Ted Sarandos' wife reportedly ‘hates' Meghan Markle, Kardashians are ‘over' her and Harry

After Netflix opted to not renew Meghan Markle's lifestyle show and to no longer back her As Ever brand, the streamer's co-CEO Ted Sarandos reportedly tried to help her and Prince Harry save face by inviting them to a party to launch the second season of the company's acclaimed drama "Beef."

But some curious things happened during and after the event, where Meghan and Harry were supposed to seize the chance to show that there was no ill will between them and Netflix.

First, Meghan appeared to buck the event's dress color code of black-and-white gowns for women and to try and grab attention by wearing a dress in the same, distinctive chartreuse as "Beef" star Carey Mulligan, as Page Six reported. Then, Meghan and Harry posed for photos with Sarandos and his wife, Nicole Avant, but Meghan appeared to be especially handsy with Avant as if to prove a close bond. Meghan held Avant in a tight hug her and grasped her hand.

Shortly after Getty distributed these photos to the media, they were removed from the photo agency's website, with no explanation, the Daily Mail reported. It was believed that someone wasn't happy with the photos of Meghan "clinging" to Avant. That someone could be Meghan or it could be Avant, with a source insisting to Daily Mail writer Alison Boshoff: "Nicole hates her.

That's a pretty harsh word to describe Avant's supposed feelings about the American former TV actor, especially when she and her husband have been portrayed - by the Sussexes themselves- as their friendly Montecito neighbors.

But according to Boshoff, the self-exiled Duke and Duchess of Sussex have "burned" a lot of bridges with some very powerful and influential people. These are the people who are supposed to help them make a lot of money and stay culturally relevant.

"Put simply, it means in the circles that matter, Meghan and Harry no longer have any bridges left to burn," Boshoff reported. A source told her: "They have truly lost the plot. I hear she's spiraling badly because she knows nothing is working. The whole thing about her (As Ever) stuff selling out isn't true any more. I don't think either of them are happy."

Boshoff's reporting follows a Variety report in March about the couple's falling out with Netflix. It said that Sarandos became so "fed up" with Meghan and Harry and would no longer sit for a business call with the duchess unless a lawyer was present.

The source told Boshoff that the couple have money problems and those problems "are worse than many suspect." The couple have huge expenses, an estimated $5 million a year or more, she said. There's a mortgage on their $14 million Montecito mansion and they must pay for taxes, upkeep and staff. They also have a huge security bill of several million dollars a year and must pay for travel and for Meghan's designer wardrobes, unless they can get freebies from organizations who like the media attention the couple attract. But, according to Boshoff, the couple have the "unfortunate habit of falling out with the very people who could help them make a go of things financially."

One of those people is Kris Jenner, whose glittering, star-studded 70th birthday, at the Beverly Hills home of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos, was overshadowed by another Sussex "Photogate." Meghan and Harry attended the Nov. 9 party on the same night that the royal family was preparing for Remembrance Sunday, a solemn holiday in the U.K. that honors British soldiers who died in war.

On that Sunday, Kris Jenner and her daughters, including Kim Kardashian, posted photos of Meghan and Harry at the party on social media. But the photos were removed a short time later. Reports said the Sussexes asked them to be removed.

Kim Kardashian confirmed as much in a podcast interview with her sister Khloe Kardashian. But she denied another narrative coming from the Sussex camp - that the Kardashians posted the photos without the couple's consent and the couple had checked "no" on a photo consent form. Kim Kardashian said they had been "communicating" with Harry and Meghan "about what we're going to post."

Kardashian confirmed speculation that the Sussexes had regrets about the timing of the photos being posted on Remembrance Day, saying, "So we took them down to respect Remembrance Day." Khloe added that it appeared that they "panicked about optics, and blamed us?" Kim said, "Exactly."

As a result of "Photogate," a source told Boshoff, "the Kardashians are over them."

Boshoff added: "If you are trying to make a lifestyle business fly on social media, as Meghan is, it would be useful to be friends with the most followed people on the planet." Boshoff also reported that Kris Jenner has not liked a single post on Meghan's Instagram pages since last year.

Finally, Meghan has never been able to make inroads with Vogue boss Anna Wintour, "who turned against" the duchess when she collaborated with a rival, then-British Vogue editor Edward Enninful, on a 2019 issue of that magazine, as Boshoff reported.

Wintour also "loves the royal family" and she is "Dame Anna Wintour," a source said. "Anna would have hated how (the Sussexes) handled their exit from The Firm."

Meanwhile, Meghan never wanted to be seen with Lauren Sanchez Bezos - at least before she married the Amazon founder, the source said.

"Meghan was invited to things by Lauren and didn't want to go," the source said. "She didn't want to be seen with her because she thought she was trashy."

But now Jeff and Lauren Bezos are sponsoring the Met Gala Monday night, the glitziest fashion event of the year. Wintour famously presides over the gala, and Kardashian family members are expected attend, as will co-chairs Beyonce, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams.

Of course, the involvement of the Bezoses in the Met Gala has become controversial and other A-listers, like Zendaya and Meryl Streep, are skipping the event for that reason, the Daily Beast reported. Meghan and Harry also won't be there, but according to Boshoff, it's not because they are taking a stand against Donald Trump-aligned billionaires. It's because they have "burned bridges" with the most "wealthy, famous and influential people," as Boshoff reported.

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