Gossip With Celebitchy

195: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry are in the UK

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 5:30 I saw Backrooms, Masters of the Universe and Disclosure Day. Chandra saw The Drama and thought it was overrated. She also finished the show The Other Bennet Sister. Royals: Minutes 5:30 to 16:30 Prince Harry and his co-plaintiffs, including Elizabeth Hurley and Sir Elton John, lost their case against Associated Newspapers for hacking. The suit was filed in 2022 and alleges that The Daily Mail wiretapped, bugged and used illegal methods to get information for stories. The judge in the case was a former barrister/lawyer who represented The Mirror, so he definitely had a conflict of interest. The judge didn't represent The Mirror at the same time that Harry sued them. Harry issued a scathing statement about the ruling. The timing of this ruling is dark Harry as visiting the UK now. It looks like Buckingham Palace, King Charles and RAVEC set Harry up. They've gone back and forth about whether Harry was offered a place to stay by Charles. They also denied him security, which he's been trying to get for years, because the investigation into whether he should be afforded security as a non-working royal was paused! This inquiry was paused in March, essentially denying Harry security, however they only told Harry after he confirmed the details of his trip. Meghan, Archie and Lili were originally scheduled to come with Harry, but given the lack of security we weren't sure they would come. News broke late Friday that they were in the UK and had met with Charles and Camilla. Harry has been so unbothered during his events in London. No one seemed to care but Charles posed in a tank earlier this week just as Harry was arriving. Kate only did one event this week and William's events have been lackluster. Chandra thinks there was a real turning point after Harry got such positive press for visiting the UK last year. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding: Minutes 16:30 to 24:30 There was a huge buildup to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's 1,000-person wedding at Madison Square Garden. We still haven't seen photos. There weren't enough seats for everyone and Travis and Taylor's vows lasted 40 minutes total. The wedding favors were embroidered handkerchiefs. I play a segment from Zoom where we talk about this. Comments of the Week: Minutes 24:30 to end Chandra's comment of the week is from Digital Unicorn on the post about Carole Middleton being classy despite all evidence to the contrary. My comment of the week is from Charlie on the post about Taylor Swift's Dior wedding dress.  Thanks for listening bitches!

194: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry's Frogmore Cottage to be gutted

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:40 I recommend the movies Obsession and I Love Boosters, both of which are in theaters. I also love Margot's Got Money Troubles. Chandra and I are watching Widows Bay and love it. Chandra is also watching The Other Bennet Sister and recommends Magpie Murders.  Royals: Minutes 6:40 to 22:30 The last time we talked was about a month ago, right after Harry and Meghan's successful trip to Australia. Harry had just arrived in Ukraine at that point. Since then, Meghan went to Geneva to help open the Lost Screen memorial, Kate had a successful trip to Italy and William saw Aston Villa play in Istanbul. Kate's trip was well received and she even spoke a little Italian. In a recent interview William admitted that he didn't know Kate spoke Italian. Will and Kate have a planned trip to India in November. There's a rumor that they'll be going to the US in July, but that has not been confirmed. William wants to come for the World Cup. Chandra does not think that Kate and the kids will join him. Harry and Meghan celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary last week. Meghan posted a little video of her kids singing happy anniversary and of the lemon elderflower cake and penguin sculpture Harry had custom made for her. Meghan explained the meaning of the penguins, because they wore penguin onesies at their engagement party since penguins are together for life. The press obsessed over that for days. Tom Sykes made fun of Meghan's traditional Italian kitchen, calling it a Taco Bell kitchen. It's a beautiful kitchen and that's ridiculous. It's thought that they haven't done renovations to their home, althought there are mixed reports about that. We heard that the Windsors are planning to renovate Frogmore Cottage. Meghan and Harry had it renovated in early 2019 before they moved in, so it's been extensively renovated and redecorated, and they even paid the cost back, at about £2.4 million pounds or $3.1 million dollars. A source told The Sun "It's been empty for three years… Maybe if they get rid of any trace of Harry and Meghan, then someone within the royal household will fancy it." They want to erase all taste of Harry and Meghan. The next big royals event we have coming up is Harriet Sperling and Peter Phillips' wedding, which is scheduled for Saturday June 6th. Peter is Princess Anne's son, he's 48, and Harriet is 45 and works as a pediatric nurse. I'm really looking forward to that wedding. The big storylines revolve around Peter snubbing Prince Harry by not inviting him, they also ">didn't invite Prince Andrew, and about whether Harriet will wear a tiara and if so will it be one of her future mother-in-law's tiaras. The stories about Peter Phillips' wedding are similar to the stories around Hugh Grosvenor's wedding. Comments of the Week: Minutes 22:30 to end Kaiser COTW is from Mel on the post about Belle Burden's book, Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage. My COTW is from Tiffany on the post about the bill to make daylight saving time permanent. Thanks for listening bitches!

