The Bill Simmons Podcast
Bill Simmons called Meghan Markle and Prince Harry de facto charlatans amid their Spotify exit — and he clearly believes they brought little to nothing to the table there.
The longtime sports media personality and Ringer founder — who made a boatload of cash in a mega-sale to Spotify a few years back, and who oversees a sea of podcasts under The Ringer brand there at Spotify as well — trashed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in one of his latest podcast episodes … where he did not mince words on how he felt about ’em.
BS launched into a quick and mini tirade about the Royal couple … jokingly saying he wished he was part of their deal to leave Spotify, and then proceeded to call them “grifters.”
Check it out yourself … not only does Bill call them virtual phonies in the podcast game, but he actually drops what sounds like an F-bomb too. Adding insult to injury, he teases a story he says he has about trying to pitch PH a podcast idea over Zoom once upon a time.
Doesn’t sound like that went well … ’cause Bill obviously isn’t a fan of them or their content.
Speaking of that content, reports have suggested that Meg and co. simply weren’t cranking out enough of it to meet their end of the $20 million bargain. As such, some media outlets are saying they won’t get paid out in full on their contract — which is … not great.
BTW, Harry and Meghan aren’t the only people at Spotify getting kicked to the curb. It appears there’s a lot of fat-trimming going on for pods that aren’t producing — Jemele Hill‘s losing her Spotify deal, and the Obamas lost theirs as well in the not-too-distant past.
As they say, capitalism prevails.