A week ago I had broadband installed. Before that I was using Internet from my mobile, not the most convenient thing but I am ‘very good with money’, as someone once said, which at times just means stingy. Broadband is a good thing though, I can now see all Instagram reels properly, not that they’re that interesting. Well, maybe some of them.

A few days later that drama with dutchess of Sussex and her Netflix series started: I saw so many posts on Facebook by media companies about how bad the show is, but when I checked the comments people were mostly saying they really enjoyed it. So I thought, let me sign up for Netflix and see with my own eyes. I chose the cheapest subscription obviously bit it tuned out OK, I can comfortably watch shows on a small tablet and ads are not very frequent.

So what do I think about the show? It was excellent! Meghan was charismatic and lively and I especially liked those moments when she was on her own and speaking to camera directly, it made me feel as if she was speaking to me.

Well, she didn’t convince me to use edible flowers in my cooking but I didn’t mind her doing that at all, it’s entertainment so element of surprise is good, and anyway she’s not the first one to do that and if a famous chef uses flowers in his cooking everyone is impressed.

So where all the hate from? I even read on Huffington Post that Meghan and Harry should have waited with stepping down from their royal duties till after queen Elizabeth died. How come someone in the media believes it’s right for them to not only criticise Meghan’s work but also her life choices?

Why media was so vile, I really don’t understand. And some opinions were so cruel it was basically abuse. Meghan wasn’t just called unrelatable (not true) and show out of touch with reality (what reality?), The Telegraph called the show ‘an exercise in narcism’,  Even The Economist wrote about the show (negatively of course)! I wouldn’t be surprised if Meghan had suicidal thoughts after reading even just a portion of that.

And I wonder now, is it possible that a neurotypical person can judge another’s character only by seeing them briefly running an entertaining show? My common sense says no but I’m autistic  so maybe I’m wrong?

And what about if Meghan’s and Harry’s children find those articles? Not now, hopefully, but maybe when they are older. How would they feel? Did anyone in the media thought about that?

There were also those comments, again, how Meghan and Harry want more privacy but then show themselves in media. I don’t see that as contradictory at all. What I think they want is for media to stop trying to find ex colleagues, ex classmates and even ex father of Meghan to ask them how she was really like. Media don’t do that to most of other celebrities, giving them the choice to share what they feel comfortable with. Meghan and Harry never had that option.

And how come, me, an autistic, has enough understanding of human emotions to comprehend it but some neurotypical people obviously lacking it?

In the last episode Meghan shared that she sees her show as a beginning of a business. I really hope it will work out for her.