The Art of Doing Nothing and Looking Expensive
So, like all of you, I was furious for a minute. Or less than 60 seconds, to be precise, when I saw DuchAss with Malala.
I’m not a fan of Malala, and I never will be. I have my reasons, and I’m not going to discuss them here. But I will never downplay what she went through as a young girl who simply wanted access to a basic education. What doesn’t sit well with me is the woman she has become, particularly her selective advocacy when it comes to women’s rights. But enough about a 28-year-old woman who apparently had no issues being photographed with the world’s No. 1 con artist/ Bully . Let’s talk about the con artist herself. 😂
I think Rachel has landed in the UK recently (not when they said she arrived), and now she wants to be SEEN. She wants people to know she’s there. And how does she decide to make her presence known? By meeting a 28-year-old woman who has RAVEC security.
I’m sure Markle tried reaching out to every celebrity and activist she could think of to arrange a photo op. She even leaked fake stories about meeting with celebs. And it looks like Yusufzai was the only one available to orchestrate this little pap walk and the obligatory forced hugs. 😂
Honestly, though, guys, let’s not make a bigger deal out of this pap walk than we need to. A woman’s gotta merch and feed her family! Don’t read too much into it.
Remember when Rachel was in the US? She was barely seen with A-listers or activists. Except the old Gloria Steinem. It’s not as if Malala has been living under a rock for the past six years and has never been in the US. So why this meeting, and why now?
And let’s be honest: when it comes to Rachel, these meetings with famous people never produce anything particularly useful or lasting. Remember her meeting with those Iranian women alongside Mandana Dayani? What came of that? NOTHING. Absolutely nothing that we’ve seen come to fruition.
Then there was her spectacularly underwhelming 40x40 initiative, where a bunch of celebrities and other notable people were roped into sharing the same recycled paragraph. And what happened after the initial publicity? Rachel didn’t exactly follow up with some grand, lasting legacy, did she? 😂
And remember the guests on her flop show WLM? Some of them barely promoted their own episodes more than once on their social media platforms. Imagine showing up for a show, getting paid to be there, pretending to be Markle’s friend and then seemingly moving on with your life as if the whole thing never happened. 💀
For Rachel, an exclusive headline in the tabloids and a few carefully curated photographs are the real prize. Anything beyond that is just a bonus.
A photo with a famous person gives her publicity. Publicity gives her headlines. Headlines give her content to parade around on her merch website.
It's a beautiful little cycle, really. 😂
And speaking of merch, have you noticed how she dines with famous people in famous restaurants but rarely seems interested in being photographed with ordinary plebes (even Kelly 3 Names) in some local pub? Funny, that. She needs to be seen out and about, wearing expensive clothes, dining at exclusive establishments, and hugging important people. Otherwise, how is she going to keep the Duchess of Merch enterprise going?
The more she goes out, the more photographs she gets. The more photographs she gets, the more opportunities she has to turn her outings into publicity and her outfits into merchandise. And the tabloids helpfully tell everyone exactly what she’s wearing and how much it costs. Except for the COLOUR OF UNDERWEAR SHE’S WEARING 🙄
At this point, the fashion breakdowns are practically doing the work for her. The tabloids are running out of things to say, so apparently, the price of her coat has become exclusive news. 😂
I can’t help wondering whether this sudden urge to strut around sweeping the streets of the UK has anything to do with Paris Fashion Week. Was she trying to remind everyone that she exists after not being invited?
Not that she was invited last year either, if memory serves. 💀
But hey, a woman can dream!
The bigger picture is that none of her projects or deals seems to have delivered the lasting results we were promised. The much-hyped initiatives fizzle out, the celebrity meetings generate headlines, and the publicity machine keeps churning.
So now we have another high-profile meeting, another round of photographs, another set of headlines, and another opportunity to tell us what an expensive outfit she wore.
And the prove-it game? That’s just the cherry on top.
Whether she wants to prove she’s in the UK, prove she still has famous friends, or prove she’s still relevant, the result is the same: more publicity, more photographs, and more opportunities to merch.
Rachel is 50 years old. A woman’s gotta hustle for her supper, after all. 😂
So, please, let’s not lose our minds over these planned pap walk. Let’s not mistake a photograph with a famous person for meaningful advocacy, or a celebrity meeting for an accomplishment.
Sometimes a photo op is just a photo op.
And sometimes, it’s a business model. 💅
PS: Also I remember her having lunch with Jason Knauf once and she called the paps 😂