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Meghan Markle Laughs Off 'Basic Cable' Dig at Suits on New Netflix Season

The exchange highlights her lighter touch toward criticism during the rollout of season two.

Overview

  • In a season-two episode of With Love, Meghan, mixologist Payman Bahmani-Bailey replied, "No, no, I don't watch basic cable," when asked if he watched Suits, prompting Markle to laugh and answer, "Great, I love it."
  • The new season of the Netflix lifestyle series began streaming on August 26 and features the lighthearted moment during a cocktail segment with Markle and friend Heather Dorak.
  • Markle portrayed Rachel Zane on Suits for seven seasons before departing in 2018 ahead of her marriage to Prince Harry.
  • She recently praised Suits' renewed streaming audience, calling the show well written and well produced, and noted she kept the pencil skirt from her first episode as a memento.
  • In a separate interview on The Circuit podcast, Markle defended her media projects by stressing audience and partner support and suggested some criticism may be cynical.