The collapse of the $20m deal is said to be piling financial pressure on the Sussexes as bills for their lifestyle in Montecito, California, mount.
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“I’ve got to get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try and help him with a podcast idea.He added: “I wish I had been involved in the ‘Meghan and Harry leave Spotify’ negotiation. That’s a podcast we should’ve launched with them.”.The collapse of the deal is said to be piling financial pressure on the Sussexes as bills for their lifestyle in Montecito, California, mount.
The bill for the couple’s private security detail is believed to be about $2 million a year and there are legal fees from Harry’s battles with the UK press, as well as the fact they now have to keep their Archewell company afloat without Spotify’s cash. The Sussexes’ Spotify deal was signed in 2020 but delivered just 13 hours of programming in two and half years – a dozen episodes of Meghan’s ‘Archetypes’ podcast as well as a one-off holiday special.
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