To be uncomfortable after my manager went on a rant about how much she hates Meghan Markle during a team meeting?

[AlertBird]

So, today, in our team meeting, my manager went on a full-on rant about how much she hates Meghan Markle. It seemed completely out of place and unnecessary, especially considering the meeting was meant to be about work. It got a bit awkward and no one really knew how to react.

I get that people have opinions but I just felt like it was unprofessional to bring something like that up during a work meeting. It felt like a personal issue being projected onto everyone else.

AIBU to feel uncomfortable about this or is it just me being overly sensitive?

@FreyBentos your level of debate has included calling people arseholes and nasty pieces of work

Yes you recognise yourself

I wouldn't rant about it, but if someone asked me what I thought, I would tell the truth. This actually happened recently, although not in a meeting. I can't imagine it in a meeting unless it was at the beginning before moving on to the actual work.

People like that genuinely don’t see how they undermine their own argument!

The same goes for James Corden. Yet he doesn’t attract anywhere near as much vitriol as Meghan.

I've tried hard not to engage with you and your acolytes - the pointless moronic exchanges are a bit soul-sapping. But seriously - you just typing this crap, assuming I'm white?

You're actually digging in with calling me a 'white saviour'? Christ.

I think many of the people who have a strong opinion on her are very Royalist, not necessarily racists!

@Gwenhwyfar this

@MemorableTrenchcoat , that might have something to do with James Corden not having had millions spent on his wedding.

I think you are reading from emotion.

Which is causing you to see things not there. I have not called you nor anybody else on this thread racist.

You are lying.

I have not mentioned educating anybody. What on earth are you going on about?

Please go and quote the correct person and leave me out of it.

Several royals have had millions spent on their weddings, only for them to divorce later.

Seriously? That is hilarious!

It’s paywalled for me but that is hilarious.

You said that the person you replied to should educate themselves. So if you have knowledge to share why don’t you educate that person yourself?

Yes, I agree. I think it's too simplistic to say it's all racism although I believe there's an element of racism to it. I think there are a lot of very patriotic royalists who can not believe the bare faced cheek of some American woman stealing "our" Harry and dissing the Royal Family. I think a lot of it is anti-American feeling too.

I am just constantly bemused when I see using that argument unironically!

It's actually quite a good article compared with some of the shite written about MN in the past. Often drenched in misogyny.

Whoops I do apologise it wasn’t you. Sorry about that. But it does stand for the other poster who said it!

I do wonder about the self-esteem of men like that. I would be out of that family sharpish but I have met many a black man like this. Will smile sheepishly and disregard his partners racism towards people who look like him

Weird.

@MemorableTrenchcoat , yes, and people were mouthing off about Fergie and Lady Di too.

The difference is that M and H buggered off slagging off The Firm.

People, particularly women, in my experience, were criticising Meghan long before she did that.

You don't think Lady Di slagged off the firm?? She did that infamous interview talking about how awful Charles was, how he'd cheated on her, saying the royal family had no empathy for her mental illness. She said she threw herself down the stairs in despair and the Queen just thought she was being ridiculous.