By Katherine Tinsley
2:51pm PST, Jan 16, 2026
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Meghan Markle is rumored to be working on a cookbook, but royal watchers aren't impressed with her efforts.
"Then comes the rumored cookbook! Cookbooks suggest trust, authority, a whisper of 'this person knows their stuff'. Markle brings none: just styling and sanctimony," commentator
Lee Cohen told
Daily Express.
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"Her Netflix lifestyle series, With Love, Meghan, was a bust — critics calling it unrelatable and exhausting," Lee Cohen continued. "She was trying for Martha Stewart, but without the charm, authenticity or skill."
While Meghan's first season of her Netflix series was extremely popular, her second season failed to attract a comparable audience. The streaming giant has yet to confirm if the project has been renewed for a third season.
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Lee Cohen noted that Meghan Markle's transition from Suits to With Love, Meghan isn't unique to Hollywood.
"The actress-turned-entrepreneur narrative once relied on novelty. That novelty is gone — long gone," Cohen shared. "Without royal proximity to monetize or fresh grievance to weaponize, Markle's ventures must stand on their own merits — of which there are painfully few."
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"So, 2026 in a nutshell? More launches. More breathless announcements. More delusional insistence that breakout success is one pivot away," Lee Cohen continued. "But zero breakthroughs. No relevance. Just diminishing returns and public exhaustion and alienation."
