Duchess Meghan
“Hateful” cyberbullying during her pregnancies
Duchess Meghan has relevant experience with online hate.
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In her speech at the “South by Southwest” festival, Duchess Meghan explained why she avoids social media.
This year’s International Women’s Day was celebrated on March 8th Duchess Meghan (42) taking part in a discussion panel at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. There she sat on stage with actress Brooke Shields (58) and journalist Katie Couric (67) to talk about the topic “Overcoming barriers and challenging stereotypes”. In the audience: her husband Prince Harry (39), who listened carefully to her words.
In her post, the former series actress spoke, among other things, about her experiences with social media, which she currently keeps a long distance from for good reason. She revealed that she was exposed to the most blatant online hate during her pregnancy with her children Archie (4) and Lilibet (2).
Online hate wave during her pregnancies
As reported by People magazineShe said there: “I’m staying away from it at the moment to feel comfortable, but the majority of the bullying and abuse I experienced on social media and online happened when I was pregnant with Archie and Lili was, and with a newborn, with each of them.” For a long time she racked her brains about why people could be so hateful: “Why do you do something like that when you’re pregnant or as a mother at such a tender and sacred time?”
Her unpleasant experiences ultimately led her to stay away from social media as much as possible and not to let anything private become public through these channels. In the end, her natural “mammal instinct” led her to “do everything she could to protect the child and therefore herself.”