“I love to work”- Amid As Ever Backlash, Meghan Markle Defends Netflix Career and Passion to Work

Published 04/07/2025, 9:50 AM EDT

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The current phase of Meghan Markle's career, in her second run as the Duchess of Sussex and a businesswoman, is in full power. These days, she is harnessing all her business skills and energy into creating her brands, which might establish her as a giant business figure in the long run. These ventures are turning out very fruitful and giving Markle the results she expected. The brilliant re-launch of As Ever has met with extreme success, with the brand sold out within an hour.

 However, backlash and criticism continue to follow her every move. But Meghan Markle is not only capable of making strong choices but also knows how to give strong answers and silence her haters.

Meghan Markle takes a bold stance to defend her working choices

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Recently, Meghan Markle had a profile published in the New York Times on Wednesday in which she expressed how much work is a part of life, and she enjoys it, "I need to work, and I love to work,” said the Duchess. She believes that her brand is the way she can connect her home life and her work, as it is a culmination of both. She further explained that her brand gives her the adaptability to arrange her work life and also focus on her two young children.

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 Highlighting all the hard work she has done for a long time, she further told the publication, she has had a job since she was 13 and kept working till she met Prince Harry. She also gave a strong response to the haters who have often claimed that she might not be able to relate to an average person given all her recent privileges. "Don’t they know my life hasn’t always been like this?" she asked the NYT reporter in a rhetorical manner.

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Although the backlash she received regarding As Ever and her decision to start in the Netflix-style show With Love, Meghan has been severe, she is marching past them with pride.

Netflix staff reported to be unhappy with Meghan Markle's show

Before her latest brand launch, the team member connected to her Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, an extension of her lifestyle venture, was reported to be frustrated with the drama surrounding it. The streaming platform's internal teams were also said to be calling it a "logistical nightmare". But despite the drama surrounding her, As Ever met with phenomenal success with products flying off the racks, a part of which can also be attributed to her prior literary experience in the field.

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 Before Meghan Markle tied the knot, she was not only a successful actress but also an active blogger who used to run the lifestyle blog named The Tig for three years. She had to shut it down, but she called it her passion project, which evolved into an amazing community of inspiration, support, fun, and frivolity as per Markle. The blog may have served as a big basis for her current endeavor and provided Markle with big insights. And with her ready to back her actions with her powerful words, more success is sure to follow.

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Shafaque Taha

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Shafaque Taha has been writing for more than half a decade now, and her passion for literature of any form is an early life habit. With more than 700 published articles in the sportainment, she is now armed with vigor to bring the same enthusiasm as an Entertainment Writer at Netflix Junkie. For her, entertainment provides a liberty to further explore the humanities with the forum of music and shows/movies in a world of ever-evolving art.

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