Meghan Markle accused of ‘treating everyone like idiots’ after sharing her latest foodie hack – as people say it’s been around ‘for years’

Meghan Markle has left people baffled after sharing her latest kitchen ‘hack’ in a previously unseen clip from her Netflix show, With Love, Meghan. 

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, took to her Instagram account on Friday to share footage of herself cutting a pineapple, which ‘didn’t make it in’ to the eight official episodes which aired back in March. 

In the video, filmed in a rented $8million mansion near her and Prince Harry‘s Montecito home, Meghan was joined by wellness therapist Randi Karin as she explained how to properly cut a pineapple.

Meghan said: ‘A trick that people do with pineapple instead of just cutting it. To make the perfect little bite, you follow the wedge.

‘Nature has given you all the cues on how to have a perfect taste of something.’

She then cut around the pattern on the outside of the pineapple, and used the skin to pull out a chunk of the fruit before taking a bite. 

Karin then followed her lead, managing to perfect the hack, and said: ‘Oh, how fun is that!’

However, royal watchers were less convinced and thought Meghan was just stating the obvious – while others noted the ‘trick’ has been around for years and regularly circulates on social media platforms such as Facebook and Pinterest. 

One person joked: ‘In the next episode Meghan shows us how to peel a banana.’ 

Another noted: ‘I swear to God, she thinks everybody is stupid and she knows all these amazing tricks, I’m going to be 50, and I’ve known that since I was a little kid.’

Others noted they had indeed seen the chopping hack previously, writing: ‘Saw that on Facebook years ago’ and ‘This girl is a Pinterest hack!!’

‘Literally, as this hack is as old as dirt. It might be new to Megs but not the rest of the world,’ another commented. 

‘Who is going to tell her that we already know all the tricks of the kitchen and garden and they do not need any elevation.’

‘Not rocket science is it.’

One more wrote: ‘Oh my, thank goodness, I have always had a pile of pineapples going rotten because I didn’t know how to cut them to get that ‘perfect bite’.

‘Now what do I do with the rest of the pineapple???’    

Alongside the video, Meghan said: ‘There was so much goodness on Season 1 of “With Love, Meghan” that didn’t make it in, there just wasn’t enough time!’

She also revealed that season two of the show has finished filming and looks set to release this summer. 

Meghan  took the opportunity to tease ‘all the fun to come’ with her brand As Ever – which sold out earlier this year, and has yet to restock.

She said: ‘Great weekend to rewatch or catch up on the show as we gear up for Season 2 this summer and all the fun to come with As Ever.’

News of ‘With Love, Meghan’ being renewed for a second season came in March, shortly after the first eight episodes of series one released on Netflix.   

Despite the show being largely panned by media outlets on both sides of the Atlantic, the controversy that continues to surround Meghan is said to be the reason TV bosses were convinced to renew.

‘This may raise a few eyebrows but one thing which Netflix love is controversy – and this show certainly created a lot of debate,’ one TV insider told the Sun.

They added: ‘Many were so scathing about the eight-part series that they thought there was no way it would get another season.

‘But it seems the streamer is delighted with the chatter its created on both sides of the Atlantic this week.’ 

The episodes feature Meghan inviting famous friends to a California estate where she shares cooking, gardening and hosting tips. 

However, the series was slammed by reviewers as ‘gormless lifestyle filler’ with a ‘tangible desperation’ following its release.

Others said it shows the Duchess is ‘attempting to cling to fame by any means possible’, while another described how she was ‘joylessly filling kids’ party bags with seeds’.

Guardian TV writer Stuart Heritage said the series was ‘so pointless it might be the Sussexes’ last TV show’ and ‘might also be the final thing she makes for Netflix’.

The Telegraph gave the show just two stars. In a review, they said the series was an ‘exercise in narcissism, filled with extravagant brunches, celebrity pals and business plugs’. 

Last week, Meghan shared a picture of her ‘garden haul’ of vegetables, but royal fans soon spotted something very unusual about it.  

The Duchess posted a sweet image of the Sussexes’ beagle Mia sniffing a basket of fresh produce seemingly grown in the garden of her Montecito mansion in California.

Referring to Mia, who the Sussexes rescued in 2022, Meghan captioned her post: ‘The unofficial quality inspector of this morning’s garden haul.’ 

Mia buried her face in the ‘haul’, comprising broccoli, carrots, corn, red peppers and squash as well as spring onions and an assortment of fresh herbs. 

But eagle-eyed social media users immediately claimed there was something suspicious about her fruit and veg, including a lack of any mud on them and the time of year they were picked.

One follower wrote: ‘Huh. She’s so good at gardening she can grow all things from all seasons at once’. 

Taking note of the squeaky-clean vegetables, another critic noted there wasn’t even a ‘speck of dirt’ on any of the food, despite appearing to be freshly picked.

‘I’ve never seen vegetables so clean after harvesting’, another said. 

Others noted that, in California, May could be too early in the year to harvest several crops. Some even speculated that Meghan could have gone to a local supermarket or Farmer’s Market instead. 

‘And everything is perfectly clean. She is also the only person outside of the US Cornbelt to harvest corn in MAY?’, one wrote.

Another said: ‘The only place I see all that in season is the grocery store produce section’

A third critic said: ‘It’s way too early in the season for most of those vegetables to be grown in her garden and ready to pick’.

‘Who is harvesting corn in May? It’s pretty early for squash and peppers too’, a fourth said.

Another critic asked: ‘No dirt?’

According to the California Farmland Trust, sweetcorn is typically harvested from June to September – meaning it may be slightly too early for Meghan to have grown her own at her Montecito home, in the Santa Barbara county. 

The latest post on As Ever’s social media page came after Meghan revealed she plans to ‘step back to assess’ what the lifestyle brand had achieved in its first year – and what it could become in the future. 

Meghan, who unveiled the company at the start of the year, recently revealed she may never restock her famous jam – one of the many homely products she sold under the As Ever brand – in an interview with The Fast Company. 

The Duchess was speaking about her business and balancing work with motherhood as the first series of her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, drew to a close yesterday. 

Asked about As Ever, Meghan said she would ‘step back, gather data from the launch, and figure out exactly what’ the company’s future holds – as she confirmed new products won’t go live until the first quarter of 2026. 

Meghan also revealed the surprising turn As Ever could take – hinting at a future step into the fashion industry that she deemed an ‘interesting space for me’.

The inaugural run of As Ever products, such as honey, jams and teas, sold out within 45 minutes of the launch. 

Her previous store also sold out in 45 minutes and contained homely items as well as her long-awaited pots of jam.

Last week, Meghan also released the eighth episode of her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, featuring Spanx entrepreneur Sara Blakely. 

Promoting the podcast and As Ever, Meghan told The Fast Company that she wouldn’t know ‘what to call herself’ if she had to write a resume. 

‘I think it speaks to this chapter many of us find ourselves in, where none of us are one note. But I believe all the notes I am playing are part of the same song.’

Meghan added that the ‘mom moments’ push her to success in the business world, with plans in the future ranging from home goods to fashion.

Revealing her son Archie has begun to lose his teeth, she described becoming the tooth fairy and leaving coins and a little dinosaur underneath his pillow.

She said: ‘I had a lot of business meetings the next morning, but I still chose to cuddle with him the rest of the night. Those mom moments energise me to be a better founder, a better employer, a better boss.’