Molly McPherson explains why she declined to participate in media coverage about Meghan Markle. She objects to the consistently negative, click-driven framing of stories about Meghan and refused because the interview questions assumed insight into Meghan’s motives rather than asking about perceptions.
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And as soon as I saw the questions, I wrote back and said no. And here was the reason why I was wavering on it to begin with. What I don't like about the Meghan Markle coverage is that it's always negative. And the reason why it's always negative is because that's the click, right? That's what people want. Because they know for. For every person who likes Meghan Markle or is on the fence about them or like me, like, they're good, they're bad, they're whatever. I love this. Don't love this. You know, they're whatever. They have so many haters, or Meghan Markle has so many haters, so they get the clicks. But I. And the reason why I ended up no to this person is because the questions they were asking me were, why? Why do you think Megan did this? Why do you think Megan did that? Like, I don't know. I'm not Megan Markle. Why would I know what Megan Markle does? I. No. If you want to ask me my opinion on the perception of it, fine. But I just wrote back and said, no, I can't do this. Sorry. So. So I. No. So I begged out of it. And then I'm. I'm making this point. I never want to do Megan Press ever again. Like.