Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow weighs in on Meghan Markle’s ‘attempt’ to be a lifestyle influencer: ‘ I don’t know her at all’

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Vanity Fair April 2025 cover story, published Tuesday.She was referring to Markle, 43, launching her As Ever lifestyle brand, and coming out with her Netflix lifestyle show, “With Love, Meghan,” which is now streaming and has been renewed for a Season 2.

The show was slammed by critics and called “an exercise in narcissism.” Celebrity chef Jameson Stocks told The Post he got “death threats” after criticizing the show. “The Talented Mr.

Ripley” actress continued, “I was raised to see other women as friends, not foes. I think there’s always more than enough to go around.”Paltrow recalled her mom, actress Blythe Danner, 82, telling her, “Another woman is never your competition. … What is right for you will find you.” Markle announced As Ever in February after trademark woes with her original lifestyle brand name, American Riviera Orchard. “Last year, I had thought, ‘American Riviera, that sounds like such a great name.’ It’s my neighborhood… it’s a nickname for Santa Barbara, but it limited me to things that were just manufactured and grown in this area,” she wrote via Instagram. “As Ever essentially means as it’s always been, and if you’ve followed me since 2014 with The Tig, you know I’ve always loved cooking and crafting and gardening — this is what I do.”“And I haven’t been able to share it with you in the same way for the past few years, but now I can, so as things are starting to trickle out there, I wanted you to hear it from me first.”Markle previously shut down her lifestyle blog The Tig after striking up a romance with Prince Harry in 2017.In September 2024, Markle’s application for American Riviera Orchard was reportedly rejected by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), who warned that businesses cannot.