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To ask why there's so much hate for Meghan?

214 replies

NotAnotherUserName5 · 19/05/2018 20:57

Curious as to why there seems to be so much negativity towards her? I genuinely know nothing about her.

Is it just jealousy?

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applesandpears56 · 19/05/2018 21:58

On the interviews I’ve seen - she’s fake.

SoupDragon · 19/05/2018 21:59

How do you know it’s fake? Are you an expert?

SoupDragon · 19/05/2018 21:59

Or are you just expressing your personal opinion and claiming it as fact?

NewYearNewMe18 · 19/05/2018 22:00

Everyone I know likes Meghan and wishes her and Harry well.

As I do.

Unlike this board, which has knifed her repeatedly, daily. And its just starting on this thread - the people who talk about her , and other s'lebs, as If they actually know them and are their inner most confidante privy to all their thoughts and emotions. It's utterly delusional

applesandpears56 · 19/05/2018 22:01

The same way you know anyone is fake soup - what they say, how they act, their body language, their history, their manner, the looks on their face - oh and the fact she’s an actress!

SoupDragon · 19/05/2018 22:01

and had only the mums looking after the small brudesmaids and boys on her wedding day.

Why do you think that was her choice? Do you think she told the fathers to go sit down and do nothing whilst little wifey sorted out the kiddies.

StarbucksSmarterSister · 19/05/2018 22:01

NewYearNewMe the people I heard call the Middleton girls The Wisteria Sisters are themselves from very ordinary backgrounds but ended up working for aristocracy and now think they are better than many. It's quite interesting actually.

SoupDragon · 19/05/2018 22:02

The same way you know anyone is fake soup

By knowing them personally and basing it on actual knowledge and experience? Or just making up shit because it fits what you want to think.

Willow2017 · 19/05/2018 22:03

There has been hate/vile comments/personal attacks against her on mn for days leading up to the wedding. How could people have missed the million posts on here ripping her and Harry to pieces?

Sparklesocks · 19/05/2018 22:06

applesandpears56 it’s odd how confident you are in your assumptions about someone you’ve never even met.
What exactly is fake about her?
Are all actresses fake, or is she special?

applesandpears56 · 19/05/2018 22:08

Sparkle how do you know I’ve not met her?

Ski40 · 19/05/2018 22:10

I think she is gorgeous and she looks good fun too. I felt sorry for her with all her family playing up etc. So I was glad to see the happiness in her eyes earlier. It was beautiful.

Sparklesocks · 19/05/2018 22:11

applesandpears56 well, typically you would’ve prefaced your post with ‘i have met her/i know her’ but you didn’t. So ok I’ll bite, have you then? And if you have, I would assume it would have to be more than a one off meeting as you’re so sure.

Shambu · 19/05/2018 22:12

Fake is the generic line used of women in the public eye.

Shambu · 19/05/2018 22:13

It's not enough to have met someone, you'd have to know them well personally.

SoupDragon · 19/05/2018 22:14

Was it when you met her that she told you how she was going to make the mothers of her attendants look after them whilst their fathers did nothing?

RedForFilth · 19/05/2018 22:17

I do struggle with her being touted as a role model for women being independent and feminist - she paraded in skimpy dresses for work on deal or no deal I forgot that you have to cover your body if you're a feminist Hmm Can't possibly be a feminist if you wear short dresses. So bloody what if that was her job?! I used to work in the sex industry (not really a choice per se) but I still did and still do believe in equal rights and opportunities

applesandpears56 · 19/05/2018 22:18

Sparkles - I’ll be honest - no I haven’t Smile but does that really matter - like you say there’s different levels of knowing someone. Some of my closest friends I’ve known for over 20 years and sometimes they still surprise me. Most people you meet for a brief time - at a conference, at a bar, in a group class you only talk for a brief time yet you get a sense of who they are. I’m a good judge of character - my initial (yes personal) view of her is that she’s playing a role and she’s highly ambitious. I wouldn’t trust her at all. I do think she’s good for this role and harry though. It is good to have some diversity in the royal family.
I really don’t like her brand of feminism though. If I stood around in a swim suit for cash - I don’t think I could then say I was a feminist with a straight face - but maybe that’s just me!

Willow2017 · 19/05/2018 22:19

If they were my little kids damm sure i would be there with them at the church making sure they were ok/behaving.
What the hell has it got to do with Meghan? Should she have 'ordered' the dads to do it and the mums not to? What a ridiculous idea.

What the freaking hell has it got to do with anyone else if she choses to be with her husband instead of an acting career? Its not like she is going to be sitting on her arse forever. Their first 'tour of duty' are already planned.

I hope they prove all the nasty, jealous, vicious haters wrong and are blissfully happy.

Typical of this country people just love to kick someone into whatever place they think they should be in.

The rest of us are just happy to have something to celebrate and wish them well.

applesandpears56 · 19/05/2018 22:20

Soup - you are steeling for a fight tonight. Of course she decided who looked after her little helpers - it’s her wedding day - she chose those 4 women to shepherd the kids in.

applesandpears56 · 19/05/2018 22:21

And then got ‘given away’

SenecaFalls · 19/05/2018 22:21

I haven't seen any hate for Meghan, in fact only support......

The only thing I can say to that is where have you been? Obviously not on Mumsnet.
Or maybe some of the vilest comments have been deleted before you got to them. I have reported several myself, all of which were deleted. Last night was particularly horrible.

LegoPiecesEverywhere · 19/05/2018 22:22

I have seen lots of hate from this board and the press. Why? IMO the people who idolise the royal family and consider them their betters will always judge the women they choose to marry. Remember Waity Katy and Copy Kate? I would not marry into that family for all the money in the world. Megan gets extra bad press as her family is poor and she is half black.

StopCloudSeeding · 19/05/2018 22:23

I have not yet read all the thread because I have to go to sleep. I have not seen any hatred but I've obviously missed those threads. However, what I found quite disturbing was the fixed facial expression.
The 'half' Cheshire Cat grin! I don't think she once looked serious. Harry was perfectly normal but Megan had this 'cat that got the cream' face, which is fair enough but it never changed once!
I do not hold out much hope for their relationship tbh. ☹️

AskAuntLydia · 19/05/2018 22:24

Yes YABU.

There's hate for the usual reason, she's a beautiful, confident woman who is not white and lots of people are really stupid, many have unconscious racist and / or sexist assumptions and project all their feelings onto whichever latest famous person they've been manipulated into hating.

The media treats public life as if it's a pantomime. The public obediently falls into line and acts as the audience.

It's all a bit distasteful and depressing.