Her new clear bag had a handwritten label that read “peanut butter” because, as the duchess says in the show, “you always want to be conscious if someone has a nut allergy.”
If I was handed a clear, sealed plastic bag of crisps at a party, complete with a bow, I’d assume I was supposed to take it home – or it was a really naff Christmas present.
The hack was so ludicrous it became a meme and mocking fodder for America’s late night chat show hosts like Jimmy Fallon that love fresh celebrity prey.
In US military terms, pretzel-gate started the ‘mission-creep’ that Netflix was dreading. It was open hunting season on the Sussexes. Meghan was grouse on the glorious 12th.
In X, formerly Twitter, one user wrote: “I’m so glad I can watch her take pretzels out of a labelled bag and put them into a new bag… then label it. The people’s Martha Stewart!”
The show originally premiered in March before a second season, filmed at the same time, was released later in August but both have been panned more than a Sierra Nevada riverbed.
The first episode was called ‘Hello, Honey!’ (Pass the vomit bag please, quick!)