Hoda Kotb
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I was telling them, you know, mommy is going to be able to take you to school. And they go, Wednesday? I go, no, honey, not Wednesday. Next week? I go, no, honey, not next week. Probably, you know, somewhere January, February. January? February? I mean, I might as well continue working forever. For them, it's like to the end.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Pursue What You Love Before You Pursue Love with Jay Shetty
What are your transferable skills?
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Pursue What You Love Before You Pursue Love with Jay Shetty
Hey everybody, it's Hoda Kotb and I would love for you to join me for new episodes of my podcast, Making Space. Each week I'm having conversations with authors, actors, speakers, and dear friends of mine, folks who are seeking the truth, compassion, and self-discovery. I promise you will leave these talks stronger and inspired to make space in your own life for growth and change.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Pursue What You Love Before You Pursue Love with Jay Shetty
To start listening, just search Making Space wherever you get your podcasts and follow for new episodes every Wednesday.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
This is your seat now? I moved over. I can't remember why, but I did. Still.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Watch this. But it feels like right now you're living in a truth that feels so illuminating.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Because it's prayer, too. It's meditation. It's all of the things. It's help with sleep. It's all the things we know.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Okay.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Your hatred for Meghan's use of learns and learnings is what I live for. When I read that in that article, I immediately shot it over to you and was like, she knows you hate it, and yet she continues.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Yes. And we talk about this a lot. We found out that Taylor Swift turned down Meghan Markle for the Archetypes podcast. I believe Vanity Fair told us that Beyonce turned down Meghan Markle for, what was it? Was it Archetypes too? And so over the weekend, the Daily Mail confirmed that Meghan is expected to get a season three of With Love, Meghan.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
And the reason I believe that is because I had a source reach out to me and tell me that Dolly Parton was approached about appearing on an episode of With Love, Megan and making a cameo. And her team was livid because, no, they don't want to risk Dolly's epic Q score, her popularity by associating with Meghan Markle.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
And they knew that this ask was just to give Meghan Markle credibility in this lifestyle space, a space that Dolly does have a lot of credibility in, whether you're mixing up some of her cake batter or whatever. Dolly is not only incredibly popular and loved by the general public, but she also is somebody that can float around within these different spaces. Is she a country music artist?
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Is she going to sell me a cute sweater? I don't care. I'm going to buy it because I love Dolly. And her team really feel like Megan was trying to take advantage of her popularity. And so absolutely not. No, they did not make time for Dolly to appear on With Love, Megan.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Right. I think that the objective was to use some of Dolly's star power. We've spoken before in the past about how she really struggled to secure star power for her podcast, which was evident. I hadn't heard of half of the women that appeared on Confessions of a Female Founder. And she really lacked the idea that season two's big star is Chrissy Teigen, who just got her hair and hair implants.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
What did she have done? Her forehead line taken down. She needs an exorcism. She needs to leave the forehead alone. There are bigger things to accomplish with Chrissy Teigen. But the fact that the biggest name she could get for season two was Chrissy Teigen for With Love, Megan.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
I think it's all about trying to find likable celebrities so that you assume Megan is like that person that she's standing next to. And the reality is it's Chrissy Teigen. That's all that they can get. Bullies attract other bullies.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Yes, and this is suspicious to me because they announced this so prematurely. So why wouldn't you just announce a season two? If it's already something you're talking about, you announced over a year before the podcast was available that you had partnered and they promised us multiple podcasts and she was able to produce eight episodes of one podcast.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
And then when it came to With Love Megan season two, before... The headlines had stopped, even stopped about how horrific this show was. And I do believe this was a strategy. But before the headlines had even stopped about what a terrible program it was, Megan was doing a victory lap on Instagram to announce season two coming of With Love, Megan.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
So we've seen her try to stop negative press with... you know, a surprise. I got a season two. Where is that here? And if she thinks this Fast Company profile is positive press, the kind of positive press she usually tries to manipulate us with, I digress. Like that, no girl, we need to have it come to Jesus because I think that that was a horrible profile.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Yeah. It will. So they, it's like, she's talking directly to her critics and Harry and Megan do this a lot through the media because they are obsessed. Their Google alerts are live. They have burner accounts. I know for a fact they have burner accounts on social media where they follow conversations about them. So, you know, it's like she's talking directly to her critics in this.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
And I don't know how you find the schmuck at Fast Company to do your bidding, but this is all one-sided. Nothing's challenged whatsoever. And there's a paragraph that says the easiest thing to do would have been to simply restock the product. Maureen, that would have been too easy, which would have likely... sold out quickly. Again, this is just basically Meghan's version of events.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
But instead, Meghan wants to take a step back, gather data from the launch, and figure out exactly what as ever could be. She says she's planning to announce new products in the first quarter of 2026. You've had five years since stepping down as a working member of the British royal family. When it comes to as ever, American Riviera Orchard was announced over a year ago. So years ago.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
So you've had plenty of time to determine what as ever or what your brand is going to be. She's just making excuses and trying to hide her failures. And it disappoints me that someone like Fast Company would play a role in that. But she's just making excuses for not being able to meet expectations.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Well, you saw the headlines over the weekend about their new royal court that they've tried to build in Montecito. They've got these 11 employees, all white, by the way. If you want to talk unconscious bias, they've got 11 new white people that are there to rehabilitate their image. That's the ultimate objective. And that's what Meghan Markle's saying here in this interview. Rebrand.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Another rebrand. Constant reinvention breeds skepticism. One minute she's a podcast host, the next a lifestyle guru. Is she writing children's books today? Is she the greatest expert on jam ever? Reinvention isn't inherently bad, but without follow-through or success in one domain, it starts to look like failing, not versatility.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
And this inconsistency makes it hard for anyone to invest emotionally or financially in her ventures. We talked about the podcast a little bit. It was you that pointed out to me the way that she almost... gives up when it comes to the podcast. There's interest in a second season of Confessions of a Female Founder, and many female founders have approached her to be a guest on the series.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Of course they have, but Megan is now involved in such a wide range of projects. She's sure to find some way to tell her story. That is Megan's out. That's Megan saying, but if I don't continue to do the podcast, I didn't need to anyway.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
I think that there is... We've heard the famous line, no PR is bad PR. And I think that that's the way that Netflix looks at her. But I do think she is a liability. And I do think that both Harry and Meghan are liabilities. They're not very honest people. And at some point, we're going to stop wanting to look at the train wreck. I don't think that...
