{"id":1950768,"date":"2023-06-19T08:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spotify-executive-bill-simmons-blasts-prince-harry-meghan-markle-fing-grifters\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T08:12:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:12:19","slug":"spotify-executive-bill-simmons-blasts-prince-harry-meghan-markle-fing-grifters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spotify-executive-bill-simmons-blasts-prince-harry-meghan-markle-fing-grifters\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify exec slams Harry and Meghan: &#8216;Total grifters&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspotify-executive-bill-simmons-blasts-prince-harry-meghan-markle-fing-grifters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Bill Simmons Slams Prince Harry and Meghan Markle<\/h2>\n<p>Bill Simmons, Spotify\u2019s head of podcast innovation and monetization, didn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-may-ease-ccp-virus-lockdown-from-march-foreign-secretary-says\/\" title=\"UK May Ease CCP Virus Lockdown From March, Foreign Secretary Says\">hold back<\/a> his criticism of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, after the company ended their partnership last week.<\/p>\n<p>Markle\u2019s podcast, &#8220;Archetypes,&#8221; delved into historical and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/costumes-can-elicit-trauma-michigan-state-university-warns-students-about-halloween\/\" title=\"\u2018Costumes Can Elicit Trauma\u2019: Michigan State University Warns Students About Halloween\">cultural stereotypes<\/a> of women. It was produced by her company, Archewell Audio, which she co-founded with her husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpotify and Archewell Audio have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-claimed-sexual-assault-and-the-school-ignored-witnesses-that-challenged-her-claim-the-accused-just-won-a-63000-settlement\/\" title=\"She Claimed Sexual Assault And The School Ignored Witnesses That Challenged Her claim. The Accused Just Won A ,000 Settlement.\">mutually agreed<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trumps-impeachment-defense-team-collapses-ahead-of-senate-trial-top-lawyers-out\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Trump\u2019s Impeachment Defense Team Collapses Ahead Of Senate Trial, Top Lawyers Out\">part ways<\/a> and are proud of the series we made together,\u201d the two entities said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons expressed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trying-to-tilt-the-scales-of-justice-with-threats-mcconnell-tears-into-maxine-waters-for-her-chauvin-trial-rhetoric\/\" title=\"WATCH: \u2018Trying To Tilt The Scales Of Justice With Threats\u2019: McConnell Tears Into Maxine Waters For Her Chauvin Trial Rhetoric\">strong opinion<\/a> on an episode of his show, \u201cThe Bill Simmons Podcast,\u201d referring to the couple as \u201cf***ing grifters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish I had been involved in the \u2018Megan and Harry leave Spotify\u2019 negotiation,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2018The F***ing Grifters.\u2019 That\u2019s the podcast we shoulda launched with them. I gotta get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try and help him with a podcast idea. It\u2019s one of my best stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bill Simmons absolutely HATES Prince Harry<\/p>\n<p>We need to know what Harry said to Bill on that Zoom <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lsxNoSPaCU\">pic.twitter.com\/lsxNoSPaCU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The r\/BillSimmons Podcast (@rBillSimmonsPod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rBillSimmonsPod\/status\/1669665129393160192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Simmons didn&#8217;t hold back in his criticism of Harry, saying, \u201cShoot this guy to the sun. I\u2019m so tired of this guy. What does he bring to the table? He just whines about s*** and keeps giving interviews. \u2026 Who cares about your life? You weren\u2019t even the favorite son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/16\/bill-simmons-prince-harry-meghan-markle-are-f-king-grifters\/\">noted<\/a> that Simmons has repeatedly criticized Harry in the past, even while they were at the same company. In January 2023, Simmons expressed his frustration, saying, \u201cI can\u2019t stand him. So tired. I\u2019m so embarrassed that I f***ing have to share Spotify with him. The guy sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Simmons, Spotify&#8217;s podcast innovation and monetization chief, criticized Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, following their recent departure from the company. Markle&#8217;s podcast, &#8220;Archetypes,&#8221; delved into the portrayal of women in history and culture and was created by her company, Archewell Audio, which she established alongside her husband. Simmons expressed his views on Spotify&#8217;s association with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1950769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[5316,22426,5675,6235,3944,13549,7479],"class_list":["post-1950768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-exec","tag-grifters","tag-harry","tag-meghan","tag-slams","tag-spotify","tag-total"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}