{"id":12552,"date":"2025-05-02T23:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T23:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=12552"},"modified":"2025-05-02T23:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T23:26:05","slug":"he-advised-meghan-to-steer-clear-of-the-kitchen-and-go-back-to-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=12552","title":{"rendered":"He advised Meghan to steer clear of the kitchen and &#8216;go back to acting&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s taken plenty of rough with rather less of the smooth since being born in Leeds in 1983, fleeing home \u2013 and the attentions of an abusive stepfather \u2013 aged just 13, thereafter sleeping in shop doorways till, still aged only 15, he landed a job working for legendary chef Marco Pierre White.<\/p><div class=\"lqigv69f6719527353\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.lqigv69f6719527353 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.lqigv69f6719527353 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.lqigv69f6719527353 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.lqigv69f6719527353 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.lqigv69f6719527353 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>But now Jameson Stocks \u2013 anointed by White as Britain\u2019s next culinary star \u2013 is learning that life is full of other hazards, among them letters threatening legal action.<\/p>\n<p>Such, he tells me, has been his reward for denouncing Meghan Markle\u2019s Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, as \u2018forced and fake\u2019 and \u2018painful to watch\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2018I got a lawyer\u2019s letter from Netflix after I spoke out against her, warning me,\u2019 says Stocks, whose life story so gripped Brad Pitt that he snapped up the rights to turn it into a movie.<\/p>\n<p>Stocks had advised Meghan to steer clear of the kitchen and \u2018go back to acting\u2019, describing her as \u2018quite a good actress\u2019, and insisting that \u2018people should stick to what they do best\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He might as well have treated the Netflix bigwigs to a plateful of maggot-ridden meat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/01\/23\/97935889-14670077-image-a-27_1746137547054.jpg\" alt=\"Jameson Stocks, pictured, is learning that life is full of other hazards, among them letters threatening legal action, writes Richard Eden\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Jameson Stocks, pictured, is learning that life is full of other hazards, among them letters threatening legal action, writes Richard Eden<\/h6>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/01\/22\/97934915-0-image-a-33_1746135565524.jpg\" alt=\"Such, he tells me, has been his reward for denouncing Meghan Markle's Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, as 'forced and fake' and 'painful to watch', writes Richard Eden\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Such, he tells me, has been his reward for denouncing Meghan Markle\u2019s Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, as \u2018forced and fake\u2019 and \u2018painful to watch\u2019, writes Richard Eden<\/h6>\n<p>\u2018I proper p**sed them off. Netflix did not like it and came after me,\u2019 adds Stocks, characterising the legal letter as \u2018a load of nonsense\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>If intended to silence him, the missive has abjectly failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I am not taking any notice,\u2019 Stocks assures me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018How can she get all this money from Netflix? I don\u2019t think she can cook and I don\u2019t think she should be teaching people to cook either.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What would I cook for her? I would cook something she has done on her TV programme but cook it properly.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>That, alas, seems unlikely, especially now that Stocks has given me his assessment of Meghan\u2019s lifestyle brand, As Ever.<\/p>\n<p>He says: \u2018Her jam sold out in minutes. I think they probably only had about ten of each product.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Stocks, who acknowledges that he doesn\u2019t make his own, adds: \u2018I know Lidl do jam for about \u00a315 cheaper.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A Netflix spokesman declined requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Stocks previously claimed to have rejected an offer to work on With Love, Meghan because he feared being \u2018slammed for being a part of\u2019 a \u2018forced and fake\u2019 show.<\/p>\n<p>The chef believes that he made the right choice, blasting the show as \u2018terrible and painful\u2019 to watch \u2013 although sources said Stocks was in fact not invited to participate.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/05\/01\/23\/97935885-14670077-image-a-28_1746137558065.jpg\" alt=\"'I got a lawyer's letter from Netflix after I spoke out against her, warning me,' says Stocks, whose life story so gripped Brad Pitt that he snapped up the rights to turn it into a movie\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s taken plenty of rough with rather less of the smooth since being born in Leeds in 1983, fleeing home \u2013 and the attentions of an abusive stepfather \u2013 aged just 13, thereafter sleeping in shop doorways till, still aged only 15, he landed a job working for legendary chef Marco Pierre White. 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