193: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry's wildly successful trip to Australia

Introduction: Minutes (0) to 8:15 I just got back from a trip to Florida. I saw a bunch of herons eating fish out of a pond. We think bird watchers are cool. I watched The Housemaid and enjoyed it. Chandra didn't finish that. She watched the French Jodie Foster movie, A Private Life. She also read Belle Burden's Strangers and recommends it. Royals: Minutes (8:15) to 28:00 Harry and Meghan went to Australia for a four day trip from April 14th to the 18th. On Friday April 10th Prince Harry's former charity Sentable announced it was suing Prince Harry and one of the other trustees, Mark Dyer, for defamation and libel. Sophie Chandauka made a hostile takeover of Sentebale last year aided by Prince William's ally Ian Rawlinson. This lawsuit seems to be based on Harry's resignation from Sentebale as a patron. The timing was meant to steal headlines from Harry and Meghan's Australian tour and it only worked briefly. Harry and Meghan's trip to Australia was a massive success and they had huge crowds wherever they went. They went to Melbourne, where they visited a children's hospital and veteran's museum and went on the Scar Tree Walk, and to Sydney, where they had multiple events on Sydney Harbour and Bondi Beach and attended a rugby match. Harry gave a speech at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and spoke at the InterEdge summit while Meghan taped a guest judge segment on Masterchef Australia and did a Q&A at the Her Best Life retreat. There were conflicting reports about what Harry and Meghan were paid, with some reports that they were taking nominal fees to cover their costs. During the Australian trip Meghan announced that she invested in a fashion discovery platform called OneOff and premiered an account with them. During this trip she kept her clothing on OneOff updated, with affiliate links. She wore a lot of Australian designers and of course they got a huge boost in sales. Women's Wear Daily estimates that Meghan's fashion in Australia drove over $51 million in media impact! They had quotes from some of the labels who said Meghan wearing their clothing drove hundreds of thousands in sales! The British press used Meghan's OneOff account to attack her. Chandra didn't even report on Tom Sykes' despicable take on it. I play a clip of Meghan talking to students at Swinburne University of Technology about how she's been attacked for 10 years and how she gets through it. The way Meghan was attacked for saying that proves her point. There was a story that Robert Irwin, who works with Prince William on EarthShot, declined to meet with the Sussexes. Irwin is an ally of Prince William and that story was very pro-William. We don't believe it but it turns out he was in the US during the Sussexes' visit anyway. We remember when William tried to claim that Jose Andres was his friend after Andres joined Earthshot's board. Andres posed with Harry in New York and appeared on With Love, Meghan after that. There was a clip of Meghan smiling at a staffer when the staffer put her hand on Harry's back. Someone edited it with AI to make it look like Meghan was glaring at the lady. Tom Sykes used it to recycle all the old lies about Meghan being a bad boss. The reason why there was so much outsized criticism of the Australian tour is because it's a Commonwealth realm. During this trip the Sussexes called out a few outlets, including the Australian Daily Mail, for publishing their itinerary during the embargo and putting their safety at risk. Harry made a surprise trip to Ukraine this week and made sure to limit press availability for his safety. This week was the late Queen Elizabeth's 100th birthday. The royals marked the occasion with a memorial and a dry reception. They released a photo of the left behinds and they it looked out of date, old and stale. The contrast between this photo and the optics of Harry and Meghan's trip were stark. Comments of the Week: Minutes (28:00) to end Chandra's comment of the week is from Badgerette on the post about Virginia passing a redistricting plan. My comment of the week is from 1stTimer on the story about Catlyn Jenner begging Trump to change the gender on her passport back. Thanks for listening bitches!

192: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry's new spokesperson is excellent

