‘Looks like bad photoshop': Meghan Markle's ‘lover story' anniversary post for Prince Harry sparks ‘fake baby' bump conspiracy
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and American British actress and consort of Prince Harry, has once again found herself surrounded by internet trolling.
Recently, the Duchess posted a series of never-before-seen photos on a mood board as a tribute to her husband on their seventh wedding anniversary.
Well, amid all the pictures, one of the pictures from her 'love story' board has prompted online trolls to fire up existing rumours about her pregnancy. Some users on the internet claimed that a picture of her showing her baby bump is fake; perhaps it's a belly prosthetic.
Accusations and claims over the pregnancy belly bump
In 2024, Meghan's father and estranged sister caused a major surrogacy controversy when they questioned Meghan's pregnancy over the birth of Archie, Meghan and Prince Harry's first child.
While in 2021, the couple welcomed Lilibet, their second child. On the other hand, in the year 2024, her estranged half-brother uploaded a video, accusing Markle of faking her pregnancy.
Thomas Markle Jr said in the video, "Me-again Swamp-donkey Crotch." The nickname he used for Markle became part of the internet trolling. 'I was just showing off the new bump I bought on eBay out of Montecito,' he added in the video.
Internet reacts to Meghan's fake pregnancy
Well, this is not the first time that a new controversy has surfaced on the internet relating to Meghan Markle's pregnancy. Earlier, there have been social media hate campaigns run claiming that she was never pregnant and that she was wearing a Moonbump.
Amid this, a Reddit thread regarding the same sparked discussions among netizens. One said, "Why is everything she put up so pixelated and blurry?"
Some even called her 'Fraud'. While another noted, "I see a seam going vertically down the picture that is not aligned, causing the bottom of the bra line and the waist of the pants to not even line up. Also, her skin is normally quite light, esp. her body skin. That belly is very brown."
"Thats the first thing I noticed. That belly is very brown compared to her arm," one claimed.
'It literally looks like bad Photoshop'
'It's also shiny as in not human skin but a plastic of some kind. That little spotlight does not look natural. As usual, she overdoes everything. She should have chosen one of her smaller pillows, not the 91/2 months one.'
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