Jameson Shares, the superstar chef who just lately criticized Meghan Markle’s new Netflix present, “With Love, Meghan,” advised The Submit in an unique interview that his remarks have led to dying threats towards him.
“I started getting death threats and all sorts of nasty messages,” Shares, 41, revealed. “And I’m thinking to myself, ‘Christ. I’ve not gone in on somebody personally here because that’s something I do not do and would not do. And it’s something that’s just not [in] my nature, to be honest with you.”
The chef weighed in on the Duchess of Sussex’s way of life sequence Saturday on GB Information, telling the community that he thought it was “terrible.”
“Everything — the music is quite slow, it’s quite lethargic, it’s quite painful to watch,” he added through the broadcast. “I think she should go back to acting. She’s quite a good actress. In real life or on screen. People should stick to what they do best.”
Reflecting on the “hundreds and hundreds” of hateful messages he’s obtained, Shares advised The Submit, “I’m just a single dad, and then all of a sudden, I’m getting death threats on me. And I’m thinking, ‘What the hell is going on here?’”
The Michelin-starred chef insisted that his feedback had been “never personal” assaults on Markle, 43.
“I’ve nothing against Meghan Markle,” he defined. “I never personally attacked Meghan. I never once did that. I never would do that.”
Shares continued, “I have absolutely zero interest in anything to try and bring her down. My only thing was I didn’t like the show and that was it.”
“It wouldn’t matter if it was Gordon Ramsay, Wolfgang Puck or Donald Duck. I just didn’t like the program.”
Of Meghan and her husband Prince Harry, 40, who seems solely briefly within the sequence, Shares added, “I just wanted them to show who they are, rather than being portrayed in some sort of fake program.”
“I actually wanted it to be good because I don’t really agree with the way she was treated in some parts of the media, and at the end of the day, I just want people to be happy. You only have one life. I don’t want negativity.”
Shares beforehand claimed that he was requested final 12 months by Netflix whether or not he could be fascinated by consulting on a way of life program, which he understood to be Markle’s.
“I was in New York last year, beginning of last year for Fashion Week, and I met with two people from Netflix,” he stated.
“It was a very casual conversation,” he acknowledged of the assembly, which he stated happened early February 2024. “They never offered me a contract or mentioned anything regarding the Markle project. They never went into any details as such regarding who it was for. Like I said on [GB News].”
“But I was also made aware of – when I met these people – that it was for the Markle show from someone pretty close to the action.”
“My friend who actually had a series on Netflix, who lives in New York, introduced me,” he stated, including that he took the assembly “out of curiosity more than anything.”
Shares recalled, “They asked my opinion on a lifestyle program, and they told me that it was [for] a high-profile person.”
“The information which they told me — you’d have worked out who it was anyway. Without me even knowing beforehand.”
He additionally claimed that the people he met with “were kind of preparing” him for the star and the present to be “very divisive.”
“I shut it down quite quickly, to be honest, because it just wasn’t for me,” he added, noting that he didn’t wish to spend a protracted interval away from his two sons, who dwell within the UK.
Nonetheless, a manufacturing supply advised The Submit that “With Love, Meghan” was not in growth on the time Shares stated he met with execs from Netflix. The insider additionally denied he was approached in regards to the sequence, which debuted on March 4.
The present was first reported as being in manufacturing in April 2024, per Deadline.
“Chef Jameson Stocks was not invited to participate in ‘With Love, Meghan,’ and any claims to the contrary are incorrect,” they completely advised The Submit.
“Jameson himself doesn’t even know which show it was for — he noted ‘he thinks it was for this show,’” the supply continued whereas cautioning towards “taking his assumption as fact.”
The Submit has reached out to reps for Netflix and Markle.
Netflix has since renewed “With Love, Meghan” for Season 2. Manufacturing on the second season has already wrapped.
Markle and Prince Harry signed a $100 million deal with Netflix in 2020 after stepping down from their roles as senior working members of the royal household earlier that 12 months. Along with “With Love, Meghan,” the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have launched two different docuseries on Netflix: “Harry & Meghan” in 2022 and Harry’s “Polo” doc in December 2024.