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
there's sustainability in their terrible decisions. Obviously, that's what interests us. It's not because they have anything to say. It's not because they are so charitable that we're just fascinated by them or whatever. We're watching a train wreck. And I just don't see this, you know, in the long run, how valuable is that? And how long is that going to keep us engaged?
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Anyway, so just tell us she has a nanny.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
I have one question about the Tooth Fairy. Does the money that she leaves under Archie's pillow have his grandfather's face on it? Is that how he knows what his grandpa looks like? Because otherwise he has no clue what his grandfather looks like. I'm hoping that the money he gets...
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Yeah, this is a story that is circulating on a lot of the royal watching accounts. So they're watching Megan's followers grow and quickly drop. And sometimes if Instagram's algorithm sees that you're purchasing fake followers, they will automatically go in and clean house.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
But just to watch some of these royal followers, their screen recording and seeing all of these accounts that are clearly fake accounts, it's unbelievable. I have said for a while, I can't believe she hasn't matched the same number she had for the Tig. And so I think that it would be intentional because it does look bizarre, right?
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
That she had so many more followers before she married Prince Harry.
The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
Hoda Kotb’s Bogus Self-Help Venture, New Disturbing Diddy Testimony, and Meghan Markle's Business Flops
Yeah, and we're going to continue to see that because she is such a control freak when it comes to her brand. And you and I both know it's not going the way she wants it to go. It's going south.
We Can Do Hard Things
The Rituals that Make a Magical Life with Michael Norton
Hey everybody, it's Hoda Kotb and I would love for you to join me for new episodes of my podcast, Making Space. Each week I'm having conversations with authors, actors, speakers, and dear friends of mine, folks who are seeking the truth, compassion, and self-discovery. I promise you will leave these talks stronger and inspired to make space in your own life for growth and change.
We Can Do Hard Things
The Rituals that Make a Magical Life with Michael Norton
To start listening, just search Making Space wherever you get your podcasts and follow for new episodes every Wednesday.
We Can Do Hard Things
Finally Some Good News! Wisconsin Deals Big Blow to Elon & Trump | Jessica Yellin
Right.
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Finally Some Good News! Wisconsin Deals Big Blow to Elon & Trump | Jessica Yellin
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Finally Some Good News! Wisconsin Deals Big Blow to Elon & Trump | Jessica Yellin
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We Can Do Hard Things
Finally Some Good News! Wisconsin Deals Big Blow to Elon & Trump | Jessica Yellin
Hey everybody, it's Hoda Kotb and I would love for you to join me for new episodes of my podcast, Making Space. Each week I'm having conversations with authors, actors, speakers, and dear friends of mine, folks who are seeking the truth, compassion, and self-discovery. I promise you will leave these talks stronger and inspired to make space in your own life for growth and change.
We Can Do Hard Things
Finally Some Good News! Wisconsin Deals Big Blow to Elon & Trump | Jessica Yellin
To start listening, just search Making Space wherever you get your podcasts and follow for new episodes every Wednesday.
We Can Do Hard Things
Ways to Be More Present: Indigenous Wisdom from Kaitlin Curtice (Best Of)
Hey everybody, it's Hoda Kotb and I would love for you to join me for new episodes of my podcast, Making Space. Each week I'm having conversations with authors, actors, speakers, and dear friends of mine, folks who are seeking the truth, compassion, and self-discovery. I promise you will leave these talks stronger and inspired to make space in your own life for growth and change.
We Can Do Hard Things
Ways to Be More Present: Indigenous Wisdom from Kaitlin Curtice (Best Of)
To start listening, just search Making Space wherever you get your podcasts and follow for new episodes every Wednesday.
We Can Do Hard Things
Ways to Be More Present: Indigenous Wisdom from Kaitlin Curtice (Best Of)
I'm actually struck in this moment right now at the connection, because I'm sitting here thinking, why are we so flippantly horrific to mother earth? And even us women, maybe we're just trying to get some sort of power anywhere we can and how we can, and connect again with Mother Earth? What are ways that we can actually reconnect?
We Can Do Hard Things
Ways to Be More Present: Indigenous Wisdom from Kaitlin Curtice (Best Of)
Wow.
We Can Do Hard Things
Ways to Be More Present: Indigenous Wisdom from Kaitlin Curtice (Best Of)
Thank you.