Meghan Markle, Prince Harry slammed by Justine Bateman for their ‘aggressive Victim Olympics campaign’
The “Family Ties” actress weighed in on Markle’s new Netflix show, “With Love, Meghan,” and shared her thoughts on why people may not be interested in watching the lifestyle series.
In a blog post titled, “The Problem With Meghan Markle: It’s Not What She’s Doing, It’s the Victim Olympics Road She Took to Get There,” Bateman wrote that the world doesn’t want to watch “someone playact at something they didn’t earn.”
Justine Bateman believes people are tired of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s “Victim Olympics campaign.” (Getty Images)
“The problem with Meghan Markle (and her husband, Harry) is that every opportunity they have explored or exploited over the past few years has been due to their very aggressive Victim Olympics campaign,” she wrote.
“The difference between doing that two years ago and doing it now is immense. It’s 2025, and no one wants to see victims anymore,” Bateman continued.
“No one wants to watch someone playact at something they didn’t earn.”
“The problem with Meghan Markle (and her husband, Harry) is that every opportunity they have explored or exploited over the past few years has been due to their very aggressive Victim Olympics campaign.”
— Justine Bateman
Bateman doesn’t believe “anyone wishes [Markle] ill,” but people also have the right to not “go along with another’s ‘narrative’ anymore.”
Meghan Markle’s “With Love, Meghan” recently launched on Netflix. (Netflix)
“It’s 2025 now and people want you to earn your spot,” she emphasized.
“The public doesn’t want to listen to people who bemoaned their lack of privacy, and yet take every opportunity to be extremely public with whatever they’re doing.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped away from royal duties and moved to California in 2020. (Chris Jackson)
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She continued, “They are two people riding the fumes of a past Victim Era, in a new era now where victimhood has fallen far out of favor.”
Fox News Digital reached out to a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for comment.
This is not the first time Jason Bateman’s sister has shared her opinions on Meghan and Harry.
Justine is the sister of actor Jason Bateman. They were photographed here in 1986. (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Justine Bateman starred on “Family Ties.” Other cast members pictured include Tina Yothers, Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter and Michael J. Fox. (Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
During the devastating Los Angeles fires in January, Bateman called the couple “disaster tourists” after they were seen visiting Pasadena with the city’s mayor, Victor Gordo.
“Meghan Markle and Harry are no better than ambulance chasers,” an unsettled Bateman, 58, wrote to X, formerly known as Twitter. “What a repulsive ‘photo op’ they achieved.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were in the field volunteering during the wildfires. (Fox 11 Los Angeles)
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“They are ‘touring the damage’?” she asked, referring to media footage she had reposted on the social platform. “Are they politicians now? They don’t live here; they are tourists. Disaster Tourists.”
WATCH: PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE APPEAR AT PASADENA EVACUATION SITE
Video captured by Fox 11 Los Angeles showed Harry and Markle in Pasadena.
Fox News Digital additionally learned that Prince Harry and Markle had opened their home to friends and family forced to evacuate at the time, also donating clothing, children’s items and other essentials to help the affected community.
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Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to janelle.ash@fox.com.
