I'm still reeling after the toxic breakup between Spotify and Sussex. The split was leaked to the Wall Street Journal by Spotify, which forced Archewell into a hasty confirmation. Spotify executives then ran a smear on the Sussexes, while saying nothing to their antivaxx golden Goose, Joe Rogan. Rogan also made a fool of himself in the same news cycle. It was a lot. Us Weekly reported that the Sussexes were bothered by "cheap photos" but have tons of other things in the pipeline.

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and their team are ready to move on after their Spotify deal failed -- but aren't happy with the way news of their departure from the platform was reported.

A source reveals exclusively in the latest issue of Us Weekly that Spotify was supposed to make a statement about how wonderful it was to collaborate with Meghan. However, they did not. The team behind the scenes had "pushed Harry and Meghan to create more content for the past year."

The insider claims that the royal couple did not "deliver" what Spotify required before the contract ended earlier this month.

Us reports that the Suits alumna, 41, was informed "some time ago" of the cancellation of her podcast "Archetypes". Bill Simmons, a Spotify executive, called Meghan and Harry (both 38) "f-king swindlers" after the deal collapsed.

The insider said, "It's like there are always assaults these days. People line up to take cheap shot at them." "Quite honestly, she and Harry have had enough."

The second source says that despite their disappointing deal, the two have already set their sights on a brand new chapter. "There are a lot of exciting things coming up," she adds. "[They are] ready to return stronger."

From Us Weekly

Some have shared the theory that Spotify tried to strike a deal with Harry and Meghan, but they wanted out and wanted to negotiate a deal with Ari Emmanuel. It's possible that some or all of this is true. Spotify was acting just like your toxic ex, who went around saying that he dumped. I am also tired of people taking "cheap shot" at the Sussexes, and I wish that they would do more about this. I understand that they do not want to respond to every unhinged report, but in this case, Bill Simmons, an executive at Spotify, called them "f-king swindlers." They were well within their right to publicly and on record clap back.

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