#VoetsekMeghan - South Africans outraged by Meghan Markle's new podcast

#VoetsekMeghan - South Africans outraged by Meghan Markle's new podcast

The hashtag, #VoetsekMeghan, hit number one on the Twitter trend list after South Africans were outraged by the Duchess' "belittling" comments about the country. 

Meghan Markle during interview with Oprah
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Many South Africans were left outraged by comments from Meghan Markle about a trip she had to South Africa in 2019 in her new podcast series, 'Archetypes'.

She has drawn anger and very sharp criticism over the way she portrayed South Africa in her new podcast. The hashtag, #VoetsekMeghan hit number one on the Twitter trend list over the weekend. 

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Markle told her friend Serena Williams about a visit she, Harry, and their young boy, Archie, took to South Africa back in 2019. 

She included a story where she claims that the "housing unit" that they lived in caught fire. Management from the "unit" said that the heater was smoking, but an actual fire is unrecorded.

South Africans were also outraged that the Duchess referred to a "housing unit", when in fact they stayed at a mansion in Cape Town.

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Megan is now accused of sounding entitled and belittling South Africa and its people, despite the couple professing in public their love for the country.

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