Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Nicole Avant and Ted Sarandos at 'Beef' season two event. Stefanie Keenan/Getty for Netflix Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are once again shutting down reports of a falling out with Netflix, but this time with an in-person appearance.
The famous couple attended an event in Montecito, California, on Friday, hosted by Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and ambassador Nicole Avant, celebrating Beef season two, which premieres on the streamer April 16.
Season two cast members Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny, as well as Emmy-winning creator Lee Sung Jin, were also in attendance.
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Prince Harry and Markle’s appearance came nearly a month after Variety reported that Netflix had been distancing itself from the pair. The publication also claimed that Sarandos, who is the couple’s neighbor in Montecito, had grown tired of the pair.
However, both the couple and Netflix’s leadership have shut down those claims, with a spokesperson for the streamer previously calling them “absolutely inaccurate.”
Netflix chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, also said at the Next on Netflix presentation, “I would say don’t believe whatever you read. Maybe we should all do a little fact-checking. But here’s the thing: We still have a relationship with them, we have movies in development with them, we have an amazing doc with them, they have things in development on the TV and film side.”
She added, “Deals come and go all the time and… we don’t renew so many deals and those don’t get as much press for obvious reasons, I guess. So there’s no juicy story there.”
But over the last year, Netflix has taken a step back from some business deals with the couple, including exiting Markle’s lifestyle brand As Ever as a business partner in March. The streamer also downgraded the couple’s overall deal to a first-look deal in August 2025.
Though it was announced last month that Netflix is teaming up with the couple’s Archewell Productions again to develop a scripted drama about polo after working with them on the 2024 docuseries Polo.
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