MEGHAN MARKLE SAYS SHE WAS THE "MOST TROLLED PERSON IN THE ENTIRE WORLD" LAST YEAR
Monday, 12 October 2020
Megan Markle opens up about trolling found online.
The Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry had an honest conversation about their experiences during an episode of teenage treatment for World Mental Health Day.
During the conversation, Megan agreed that while the Internet is a great place to connect, it can also be a place to be disconnected. She looked back when she was now on maternity leave with her 17-month-old son Archie Harrison.
"I'm told that in 2019, I was the most trolled person in the entire world, male or female," she said. "Now, eight months of that, I wasn't even visible. I was on maternity leave or with a baby. But what was able to just be manufactured and churned out, it's almost unsurvivable. That's so big you can't even think about what that feels like. Because I don't care if you're 15 or you're 25, if people are saying things about you that are untrue, what that does to your mental and emotional health is so damaging."
Although Megan noted that the couple's experiences may seem very different than those of their followers, "it's still a human experience, it's global."
"We all know what it feels like to have our feelings hurt," she said. "We all know what it feels like to be isolated or othered."
According to Harry, he did not read the negative and was trying to "remove" himself from it.