Shall we talk about Harry and Meghan?
The Pretend Tuesday Column
Hello, and welcome to the Pretend Tuesday Column!
So I hear you asking “but how did you come up with such an awesome name?!”. Very simple my friend, I wrote it this morning, it is Tuesday, and Pretend because I am not really a columnist, so I named it the Pretend Tuesday Column, BOOM!
Anyway, let’s talk about Meghan and Harry, shall we? As I am writing I am eagerly waiting for the Netflix Docuseries to drop, aren’t you?
I already know I will get frustrated because I feel like old Aunt Peggy who wants to reach out to them and beg them to not do this because, some day, they will regret all the emotional anguish it has caused.
But I will watch.
Somehow I understand that deep need and desire to tell their story in their own words. Albeit the fact it will be highly edited to fit the narrative, I have no doubt that they have suffered. Actually, I bet that the main reason they are doing this documentary, aside of the huge payout, is to say their piece and find some sort of healing somehow.
But I can’t help seeing them as two, slightly immature, inviduals who are desperate to be loved and validated and yet I can’t stop feeling that the way they are doing it is very wrong.
Their pain is very understandable considering the awful trauma Harry has had to face at a very young age, and the way the Tabloids have been terribly vitriolic about Meghan.
However, it is hard not to ask them to just try and let go of the anger and resentment and focus on the joys they have with their own family, watching their two beautiful kids grow up, doing good things using their clout while still making a lot of money. I am sure they could come up with some really good ideas.
Do we think that if this gives them the success they hope, it is going to turn into “Keeping it up with the Sussexes”? Like the Kardashians, but with more class. And a posher accent.
I am obviously not a Family Counsellor, but it is pretty obvious that the repetitive digs, in one way or another (Oprah’s, a book, a docuseries) is not going to ever help rebuild bridges with their family and that’s probably the saddest part in all of this. It is quite hard to witness their relationships falling apart, but then we never know what is really going on behind closed doors, I guess.
However, thank you for bringing so much excitement and feeling of eager anticipation in our life. It totally beats waiting for the release of the Christmas edition of the Radiotimes this year!