Meghan Markle’s brand As Ever has come under fire once again from a furious podcaster, who discovered something wrong with her famous candles. Podcast host Dana Bowling unboxed one of the As Ever candles on video for her followers, but was left disgusted with the product when she discovered it had a fatal flaw.
Speaking to her followers on X, she said: “I was gifted an As Ever candle from someone over at Netflix. Netflix, the company that produces her show With Love, Meghan – and also incidentally, didn’t pick it up for another season – but this company Netflix has a bunch of her swag in their closets, in their offices, and I was gifted this from someone there.”
She explained: “Now, listen. I am not a Meghan fan, okay? Shocker, I’m not. But it’s an As Ever candle, and I run a pop culture show. I was like, ‘This is a perfect prop for my show’.
“But guys, I opened it. I want to know if you think anything’s weird about this. It’s a candle, right? What do you do with a candle, you’re supposed to light it!”
Dana fumed: “How?! How can I light a candle that lacks a wick? There is no wick in this candle. The instructions, they say, ‘Always trim wick to 1/4 inch before lighting.’ How?
Dana’s followers were divided in the comments, with one writing: “You’re the third one I’ve seen now. And all three of you have shared criticisms of Meghan. I think she’s vindictive.”
Another said: “No quality control. This is a faulty product!” while a third echoed: “I can’t even begin to count the candles I’ve bought over the years- it has to be in the hundreds- and I’ve never once had one missing it’s wick. Just crap production.”
However, others accused Dana of removing the wick herself to boost engagement on her post, with one writing: “What are the chances? You, that weird guy and Dan Wootton? Hoping for increased engagement?”
Another posted: “What I find funny about this is that all three candles, which were supposedly wickless, just happened to be content creators and critics of Meghan Markle. Even if true just contact customers service and send it back. It happens every day, I work in retail, it's not that deep.”
