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Katherine Ryan, John Mulaney rip into With Love, Meghan

We’re not precisely sure if Netflix comedians are laughing with or at Meghan Markle, but the funny men and women who headline the streaming giant have a lot of thoughts about her new show.

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Katherine Ryan believes that Meghan Markle appeared “manicured and very forced” in her latest Netflix series, With Love, Meghan.

The Canadian comedian, 41, who was previously an ardent supporter of the exiled royal, has appeared to change her tune after watching the Suits alum’s new eight-part cooking show.

With Love, Meghan has proven to be fruitful fodder for the streaming giant’s comedians. Picture: Netflix
With Love, Meghan has proven to be fruitful fodder for the streaming giant’s comedians. Picture: Netflix

“I liked Meghan Markle. I was rooting for Meghan Markle … though she is very Hollywood – even for me – and I don’t like that in people,” the Glitter Room star said on her Telling Everybody Everything podcast of the Duchess of Sussex.

“I see now, and maybe it’s just the projects she’s choosing, it does feel like she has lied about whether she knew who Prince Harry was, and these details about her childhood change and don’t add up.”

Ryan, who released a series of stand-up specials on the streamer throughout her career, noted that there are some discrepancies in Markle’s stories about her childhood.

Katherine Ryan thinks everyone is “hate-watching it”. Picture: Getty Images
Katherine Ryan thinks everyone is “hate-watching it”. Picture: Getty Images

“She said on her new Netflix show that they ate TV dinners growing up,” she said, referring to the claim Markle made, which was later slammed by her estranged brother as “malarkey.”

“But then in an old interview, she was like, ‘We would eat farm fresh.’ Her whole act just seems very manicured and very forced,” Ryan added.

The In Trouble comedian added that while she doesn’t see Markle as a “bad person,” she does think the former actor “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.”

“Of course. But 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,” she said.

“I would rather that than this act of: Oh, I’m just so humble.”

The show has been renewed for a second season. Picture: Netflix
The show has been renewed for a second season. Picture: Netflix

Despite being released last week, Markle’s series has already been greenlit for Season 2 by Netflix.

“People are hate-watching it though,” Ryan said in response to its streaming success. “Who knows what Netflix are doing? They are smart — whether they love something or hate something, whatever keeps them watching more episodes.”

“If this was Netflix’s intention, to be like, let’s throw Meghan under the bus where even people who really liked her are turning … not against her, but … she just doesn’t seem to be the kind of gal I would want to be friends with. It’s too manicured, it’s too beige.”

John Mulaney is grateful that like Meghan, Netflix threw a bunch of money at him. Picture: Getty Images
John Mulaney is grateful that like Meghan, Netflix threw a bunch of money at him. Picture: Getty Images

Ryan’s barbs come after fellow Netflix comedian John Mulaney ridiculed With Love, Meghan in front of company executives at the streaming giant’s season launch.

Mulaney kicked off his act by talking about his own new show which debuted the week after the Duchess’.

“This will be the one place where you (might) see Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting next to Nikki Glaser sitting next to a family therapist with music by Mannequin Pussy,” he began.

“This is a really fun experiment. Not since Harry and Meghan has Netflix given more money to someone without a specific plan.”

This story originally appeared in The New York Post.

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