It’s just another example of that old misogynist trick that declares that no matter what Meghan does in her life, no matter how successful and hard-working, smart and beautiful, or generous and kind she is, she will never, ever, ever be good enough for her haters. Which is why they deserve to be ignored by everyone.
If I was under constant surveillance by the media and every person with a phone and I lived in a beautiful estate in Southern California I would rarely leave my house.
He’s just mad because he’s not had any opportunity to run into her. I’ll bet that he has been volunteering for everything under the sun and trying to get invited into spaces in which he think H or M will be present, only to be disappointed every single time. PLUS no-one in their circle, or of their acquaintance, is talking to him. The bitterness just emanates from him.
And how involved are WandK in their local communities? As I recall Kate wouldn’t join the wives club when William was in the Air Force.
A place like Montecito will have an “old money” charity circuit made up of people who’ve been there for a generation or two, and a second one with people who are newer in town, as well as usually younger and wealthier. Harry and Meghan are clearly joining up with the second set and old money is salty.
This is very funny, because Harry is as “old money” as they come.
And this Montecito Maureen, he runs with the oldsters?
Of course Harry and Meghan showed up to support firefighters, and more than once. That old geezer Mineards doesn’t even bother checking the archives of Montecito Journal he supposedly writes for – they reported that Harry and Meghan “were first to donate” to the “1st Annual Montecito Holiday Car Parade” at Christmas in 2021.
When Season 2 was first announced it was stated it would be released this summer. Shortly thereafter, talk of Season 2 being released in the fall was out there. I was not surprised.
Meghan’s post said ‘Great weekend to rewatch or catch up on the show as we gear up for Season 2 this summer and all the fun to come with aseverofficial.’ This COULD be read as they’re just gearing up this summer in readiness for Fall.
Yes. But I understood it and never wavered in that belief, that Season 2 was coming out this summer.
I also knew she was now using Sussex as her family/last name. Stated it in a thread months ago and was attacked. I wasn’t going to do that again. So I zipped it.
This Richard guy said last year you don’t see Meghan AND Harry and just recently said Harry is often seen and very friendly. This guy has no sources and is a hack for the tabloid press. He was definitely the “neighbor” that spoke to Vanity Fair, no doubt.
Sounds as if he is not very good at telling untruths, you need a good memory for that.
Richard is the Afghan Hound Collin’s of Montecito.
Not involved in het local community = I can’t find anyone who will spill tea or lies on Meghan like the Markles so I have to come up with this BS.
Somebody on TikTok pointed out that the DM is putting old stories about Harry and Meghan behind a paywall and that the Richard Mineard story is just repeating what he said in the German documentary which DM reported about before. As for Meghan’s future plans, it’s clear things will be happening this summer. My guess is that Season 2 comes out at the end of Summer. I agree either Season 3 or a holiday special is being filmed at the moment.
It might be one of those problems with sentence construction that I see very often. They could be gearing up now for WLM to come out in the summer, or they could be gearing up this summer for WLM to come out later. It’s already summer, so I can’t tell which one is right.
You are right. My understanding is that during the summer they are gearing up for the fall release of season 2
Summer starts on June 20 and last until September 22nd, so it could come out anytime during that period.
Technically true, but others define summer differently. The summer schedule for TV starts on June 1st, summer classes at colleges can start in May and most everyone thinks summer is over the day after Labor Day.
Hope Meghan sues this dick.
What is it with tabloid rats named Richard? They truly are dicks.
This fraudulent “expert” Mineards appears to be BITTER that he has not been allowed into any of the “community events” to which Meghan has been invited, so he can’t claim higher fees and dine out on having “seen” her or “mingled with” her at this or that event. You can bet your bottom dollar that he would give his right arm for such an opportunity and also to be photographed in her vicinity, even though he would settle for being able to say that he once attended the same event. That way he could really embellish his lies by claiming that “sources” at the event told him awful things about her. Old hack. How are these people not embarrassed?
See I took it as get ready for the new season in the fall, by re-watching season 1 this summer. I didn’t take it as season 2 was coming out earlier, but who knows.
