Pamela Anderson has finally spoken out on viral claims Meghan Markle ‘ripped off’ her cooking show with Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. 

Fans of Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, 58, were outraged when former royal Meghan Markle, 44, unveiled her new TV project, which appeared strikingly similar to Pamela’s “Cooking With Love,” a show that premiered earlier this year on Prime Video.

During an appearance on Sunday’s “Watch What Happens Live!” host Andy Cohen asked Anderson about the situation, posing the question: “On a scale from one to 10, how much do you feel ‘With Love, Meghan’ is a rip-off of your show, ‘Pamela’s Cooking with Love’?”

Anderson, who appeared with her co-star and new love interest Liam Neeson, replied: “One. I didn’t really look into it. I mean, I didn’t invent cooking shows.” She added that Markle “is just doing her thing.”

The drama erupted when Prince Harry’s wife gave People magazine some of her top domestic tips ahead of the release of With Love, Meghan, in March.

These included how to ‘elevate’ a normal dinner – such as after ordering a takeaway.

Pamela Anderson has finally spoken out on viral claims Meghan Markle ‘ripped off’ her cooking show with Netflix series, With Love, Meghan

Fans of the Baywatch bombshell, 58, were left incensed when the former working Royal, 44, debuted her latest TV venture – which bore eerie similarities to Pamela’s Cooking With Love, which premiered earlier this year on Prime Video 

 Anderson pictured on her show Cooking With Love wearing a similar straw hat to the one worn by Meghan in her upcoming programme

Citing Chinese as a favorite delivery option, Markle told the US magazine: ‘I like being able to do a hybrid, but even when I get a takeout I will try to plate it beautifully.’

And discussing her new trademark As Ever – after she failed to secure copyright branding for her original name, American Riviera Orchard – she insisted: ‘It’s a learning curve. 

‘I appreciate everyone who gave me the grace to make mistakes and figure it out and also be forgiving with myself through that.’ 

The two former TV stars live more than a thousand miles apart, yet both were smiling and giggling in brightly lit country kitchens, filming aspirational cooking with photogenic friends and famous celebrities.

Both are seen carrying wicker baskets of fruit and vegetables picked from their gardens, dancing with joy, and gleefully high-fiving their celebrity guests. Both series are even the same length: eight episodes. 

When Meghan’s first episode was shown, it prompted withering complaints that she had copied Pamela’s winning formula.

‘So similar it’s freaky,’ said one reviewer, while others branded Meghan’s series ‘inauthentic’ and ‘copycat’.

More charitable observers might put this down to coincidence, as neither show seems to deviate from the wholesome template of many an aspirational cookery program.

Anderson, who was appearing alongside new love and co-star Liam Neeson responded: ‘One. I didn’t – I didn’t really look, but I mean, I didn’t invent cooking shows’ adding that Markle ‘is just doing her thing’

Anderson pictured high-fiving one of her celebrity guests on her programme

In an eerily similar frame, Markle is pictured celebrating with one of her guests

Anderson carrying wicker baskets of vegetables picked from her garden

Markle picking vegetables from her garden with a similar wicker basket

Netflix will not be renewing their $100million deal with Meghan and Harry after her latest show struggled with poor reviews – it has been claimed

However, while Markle filmed her series last summer, with the first trailer making its debut in January, Anderson’s was commissioned back in February 2023 by Canadian broadcaster Flavour Network.

And its trailer has been available for all to see since last October.

Last month it was claimed Markle and Prince Harry’s hopes of a new Netflix deal are ‘dead’ after their two most recent shows flopped,

Meghan’s lifestyle show failed to break into Netflix ‘s top 300 programs for the first half of 2025 and was even thrashed by multiple seasons of Suits.

A second season of With Love, Meghan, was announced by the Duchess herself as the first season came out in March this year as part of the couple’s $100million deal with the streaming giant, which expires this year