Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, revealed she endured daily online bullying for a decade, calling herself the most trolled person globally. Speaking at a Melbourne event with Prince Harry, she urged resilience against social media's cruelty-driven model. Harry praised Australia's youth social media ban as 'epic.'
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, spilled some serious tea at a Melbourne student event on Thursday. The 44-year-old former Suits star – Meghan Markle pre-2018 Harry wedding – dropped: 'For now, 10 years, every day for 10 years, I have been bullied and attacked. And I was the most trolled person in the entire world.' 😲 She's still standing, though, telling the crowd: 'Now, I'm still here.' And shade to Big Tech: that billion-dollar industry? 'Completely anchored and predicated on cruelty to get clicks – that's not going to change.' Her advice? 'You have to be stronger than that.' 💅🏾 This marks day three of the Sussexes' Australia trip; they've been out of working royal duties since 2020. Harry, 41, chimed in on social media woes, lauding Australia's world-first ban on under-16s: 'Epic... from a responsibility and leadership standpoint.' He gets the appeal – 'a lot there that's good' – but warns of the dark side: 'rabbit holes,' doom scrolling, eating disorders, bullying. 'Once that gateway is open, you're also exposed to all of the bad as well.' Eyes on the follow-up now. Will more countries ban the scroll? 👀