And this Mineards guy has been saying the same stuff for years. And it never seems to cross his mind that he doesn’t know anyone that will talk about her, not that she is inactive. Like I said before, doesn’t mean the party didn’t happen because you weren’t invited. Harry inspired the name for a bookstore in town, Meghan spoke about going to Pilates classes, she’s in a mahjong group with her friends and neighbors, they just had a birthday party for Archie presumably with his classmates, they have friends in town.
This guy is just bitter because they won’t tell him anything, and he’s not invited to the places that she is. And yet again if you notice the reporting is Meghan is so horrible but Harry is okay just like the Vanity Fair article earlier this year
I took it the same way. I also thought she was hinting a restocking of As Ever this summer for gearing up for season 2.
I never thought she meant season 2 was starting this summer. I do think they will be filming season 3 and 4 this summer.
My impression is that celebrities and the wealthy have residences in Montecito to live the private or quiet part of their lives. That doesn’t mean they don’t socialize or appear at charity events. They obviously do- the fundraising for the SB fire department and EMT’s. Costner, Oprah, Sussexes, Levine to name a few. A former tabloid creature would not be a part of this social circle, and neither would anyone of this social circle talk to him. It seems to be that Harry and Meghan have quite full social, business, and philanthropic lives. They have a close knit group of close and loyal friends and a social group of influential and powerful people. I don’t know where this guy lives in Montecito, but I don’t think it would be anywhere near any of the people he is commissioned to write about. But then, British tabloids try to make LA and Montecito like adjoining villages. They have no idea it seems of the vastness and distances of the countries in North America compared to Europe. The UK is an island, and tabloids seem to observe the world from under a rock on the island.
I read the instagram from Meghan as teasing an earlier debut to season 2 than initially understood. They’ve run out of product as well, so I think it would be smart to release more episodes sooner than later. Hope holiday features are included. If new products are coming on line in 2026, wouldn’t that be dove-tailed with what is being done on WLM like the first batch of
As ever?
That’s really kind of it. Montecito Maureen does not travel in the Sussex montecito social circles. End of. They surround themselves with people who have their back and don’t talk to tabloid reporters who happen to live nearby. This guy is probably persona non grata.
I learnt a new trick today, I have never seen that way of cutting pineapple before.
I hope we get season 2 this summer, and an autumn season 3 would be wonderful also. I could watch her every day.
I remember seeing that pineapple cutting trick years ago, it existed long before TikTok. As for ‘Meaneards’, he’s a big fish in a small pond who writes boring articles about trivial shit in a small local paper but thinks he’s all that and a bag of chips. Boring old fart…
In regards to the pineapple trick, she literally says at the start of the video “This is a trick people do…”. How anyone can then say she claimed to invent it is beyond reasoning and ignores her actual statement.
Yay I’m excited for season 2. I can’t wait to see who she filmed with. And yeah that guy… I’m sure people stay away from anyway.
This Mineards story about how neighbors view H&M comes up regularly just like Meghan is a bully, will Charles invite them for Christmas, or they are moving out of Montecito. The story is tied in with the allegations of a McGinity who alleges he was turned away from their gate when he went to offer information about the area just after they moved in. The resulting tabloid stories overlooked the fact that receiving videos after moving in was the last thing on your mind and we were still in the midst of a pandemic, timing is everything. Mineards must have speed dial to the Mail and Mirror and he fails to understand that is exactly why H&M are somewhat reluctant to get involved as they realize there is Mineard waiting to call he buddies in the UK. Stories about how H&M’s neighbors were fed up with them started circulating in late 2020, the McGinity story in 2023, and a whole raft of stories late 2024. Rest easy everyone Christmas is coming and we know how the tabloids will spin that.
My take on it was only that she meant they’ll be working behind the scenes this summer getting the As Ever products ready for the season 2 launch, previously announced to be in the fall (with nothing from Netflix about releasing it any sooner). They’ve got to have all of it ready to drop in what, 3-4 months?