Twitter users have slammed the Duchess of Sussex for once again sharing the story of how she challenged a major American consumer goods company over its dish shop commercial when she was only 11 years old.
During the first episode of her podcast Archetypes, Meghan Markle told how she took action by launching a ‘letter writing campaign’ to political pundits.
She said that the experience was “awakening to the millions of ways, big and small, that our society tries to box women in.”
But social media users slammed the mother-of-two for sharing the ‘yawn-inducing’ story again, describing the podcast as ‘unbearable.’
Speaking to one of her close friend in the first episode of her podcast entitled ‘The Misconception of Ambition with Serena Williams,’ Meghan said: “When I was 11 years old, growing up in LA, I saw a commercial that would change the way I saw my place in the world.
“Let me be clear, it wasn’t because this ad was some ingenious piece of marketing. Actually it was just the opposite.”
The duchess said that she was in her sixth grade classroom watching TV with other students when they saw the ad.
“I was furious,” she expressed. “Women? Did I really just hear that guy say ‘women’? As in only women? Only women.”
She also said that after the ad played, her two male classmates said: “Yeah! That’s where women belong! In the kitchen!”
“Oh man, this did not sit well with 11-year-old me,” Meghan said.
Young Meghan then wrote a letter to Procter & Gamble asking them to change the verbiage to “people all over America” and the company later changed the language.
“I’ve never lost touch with that reality, and in the last few years, my desire to do something about it has grown,” she added.
But Twitter users slammed the duchess for telling the story again, which she has talked about in many public events.
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