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One of the ultimate insults from Martha Stewart was lodged at the expense of Meghan Markle. The storied queen of homemaking was asked on The Megyn Kelly Show who she considered being people that followed her into limelight, mentioning a few names including Gwyneth Paltrow and Meghan Markle. Martha found tremendous pleasure in unleashing some cutting subtlety in her reply.
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The remarks for Paltrow were perpetually glowing (“she’s created quite an interesting body of businesses…she’s pretty powerful”), but they turned very cold for Meghan Markle. “Meghan, I don’t really know very well and I hope…I hope she knows what she’s talking about,” said Martha, once the pause was long enough, she dropped the hammer: “Authenticity to me is everything. And to be authentic and knowledgeable about your subject matter is extremely important.” Ouch – Martha was really saying, “This girl’s faking it.”
And that was a good one, with Kelly explaining how she barely kept herself from laughing during that clip. “That is such a classic and effective Martha Stewart burn,” Kelly said. “She’s like the other is a no nothing faker who’s just glomming on to me.” Kelly went on to allege that Meghan’s Netflix cooking show featured a one-pot-pasta recipe suspiciously similar to one of Stewart’s favorite recipes — “It’s honestly just like an unabashed ripoff.”
Martha’s utterance kickstarted the feedback frenzy of the internet: one user complimented Martha, “pure class, grace, elegance, style and also smart AF,” while another wrote, “Any reasonably smart person sees through the fake toxic behavior of Meghan Markle.” But then there were some who don’t have a high opinion of Martha; one user responded, “She didn’t say that at all you liar!” accompanied by clown and vomiting emojis.
The discussion took all sorts of strange tangents. Somebody absurdly stated that Meghan and Harry’s children “either don’t exist or they are kept locked up,” while yet another dragged Stewart’s jail time into the mix (“Is Martha out of jail?”). A passionate debate went down over whether views on YouTube count; one side brought up Kelly’s 3.7 million subscribers as a sign of her clout, while the other said YouTube is for losers and sacks of journalists.
“She knows a loser when she sees one…”@megynkelly on Martha Stewart taking aim at Meghan Markle and her lifestyle brand.
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Kelly took a dig at Markle’s allegedly failed Netflix show ranked at number 383 in viewership with some 5.3 million views, while also plugging the Netflix documentary about Stewart and the “completely unjust prosecution” by James Comey. “I’ve got clips…that have more than that on our feed,” Kelly bragged; and she was right, because Harry’s polo show did worse yet, at No. 3,436, with 500,000 viewers.
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At 82, the Mrs. Stewart still reigns as queen of the perfectly executed injurious comment. Not even one other celebrity that I can think of can combine vicious honesty with a really lovely smile and polite language until now. Flowers for Gwyneth; thorns for Meghan-gossip about it has gripped the Internet. Whether one loves her or hates her, there is one truth: Martha Stewart’s voice is heard by the people—even if it is basically just fleur de lis floral print for an insulting “nice try, rookie.”
This story originally appeared on Celebrityinsider
