Netflix boss breaks silence on what he really thinks about Meghan Markle in shock comments

Netflix boss Ted Sarandos has heaped praise on Meghan Markle, describing her biopic with Prince Harry about their decision to step back from the Royal Family as "successful in every measure." His comments on the Aspire with Emma Grede podcast mark the first time the Netflix boss has publicly spoken about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex since they renewed a deal with the streamer.

Mr Sarandos's gushing comments about Meghan also comes after the second season of her cooking show, With Love, failed to reach a wide audience. In the podcast, Netflix's chief executive hailed Meghan for having "remarkable influence" and praised her ability to sell out consumer goods featured in her show as he renewed his support for the controversial couple.

Her cooking show, which first aired in March, is paired with her online shop As Ever, which sells wine, jams, and other food products.

Mr Sarandos said: "One thing we learned early with Meghan... she has remarkable influence-remarkable. So when we did the documentary on her and Harry, the trailer, when we ran the trailer announcing it, people... hundreds of people... broke down every frame of the trailer."

Netflix is an equity partner in her online shop, so gets a proportion of the profits.

Explaining the partnership, the Netflix boss said: "She has incredible power and influence. So that for me, it's like okay well how can we enable this to be a more holistic thing. So that's what that relationship is about."

He went on to heap praise on Harry and Meghan's tell-all Netflix documentary which aired in December 2022. "And by the way, the documentary itself," Mr Sarandos added, "was also one of the most watched documentaries we've ever had.

"So it was very it was successful in every measure. Now I don't think that you can have a consumer products business if you don't have a great entertainment business. So that's got to come first."