The head of Spotify's international sports content, Bill Simmons, slammed Meghan and Harry on his personal podcast, referring to them as "f*ck*ng grifters" and saying, "I wish I had been involved in the ‘Meghan and Harry leave Spotify’ negotiation. That’s a podcast we should’ve launched with them," according to Page Six.
The Sussexes were canned from their $20 million Spotify deal after failing to produce enough content, while also enjoying extremely low popularity among listeners. The deal was signed in 2020 and the former Royals only produced thirteen hours of programming over the span of more than two years, the outlet reports.
Simmons recanted about the time he was forced to work with Prince Harry to salvage the podcast, telling his listeners, "It’s one of my best stories. I gotta get drunk one night and tell the story of this Zoom I had with Harry to try to help him with a podcast idea."
Other Spotify sources told Page Six that the failure of Markle's "Archetypes" podcast, which produced only twelve episodes, was attributed to Meghan and Harry being "lazy and difficult to work with."
While the former Royals have reportedly compared their popularity and influence to that of Michelle and Barack Obama, Meghan and Harry's multi-million dollar deal came to be a disaster, compared to the Obama's, who had a similar deal, which was a smashing success, Page Six reports.
Insiders at Spotify told the paper that, "Spotify wants to focus on people who drive strong audiences, like Alex Cooper, Dax Shepard and Emma Chamberlain. There are a lot of great creators who are very eager."
The failure of Meghan and Harry's podcast comes as a surprise to nearly nobody who has been paying attention to the Suxxesses following their exit from the Royal Family, which they left to live a life of peace but have done anything but.
The couple has this grandiose perception of themselves that doesn't necessarily translate to the public eye, and Meghan and Harry continue to find themselves in the spotlight of negative attention, despite signing multi-million dollar deals with Netflix and Spotify.
Aside from the Spotify failure, the Sussexes recently came under mass scrutiny when they claimed to be in an alleged "high speed chase" in New York City to reportedly flee from a paparazzi, comparing the experience Harry's late mother, Princess Diana, who was killed in a car crash.
Prince Harry also recently released a memoir titled 'Spare' which took aim at the Royal Family, including Queen Elizabeth II, who was on her deathbed at the time it was written. Harry also spoke ill of his brother Prince William, as well as his sister-in-law Princess Kate Middleton, which led to him receiving mass public scrutiny.
Earlier this month, Spotify said that they had come to an "agreement to mutually part ways" with Harry and Meghan and announced that the company would be cutting another 200 jobs after the Sussexes' $18 million audio deal failed to pay off.
