What do Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have in common with the likes of Donald Trump, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried?
According to Politico Magazine editor Joanna Weiss, they are all attention-seeking narcissists who have overstayed their welcome — and some have gotten their just deserts.
In her latest opinion piece, titled “2022 Is the Year We All Finally Got Tired of Narcissists,” Weiss makes the argument that by doggedly pursuing the limelight, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have gone from sympathetic figures to sources of annoyance — not unlike some of the other larger-than-life public figures who have fallen from grace.
“My natural sympathy for the couple started turning to irritation, and it occurred to me that ego has its limits,” Weiss writes, referring to her experience of watching the former royal couple’s Netflix documentary, “Harry and Meghan.”
“And it struck me that the overreach that led to the Sussexes’ critically panned mega-series is the same impulse that turned Elon Musk into a terror on Twitter, that prompted Ye to up the ante of outrageous behavior until he crossed the line into…
