On Sunday 11th October the Duchess of Sussex revealed she was told last year that she was the “most trolled person in the entire world”.
In a podcast, Teenager Therapy, Meghan Markle joined three high school students in California where she opened up about the “almost unsurvivable” online abuse she had experienced.
Meghan and Prince Harry discussed topics including mental health stigma, self-care and online abuse in the aftermath of the World Mental Health Day. The duchess said the Covid-19 pandemic, which has closed schools around the world, has meant more time online for many. She said, “Yes, it’s a great way to connect, but it also ends up being a place where there’s a lot of disconnection, you know, I can speak personally to.
“I am told that in 2019 I was the most trolled person in the entire world, male or female. 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 think of what that feels like, because I don’t care if you’re 15 or 25, if people are saying things about you that aren’t true, what that does to your mental and emotional health is so damaging.”
