Prince Harry, not Meghan Markle, was supposed to dominate recent media coverage of the rogue royal couple. Harry visited New York City last week, stopped in London this week and was headed to Africa, speaking on behalf of causes he supports in order to prove that he can carry himself in the world as a statesman-like philanthropist and thought leader.
But a political insider at the United Nations, where Harry spoke, told Page Six that his good-will tour had been “hijacked” by his American wife. Meghan had her employees speak on her behalf in a big, splashy magazine cover to fight back against a new series of workplace bullying allegations, which first emerged in a scathing Sept. 12 article in The Hollywood Reporter.
Instead of the focus being on Harry’s New York engagements, royal observers and P.R. experts were left to ponder whether his wife faces a reputational reckoning that could leave her permanently branded “a terrible boss,” and a not “kind” person — similar to her friend and Montecito neighbor Ellen DeGeneres.
FILE – In this March 21, 2015, file photo, Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. DeGeneres is receiving a humanitarian award, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is reaping the benefits. Producers of the People’s Choice Awards announced Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, that DeGeneres will be recognized as the Favorite Humanitarian at the Wednesday, Jan. 6, ceremony. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
The comedian experienced a stunning fall from grace in 2020 when she became the focus of toxic workplace allegations at her day-time talk show. In her new Netflix comedy special, “For Your Approval,” DeGeneres has bemoaned being canceled, said she’s been “kicked out of Hollywood” and has been making the case that she deserves to be treated with affection again, Rolling Stone reported.
“We saw Ellen DeGeneres get eviscerated because new allegations continued to drop,” Eric Schiffer, chair of Reputation Management Consultants, said in interviews with Newsweek and with this news organization. Now, Meghan is seeing allegations dropping against her in two recent news reports. If it’s any consolation to the former “Suits” star, Schiffer said the cases differ somewhat because DeGeneres built a brand on being the “be kind lady.”
“Brand Meghan is not standing from the tops of buildings proclaiming her niceness,” Schiffer said. Then again, Schiffer also said that the Duchess of Sussex wants to be seen kind, empathetic person who would treat anyone who works for her with respect.
Schiffer agreed that the “terrible boss” and “Duchess difficult” allegations could hurt Meghan and her effort to forge future brand deals. In a report that came out last week in the Daily Beast, former employees described her as “a demon” who had “psycho moments” — images that wouldn’t compliment her anticipated Netflix cooking show, which is supposed to feature her celebrating “the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining, and friendship.”
Meghan has been periodically dogged by allegations of being “difficult” since she married …read more
Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment
