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Meghan Markle has revealed the reason she opted out of filming her Netflix show With Love, Meghan at her $14 million Riven Rock estate.

The Duchess of Sussex, 40, appeared at the TIME100 summit in Manhattan last week speaking about her lifestyle brand As Ever, as well as her culinary series which premiered on the streaming network in March.

During her conversation with Time’s CEO Jessica Sibley, she touched on her decision to film the show at the nearby estate of Tom and Sherrie Cipolla, good friends of mine.

“Well, I have kids coming home for their nap – and 80 people in the kitchen isn’t really the children’s memory I want them to have,” she explained. “We were very fortunate to find something close by.”

Best Litmus Test: Online Polls

The tabloid, New York Post, has reported on a YouGov survey that tracked Britain’s best loved figures of 2,600 people. King Charles III’s youngest son, Harry, who resides in Riven Rock, was ranked at 1,336th with 30 percent popularity. Meghan Markle, 43, is at 2,034th with a popularity of 17 percent. 

Harry’s brother William, Prince of Wales, is ranked 43rd with a 71 percent popularity, while wife Kate is 104th with 64 percent, and King Charles 223rd with 57 percent.

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough topped the list with 84 percent popularity, with film director Steven Spielberg, actress Dame Judi Dench, comedian Rowan Atkinson, and the late Queen Elizabeth II also in the top five.

Local Mom Discovers Carbs

Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow is ditching her ultra-strict Paleo diet after years of “being obsessed with eating healthily” and restricting bread, pasta, and cheese.

The Oscar winner, 52, who founded the wellness company Goop in 2008, admits she is “sick” of the caveman diet.

In recent years Paltrow’s diet has involved consuming bone broth for lunch and vegetables for dinner.

The aim of the Paleo or caveman diet is to eliminate modern food and consume what our ancestors would have had.

Now she says she has started eating bread, cheese, and pasta again. Of her former paleo diet, Paltrow confessed “I’m a little sick of it to be honest.”

Party Postponed

Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry, after the success of her Blue Origins space shot, has been forced to cancel two major concerts as part of her Lifetimes World Tour.

She took to Instagram to confirm the shows in Guadalajara, Mexico, this week were cancelled after the stadium planned as the venue was not going to be built in time before three other shows in Mexico City and two in Monterrey.

Katy, 40, writing: “Sadly I have learned the Arena Guadalajara will not be completed in time for the scheduled shows, which included mine.

“Last week I sent my team to the arena to see if there was anything we could do to make things happen, but it was evident when they arrived that it was not ready or safe to do the show for me or an audience…

“I wish I could fix this, but it is beyond my control. I will be thinking about how I can create something for my fans in Guadalajara in the future. I love you all.”

The tour heads to Houston, Texas, with 25 other venues before heading to Australia and Canada and then Europe in October.

Sightings

Cameron Diaz and Josh Brolin at Pierre Lafond… Singer Katy Perry’s mother Mary Hudson at the Hilton with friends… Michael Douglas noshing at Olio e Limone.

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