The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has criticised the “seemingly endless toxicity” of social media, disclosing that she was targeted with “bullying and abuse” while pregnant with Archie and Lilibet.
Meghan was the keynote speaker on a high-profile panel marking International Women’s Day at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
“It’s really interesting as I can reflect on it—I keep my distance from it right now just for my own wellbeing—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,” she explained.
Markle continued, noting that she cannot understand why someone would target an expecting mom during what she called, a “sacred time.”
“You just think about that, and to 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.” She added.
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