Meghan Markle slams online critics for spreading hate: ‘it’s cruel’
The Duchess of Sussex shared her experience at International Women’s Day Panel at SXSW 2024
Meghan Markle has slammed the criticizers for disseminating hate against her during the time when she was vulnerable.
The Duchess of Sussex opened up about the experience of hate and abuse on social media when she was pregnant with Prince Archie, 4, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 2.
While conversing at the International Women’s Day Panel at SXSW, Meghan was asked about social media scrutiny and bullied and how she managed it.
The mother of two, shared, “Yes, social media is an environment that I think has a lot of that. You know I think, it’s really interesting as I can reflect on it, I keep my distance from it right now just for my own well-being but the bulk of the bullying and abuse that I was experiencing on social media and online was when I was pregnant with Archie and Lili, and with a newborn with each of them.”
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She went on to say, “You just think about that, and really wrap your head around why people would be so hateful. It’s not catty, it’s cruel.”
“And why you would do that, certainly, when you’re pregnant, with a newborn, we all know as moms, it’s such a tender and sacred time," Meghan continued.
The Duchess of Sussex also shared that she almost succumbed to it and “nearly succumb to how painful that it is, and maybe in some regards, because I was pregnant, that mammalian instinct just kicked in, you do everything you can to protect your child, and as a result, protect yourself too.”
Meghan Markle also mentioned that already a lot of measures have been taken to provide online safety but still, there are some lacunas that she finds "disturbing.”
