Meghan Markle’s question slapped down by guest as he brands series the duchess starred in as ‘basic’

Meghan asked mixologist Payman Bahmani-Bailey whether he was a fan of Suits during an episode of her lifestyle and cooking programme With Love, Meghan.

Mr Bahmani-Bailey replied bluntly: “No, no, I don't watch basic cable.”

He added: “I like shows with curse words and stuff.”

The Duchess of Sussex laughed off the comment, but the awkward moment was noticed by Netflix viewers.

In 2017, USA Network released a statement announcing that Meghan Markle would be leaving Suits following her engagement to Prince Harry.

The statement said: "From all of us at USA Network and Universal Cable Productions, we want to send our most heartfelt congratulations to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on their engagement."

Suits is still highly popular on Netflix and in 2023, the series smashed a Netflix record, four years after its last episode.

The highly successful series spanned from 2011 to 2019 with nine seasons in total.

Suits set a viewing time record on Netflix for an acquired series in the week of June 26-July 2, 2023.

It had 3.14 billion minutes of watch time, according to Nielsen, smashing the previous record of 2.49 billion minutes for Manifest.

It followed a major development for Suits when Netflix added all nine series of the programme in June 2023.

It marked the first time Suits had hit Netflix in the US, but a South Korean adaptation of the show did stream on Netflix from December 2019 through August 2021.

Netflix in the UK has been streaming Suits, following TV channel Dave choosing not to pick the programme up from season seven onwards.