Meghan Markle ruthlessly mocked by Jimmy Fallon over scene in Netflix show

The Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix series copped a brutal jab by the US late night host during his show this week.

Meghan Markle has been mocked for a strange act she does in her Netflix lifestyle series during a “Trivia Night” segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Fallon’s sidekick, Steve Higgins, appeared in the segment and asked the 50-year-old late-night host, “What is the number one question that mystifies scientists? Number one question.”

Fallon guessed, “Is there life on another planet?”

“Oh, no,” said Higgins, 61. He then revealed the answer: “Why does Meghan Markle make her own pretzel bags? They don’t know why.”

The entire audience, as well as Fallon himself, laughed at the joke about Meghan, reports the New York Post.

“That’s interesting,” Fallon said. “She takes it from one bag and puts it in another bag, and that confuses people.”

Jimmy Fallon’s show included a dig at Meghan. Picture: Supplied

They questioned why she put pretzels from one bag into another on her show. Picture: Supplied

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In a scene from With Love, Meghan, Meghan transfers prepacked pretzels from Trader Joe’s into a personalised bag for her guest and friend, makeup artist Daniel Martin.

“This, we’re just going to put into a different bag,” she says about the Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Pretzel Nuggets.

Meghan adds, “I know that Daniel loves peanut butter but I’m going to label this anyway, you always want to be conscious if someone has a nut allergy.”

After personalising the small bag with the pretzels, Meghan says, “I’m packing this all up so I can take it home and prep the guest room.”

The mum of two was mocked online for the pretzel scene after the show came out March 4.

“I’m so glad Meghan Markle has a new show on Netflix where I can watch her take pretzels out of a labelled bag and put them into a new bag … then label it. The people’s Martha Stewart!” one viewer wrote on X.

The pretzel moment sparked plenty of reactions online. Picture: Supplied

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Another person said Markle “transferred pretzels from one bag into another like she was splitting the atom.”

“’I have seen hostage videos with more entertainment,’ I announced to my husband after Markle poured store-bought pretzels into a canister and tied a bow around it,” a different fan tweeted.

With Love, Meghan shows the former actress offering a “how-to guide” for entertaining at home in Montecito, California.

The series earned lower viewership numbers than 2022’s Harry and Meghan and was slammed by critics, who called it “an exercise in narcissism.”

However, Netflix renewed the show for a second season. The Sussexes signed a $100 million deal with the streamer in 2020.

Like Fallon, other celebs have weighed in on Meghan’s venture into the lifestyle business with her show and brand As Ever — including Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow.

“Everybody deserves an attempt at everything that they want to try,” the Iron Man actress, 52, said in her new Vanity Fair April 2025 cover story.

Paltrow added of Meghan, “I’ve met Meghan, who seems really lovely, but I don’t know her at all.”

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission.

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