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:45 This awards season was long due to the Winter Olympics. We enjoyed it other than the BAFTAs. We're so glad Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor but are bummed that Sinners didn't win Best Picture. This awards season had a good vibe and the Oscars were entertaining. Chappell Roan: Minutes 6:45 to 24:00 The big story this week was about Chappell Roan's bodyguard harassing an 11-year-old girl and her mother at a hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ada Law is Jude Law's fifth child.  Her mother, Catherine Harding, and stepfather, football star Jorginho, are also famous. We reported it when Ada was born. We also remember when Jude had his fourth chilld with a one night stand, Samantha Burke. Brazilian soccer star Jorginho posted that one of Chappell Roan's bodyguards approached his wife Catherine Harding and daughter Ada at their hotel after Ada smiled at Chappell during breakfast.  Ada was in Sao Paulo to see Lollapalooza Brazil for her birthday, where Chappel was performing. All Ada did according to Jorginho and his wife was walk past Chappell's table and smile at her. The bodyguard then went up to Ada and her mom's table and told Catherine that she should teach her daughter not to harass other people. Catherine tried telling him that Ada was just a child and he continued berating them. I play an excerpt from Catherine's video explaining what happened. After Jorginho posted about this, but before Catherine's video came out, Chappell recorded a very low effort video where she's in bed half denying the story. She said the security guard was "not my personal security" and that she didn't see the girl. She also apologized at the end, but it was like it was an afterthought. Chappell's rep issued a statement basically reiterating what she said and claiming it was a third party security guard. The hotel issued a statement making it clear this was not their security guard. The bodyguard was IDed as a Pascal Duvier. He used to work for Kim Kardashian and got fired after she was robbed in Paris. Duvier issued a statement saying he wasn't part of Chappell's security team and that his interaction with the mother  was due to an increased security threat or something. Chappell has a reputation of being rude to fans, unlike other pop stars like Taylor Swift. I play a clip from Zoom where Lisa talked about this. We remember when Chappell was both sides-ing politics during the last election. Royals: Minutes 24:00 to 33:15 Last week Variety came out with an unhinged hit piece on Harry and Meghan with vague complaints about Meghan. Netflix and the Sussexes denied many of the false assertions in the story point by point. We wonder if the Sussexes should have issued a separate statement because their denials got buried. This week, Deadline got an exclusive that the Sussexes are producing a scripted polo series for Netflix. They're also working with other streaming platforms. We wish they would do more promotion for their shows, like the Polo documentary series. Harry and Meghan are going to visit Australia in mid April. Harry is going to be a keynote speaker at the InterEdge Psychosocial Safety Summit in Melbourne, which is April 15-16. Meghan is going to make an appearance at a women's retreat conference in Sydney which is on April 17-19. After that news came out there were predictable hit pieces about their trip. They're not doing this for money because they're taking nominal appearance fees. There's been a narrative that they're broke, but that's not true. There was a Change.org petition claiming that Australian taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for their security. Meghan and Harry's spokesperson hit back at that, saying "The trip is being funded privately, so I'm not sure what this petition hopes to achieve." Comments of the Week 33:15 to end Chandra's comment of the week is from YankeeDoodles on the post about William not bowing to wokery. My comments of the week are from B Overland and Andrea on Kismet's post about Minute Maid discontinuing their frozen juices. Thanks for listening bitches!

191: Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry's trip to Jordan criticized, Sinners wins best ensemble at the Actor Awards

Introduction: Minutes 0 to 6:15 I've been watching The Pitt and Paradise. I also really like Best Medicine on Fox. Chandra loves Josh Charles and knows him from Sports Night and The Good Wife. Chandra follows tennis, and lot of tennis stars were stuck in Dubai after playing in the Indian Wells tournament and have had to go to extreme measures to get back to their home countries. Actor Awards: Minutes (6:15) to 12:45 On Sunday we had the Actor Awards, which is the new name for the Screen Actor's Guild Awards. At the SAGs Sinners took home Best Ensemble, which brings them a little closer to the Best Picture Oscar. This was also Ryan Coogler's second win in that category at the SAGs, he previously won for Black Panther, and he's the first director to win twice. We're so happy Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor. Chandra is so relieved that Timothee Chalamet didn't win. It was great to see the excitement for Michael B. Jordan. We hope this means his chances are better at the Oscars. Oscar voters are voting later as they're actually watching the movies. I play a clip of Amy Madigan responding to Michael B. Jordan's win. I think Sinners is a more memorable film than One Battle After Another. Chandra thinks they're both memorable and mentions that they're both being memed a lot too. Royals: Minutes (12:45) to 21:00 Last week we talked about Harry and Meghan's trip to Jordan through the World Health Organization. This week we got some predictable raging about that, with sources claiming that they need their titles removed and that they can't do humanitarian work because William forbids it! Whenever the Sussexes go anywhere, they get briefed against by the other royals. This time it was mostly William complaining though. Charles seems to be briefing against Harry less. There's a new book out by The Daily Mirror's royal editor Russell Myers called William and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era. It's very much propaganda from the Waleses. It was released last month in the UK and is coming out in the US on March 10. Some stories that have come out of the book include the claim that William never assaulted Harry and that William and Kate disliked Meghan from the start and thought she "had an agenda." William was gatekeeping Harry's charity work and didn't want him working on military issues, as Harry wrote about in Spare. William and Charles were also said to be furious when Harry issued a statement defending then-girlfriend Meghan Markle from the negative press about her. Comments of the Week: Minutes (21:00) to end My COTW is from Amy Bee on the post about Robert Kennedy Jr. coming for Dunkin and Starbucks. This is where we talk about the little treat economy! Kaiser's COTW is from L4Frimaire on the post about King Charles' alleged plans to abdicate. Thanks for listening bitches!