'You have to be authentic': Meghan Markle finally addresses viral video of herself twerking while in labour with Princess Lilibet

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Meghan Markle has addressed the viral video she shared of herself dancing in the delivery room while heavily pregnant with her daughter, Princess Lilibet.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, sent social media into a spin earlier in the month after posting a throwback clip of herself twerking and dancing to the song 'Baby Momma' to celebrate Lilibet's fourth birthday.
In the video, a visibly pregnant Meghan dances playfully alongside husband Prince Harry, 40.
"Four years ago today, this also happened," Meghan wrote in the caption.
"Both of our children were a week past their due dates… so when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn't work – there was only one thing left to do!"
Nearly two weeks later, the former royal has opened up about the clip in a new interview with British entrepreneur Emma Grede on her 'Aspire' podcast.
"You have to be authentic," Meghan tells Grede in a teaser from the interview, released by People on Tuesday.
"Did you see my Baby Momma dance?"
Grede responded enthusiastically, saying she'd watched the video "like 20 times" and couldn't quite believe it was Meghan in the clip.
"We maybe watched it like 20 times yesterday, and I was like, is that, is that her? Is that Prince Harry there with the fingers…I was like, okay…good on Harry, let's go," she laughed.
"But that's you, right? Like that's you in a way that we kind of haven't been able to see you before."
Meghan agreed, smiling as Grede said she did a "secret cheer" because it was the kind of moment she'd always hoped to see from the duchess.
"Like I wanna see that happiness and that honesty and that 'I don't give a f***' kind of thing," Grede added.
The former Suits actress explained that she's thankful for the chance to finally express more of who she really is, now that she's back on social media.
Meghan deleted her personal Instagram account just three months prior to her royal wedding to Prince Harry in 2018, only to reactivate it in a surprise move at the start of the new year.
The launch of the former royal's Instagram account coincided with the release of her new Netflix cooking show, With Love, Meghan, and her lifestyle brand, As Ever (formerly American Riviera Orchard).
"By the way, that wasn't yesterday, that was four years ago," Meghan clarified.
"So it's also a really great reminder that with all the noise or whatever people do, there's still a whole life, a real, authentic, fun life that's happening behind the scenes.
"I'm just grateful that now, being back on social (media) as well, I have a place where I can share it on my own terms."
Later in the chat, Meghan also reflected on how much her public image has shifted since her days as an actress.
Grede asked: "If you could rewrite your public narrative from scratch, is there anything that you would do differently?"
Meghan didn't hesitate with her reply: "Yes, I would ask people to tell the truth."