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Meghan Markle only hosted one podcast, “Archetypes,” under her and Prince Harry’s failed $20 million Spotify deal — but that doesn’t mean the redheaded royal didn’t have podcast ideas of his own.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that unidentified insiders claim Harry, 38, met with several producers and production houses to brainstorm show concepts.
He was reportedly the most important fan of his own ideas — including a podcast about childhood trauma with a slew of controversial, big-shot guests.
Per Bloomberg, Harry desired to speak with Vladimir Putin, Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump about their early years and the way their experiences shaped their adulthoods.
Harry reportedly also pitched a podcast centered around fatherhood, in addition to one other that will explore societal conversations starting from climate change to religion.
He allegedly envisioned Pope Francis as the proper guest to dissect the latter topic.
“The practicality of those ideas struck some people within the Harry-podcast cosmos as questionable at best, on condition that people like Putin and Zuckerberg rarely give wide-ranging interviews in regards to the topics they’re enthusiastic about — let alone about their upbringings and private childhood traumas,” reporter Ashley Carman wrote in her Bloomberg newsletter.
The Post has contacted reps for Archewell Audio, Spotify, and Carman for comment.
The Duke of Sussex tragically lost his mom, Princess Diana, at just 12 years old when she was killed in a paparazzi automotive chase in 1997.
He admitted in January to using drugs and alcohol to manage along with her death.
He became a father in 2019 with the birth of his son, Archie. He and Markle welcomed Lilibet in 2021.
In a joint statement to The Post last week, Spotify and Archewell Audio said they’ve “mutually agreed to part ways and are pleased with the series we made together.”
A source near the situation told The Post on the time that Archewell didn’t produce enough content to receive the total payout of the hefty deal the couple signed in 2020.
“Archetypes,” which launched in August 2022 and lasted 12 episodes, was the one project the couple provided Spotify during their two-and-a-half-year partnership.
Speculation that Markle, 41, didn’t directly interview her guests resurfaced after the parting-ways announcement.
In August, author Allison Yarrow expressed because of an “Archetypes” producer for being “a superb interviewer.”
Sources claim that a number of the show’s interviews were done by members of the duchess’s staff — and her voice asking the identical questions was added in later.
Sportswriter and podcaster Bill Simmons slammed the couple within the wake of the fractured deal, calling them “f – – king grifters” on an episode of his namesake podcast.
“I wish I had been involved within the ‘Meghan and Harry leave Spotify’ negotiation,” said Simmons, the founding father of the Ringer and the pinnacle of Spotify’s global sports strategy.
“… That’s a podcast we must always’ve launched with them. I gotta get drunk one night and tell the story of this Zoom I had with Harry to attempt to help him with a podcast idea. It’s one among my best stories,” he added.
On Monday, Page Six Style also confirmed that a previously-rumored “mega-bucks” deal between Markle and Dior is not going to occur.
But the previous “Suits” star could have her eye on a future Cartier deal, the outlet reported.
