Overview
- Terry Wood says Meghan “understands her voice” and was “authentically trying to be herself” in the Oprah broadcast.
- Wood, the special’s executive producer and a former Harpo executive vice president, later worked with her on Archetypes after the couple’s Spotify deal that collapsed in 2023.
- The 2021 interview included Meghan’s account of suicidal thoughts and her claim a senior royal raised “concerns” about Archie’s skin color, prompting a rare palace statement.
- Wood also comments on her business ventures, saying Meghan faces exceptional scrutiny as a founder, including attention on her As Ever lifestyle brand.
- Newsweek reports the TV industry’s reception to the special was muted and that it lost an Emmy to Stanley Tucci’s Searching for Italy.