Meghan Markle dethrones Joe Rogan for top spot on Spotify
Meghan Markle has dethroned Joe Rogan on Spotify following her first episode on her podcast, Archetypes.
The Duchess of Sussex released the first episode of Archetypes on August 23 and two days later the podcast had soared to the number one spot on Spotify’s most-listened chart.
This subsequently knocked Joe Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience from the top spot where he discusses everything from current events and politics to science and philosophy on his weekly podcast.
Meghan and Prince Harry reportedly signed a whopping $18 million, three-year podcast deal with Spotify for the new show.
Two years later, The Duchess of Sussex released her first episode with her "dear friend" and tennis champion Serena Williams.
Meghan spoke with Serena about her tennis career, before she brought up a terrifying story in which there was a fire in baby Archie's nursery during a royal engagement in Africa in 2019.
The Duchess explained how their family had only been in the township of Nyanga for a few hours before the incident took place.
She detailed how then four-month-old Archie narrowly avoided a fire in his nursery as his nanny took him to another part of the residence when the heater burst into flames.
The Duchess then shared how she was required to attend another formal engagement, rather than stay home with her child.
"I'm giving this speech to women and girls, and we finish the engagement, we get in the car and they say, 'There's been a fire at the residence. There's been a fire in the baby's room.' What?” Meghan says in the podcast.
She went on to explain how Archie's nanny Lauren had taken him downstairs briefly before he was put to bed for a nap, and the heater in the room caught fire.
Luckily, no one was injured during the fire, but Meghan said both her and her husband were rattled by the experience and were rushed out to attend another engagement, rather than stay with their son.
She said, "And we came back. And of course, as a mother, you go, 'Oh my God, what?' Everyone's in tears, everyone's shaken. And what do we have to do? Go out and do another official engagement?"
"I said, 'This doesn't make any sense'. I was like, 'Can you just tell people what happened?' And so much, I think, optically, the focus ends up being on how it looks instead of how it feels."
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