Meghan Markle gets slapped with the sort of indignity that writes its own punchline

Meghan Markle faces one indignity that no one in Hollywood can ever forgive

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Published August 18, 2026
Meghan Markle gets slapped with the sort of indignity that writes its own punchline

Meghan Markle has once again found herself on the bottom rung of Hollywood’s ladder, and somehow experts feel her loss is “the sort of indignity that writes its own punchline”.

The entire thing has been said in reference to the epic flop her Cookie Queen’s movie has been, especially since it lost to a cat video compilation when it comes to metrics.

Insight into this embarrassing loss comes straight from royal commentator Kinsey Schofield, the host of the YouTube channel Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered.

In her chat with Fox News Digital the simply said,, “Harry and Meghan remain extraordinarily effective at generating headlines, but headlines and paying customers are two very different things. There was a period when simply attaching their names to something guaranteed enormous curiosity. I’m not convinced that’s true anymore.”

Moreover, what she also pointed out is that “there’s no getting around” the optics of finishing five places behind a 70-minute compilation of internet cat videos. In the eyes of Ms Schofield “Hollywood can forgive a lot, but being beaten by ‘CatVideoFest’ is the sort of indignity that writes its own punchline.”

before signing off she also reiterated the difference between recognition and fame by saying, “there’s a significant difference commercially” because “people may click on a Meghan Markle headline because they’re fascinated by her or irritated by her. That doesn’t mean they’re going to buy a movie ticket because her name is attached to the project. ‘Cookie Queens’ gives us another interesting data point on that distinction.”

H. Anjum
H. Anjum is a News Editor at The News International (Digital) with over five years of newsroom experience. She is a media graduate specialising in British royal coverage, reporting on monarchies, traditions, and modern royal life. She also writes on fashion, movies and TV shows with contemporary relevance for a global audience.
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