Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Called Lazy 'Grifters' By Spotify Exec After Deal Ends!
18.06.2023 - 00:13
/ perezhilton.com
On Friday some bombshell news dropped about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Or should we say there was a bombshell about being “dropped”?
The former royals’ $20 million deal with Spotify came to an end, though it’s not totally clear what happened. While some Harry and Meghan sources say they were looking to branch out from the streaming network, others claim it was Spotify who canned the Sussexes!
According to those insiders, the company was unhappy they were paying out so much for a single podcast. After three years, Harry and Meghan had only launched a single show, Archetypes. And while it was a big hit, that’s a LOT of money for one hit podcast! Back in 2021, before Archetypes, when it had been over a year with ZERO content, we heard very similar rumblings. So we’re inclined to believe it was the company who was unhappy and not vice versa.
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Well, we got another big indicator it was Spotify who was unhappy on Friday. After news broke of the breakup, Bill Simmons weighed in on his own podcast! The sportscaster isn’t just a fellow podcaster, he’s also Spotify’s head of international sports content. So we’d expect he might have a bit more insight than most. And he raked the Sussexes over the coals, blasting them for being “lazy”! He even implied they had scammed Spotify for all that money without ever giving anything back, mocking:
Dayum!
It’s not the first time we’ve heard the “lazy” accusation. In particular they were seen as unproductive compared to the Obamas, who — over the course of two years, put out The Michelle Obama Podcast and Renegades: Born in the USA, a series where Barack Obama had long talks with Bruce Springsteen.
If Harry