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Former "Family Ties" star Justine Bateman has launched a scathing critique of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, accusing the couple of participating in what she calls a "Victim Olympics campaign" since their departure from royal duties in 2020.
In a pointed blog post titled "The Problem With Meghan Markle: It's Not What She's Doing, It's the Victim Olympics Road She Took to Get There," the 59-year-old actress didn't hold back her frustrations with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
"The problem with Meghan Markle (and her husband, Harry) is that every opportunity they have explored or exploited over the past few years has been due to their very aggressive Victim Olympics campaign," Bateman wrote in her Race Track Substack on Saturday.
The Hollywood actress specifically criticized Markle's new Netflix show "With Love, Meghan," suggesting its reportedly disappointing viewership stems from audience fatigue with the couple's narrative. "It's 2025, and no one wants to see victims anymore. No one wants to watch someone playact at something they didn't earn," she stated.
This isn't the first time Bateman has publicly criticized the couple. In January, she branded them "ambulance chasers" and "disaster tourists" after they visited an evacuation center following the Los Angeles wildfires.
"Meghan Markle and Harry are no better than ambulance chasers," she wrote at the time. "What a repulsive 'photo op' they achieved. They are 'touring the damage'? Are they politicians now? They don't live here; they are tourists. Disaster Tourists."
Bateman, sister of actor Jason Bateman, has even created a mock gold medal for what she perceives as the couple's victimhood competition, sharing the image on her Substack.
The criticism comes amid reports that Netflix won't be renewing the Sussexes' $100 million contract. Journalist Marina Hyde suggested that streaming platforms might maintain relationships with the couple "to keep a vague hand in" should they eventually divorce.
Other Netflix personalities have also weighed in, with comedian Whitney Cumming describing "With Love, Meghan" as "a big f*** you to the prom court over there across the pond," suggesting the show is deliberately aimed at trolling the Royal Family.
Despite her harsh assessment, Bateman acknowledged that while Markle has every right to create content, the public equally has the right to reject it. "I don't think anyone wishes her ill," she wrote, but added that people no longer have to "go along with another's 'narrative' anymore."
