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WE ARE FACING ALOT IN ROYAL FAMILLY Meghan Markle has shared her own thoughts and feelings about her experiences, and it’s important to listen to and consider what she has to say. Asking others to put themselves in someone else’s shoes can be a helpful exercise in empathy and understanding.
Meghan Markle had critical words for female online bullies who targeted her while she was pregnant, saying their comments were “not catty, it’s cruel” — and also took aim at the big tech platforms that hosted those posts.Addressing the keynote panel at the opening day of the 2024 SXSW conference, the Duchess of Sussex addressed online toxicity that had been directed toward her.
“I keep my distance from it right now for my well-being, but the bulk of the bullying and abuse I was experiencing in social media and online was when I was pregnant with Archie and with Lili, and with a newborn, with each of them,” she told the packed audience that included her husband, Prince Harry, who was sitting front row. “You just think about that and to wrap your head about why people would be so hateful. It’s not catty, it’s cruel. Why you would do that when you’re pregnant or as a mom, at such a tender and sacred time,” she said.
Markle was appearing on the panel titled “Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead on and off the Screen,” alongside Katie Couric, Brooke Shields and Nancy Wang Yuen, which was moderated by Errin Haines.“You could either succumb to it, 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,” she said about the online bullying. Without naming specific companies, Markle also criticized the social platforms that provide an outlet for hate, saying “even if it’s making dollars, it doesn’t make sense.