Meghan Markle has tried to land an A-lister like Beyonce and Taylor Swift for her female empowerment podcast, which is already in crisis after just three episodes, it was claimed today.
'No one's picking up the phone', one source close to the production has claimed, adding: 'The show is not landing'.
'There's no Taylor Swift. No Beyoncé. Not even a Hailey Bieber. And when you're pitching female empowerment, that's a problem. It speaks volumes for her pulling power. She's not happy about her lack of appeal', they added.
Meghan interviewed Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd on the debut episode of the Duchess of Sussex's new Lemonada podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder.
Her second instalment was with Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, and today's episode was with her friend, hair colourist Kadi Lee, whose company the former Suits star has also invested in.
A source close to the making of the show has claimed that Ms Markle and her team 'dialled all the big names' to join her for 'honest conversations with women who've built from the ground up, faced challenges and kept going.'
But these calls have been quietly ignored, Radar has said.
So instead of household names or cultural icons, Meghan is now expected to speak to more friends, influencers and startup entrepreneurs, as she tries to get her own As Ever brand off the ground.
One source said that fans can probably forget 'red-carpet royalty' on Confessions of a Female Founder.
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