Harry & Meghan Deal Is a ‘Slap in the Face’ as Netflix Gives Them 1 Condition to Get Paid—They ‘Need the Money’
For a while there, it seemed like Harry and Meghan would not get a new Netflix deal when their old one expired in September. But then they did sign a new Netflix deal, and their new one is said to work pretty much like the one President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama signed. It’s less a long-term deal and more a first-look type deal, which aligns more with the new Netflix strategy. But what exactly does that mean for them?
According to royal expert Richard Eden, “It’s definitely a slap in the face. What Harry would want would be another deal he could boast to Oprah Winfrey about—how much it’s worth.” Speaking on the Mail’s Palace Confidential, Eden said: “Harry himself, in his interview with Oprah Winfrey, talked about how he needed money and he needed it quickly because of security and money being cut off from his father.”
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Eden even compared this new deal with the couple’s original deals with Spotify and Netflix, which, according to him, were “worth a fortune.” Suffice it to say that, to him, the new deal is pretty much peanuts in comparison and requires them to work so much harder to get paid.
But the new Netflix deal seems to be less about Harry and Meghan and more about the changing way of doing business for the streamer, which has transformed a lot of its longer-term deals into this type of deal lately and still continues doing business with a lot of different individuals. Proof positive that they are still interested in continuing to do business with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is the announcement of the new deal.
“We’re proud to extend our partnership with Netflix and expand our work together to include the As Ever brand,” Markle said in a statement about the new Netflix deal. “My husband and I feel inspired by our partners who work closely with us and our Archewell Productions team to create thoughtful content across genres that resonates globally, and celebrates our shared vision.”
That’s right, not only did Netflix sign a new deal with Harry and Meghan, they expanded their collaboration to include Meghan’s As Ever brand. That means the brand “will continue expanding into new product categories with new items continuing to be released throughout the remainder of the year.” According to the Sun, the deal also means Netflix will continue to back Archewell Productions, with funding reportedly covering staffing and office costs. Pretty good deal for the Sussexes, all around.
Harry and Meghan’s collaboration with Netflix has produced With Love, Meghan, Polo, and the 2022 docuseries Harry & Meghan. Season 2 of With Love, Meghan, will premiere later this month, with a holiday special, With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration, set to premiere in December. On top of that, Archewell has two projects in the pipeline, Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within, a documentary about children in the Masaka region of Uganda, and Meet Me at the Lake, a romance adaptation of the novel by Carley Fortune.
