People love to hate on Meghan Markle. They call her out of touch, fake, only out to get famous, and so many other things. And listen, do I think she'd be a fun person to eat an Auntie Anne's pretzel with at the mall? No. (She'd probably dab the oil off with a napkin, which result in a very heavy eyeroll from me.) But with that said, on that hate thrown her way, why are we so mad that Meghan Markle is seemingly out of touch with her lifestyle brand, yet somehow, we're okay with Gwyneth Paltrow being out of touch? Paltrow and Markle are basically the same person. Why the double standard?
Like, when Paltrow was out here selling candies on her website Goop that are supposed to smell like lady bits, we made fun of it, but we didn't hate her for it. For some reason it's just cute that she's out of touch. If anything, her being out of touch has only boosted her lifestyle brand. She's still on the cover of magazines, working, etc. But when Markle puts sprinkles on fruit, well, it's the end of the world (when like, it's just sprinkles y'all).
I'll let people smarter than me do a deep dive into the cultural reasons why we have these double standards for two women who are shockingly similar in how out of touch they are, but I'm just gonna say that maybe we should calm down a little bit on the hate and perhaps ask ourselves why we're responding the way we're responding. (Paltrow sold a candle that smelled like lady bits! I'm sorry, I'm still not over that one.)
That's it for me today. I'll see you Friday with more. Keep scrolling for more entertainment news.
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