Meghan Markle is accused of being a copycat AGAIN: New podcast has same name as US businesswoman’s YouTube series that launched a year ago

Meghan Markle is accused of being a copycat AGAIN: New podcast has same name as US businesswoman’s YouTube series that launched a year ago

Meghan Markle was today plunged into a fresh copycat row after it emerged a series also called ‘Confessions of a Female Founder’ has existed for more than a year.

The Duchess of Sussex yesterday confirmed the title for her new podcast – but Kady Meite, owner and founder of hoodie-hijab clothing firm Veil Street, already has a series of YouTube videos with the same name, about her business achivements.

The 24-year-old from Philadelphia, who has 45,000 followers on TikTok, posted her first episode in October 2023 about how to have a successful ‘drop’ launch event.

A second episode followed in November 2024 about ‘where it all started’, in which Ms Meite spoke about her life story having been in business since the age of 16.

Then a third episode released about six weeks ago on February 3 saw the successful Muslim entrepreneur discuss ‘six things I wish I knew before building a business’.

Meghan’s new podcast is also close in its name to entrepreneur Kelci Borges’s popular ‘Confessions Of A CEO’ podcast which focuses on female founders; and another called ‘Confessions of a Founder’ by businesswoman Alysha M Campbell.

Back in the 1970s, the ‘Confessions Of’ series was a run of four British sex comedy films, starring Robin Askwith, beginning with Confessions Of A Window Cleaner.

Episodes of Ms Meite’s podcast began being shared on social media in the hours after Meghan’s new podcast was unveiled, with one X user writing: ‘Meghan couldn’t even come up with an original title. She had to copy it! Unreal!’ 

Another said: ‘Is she serious? She can’t think of a single original idea!’ However, the YouTuber has defended the Duchess, saying that she ‘understands coincidences’.