Meghan fans furious as 'psycho' trolls 'attack' Duchess with nasty hashtag
Meghan Markle has received a series of vile comments recently following her latest updates, but her fans have rushed to defend her.
Meghan Markle fans have hit out at people who have recently made a nasty hashtag go trending online again while "attacking" the duchess on various fronts.
A hashtag called "MeghanMarkleAmericanPsycho" has been trending on social media platform X recently, and various people have made particularly negative comments about the Duchess of Sussex under it.
Meghan has been the subject of discussion recently after she announced the new name of her lifestyle brand, which she renamed from American Riviera Orchard to As Ever.
The duchess also faced criticism for wearing a jumper from Northwestern University—her alma mater—in the same colour as the late Princess Diana.
But Meghan's fans have reacted to the latest wave of negative comments and taken to social media to express their views.
One user wrote on X: "Calling Meghan Markle a psycho when you're the internet bully is ridiculous, every day you dedicate all your time attacking a person who doesn't even read your tweets, you're the psycho here."
Another one said: "I think the Meghan Markle trolling is the most insane amount of reverse bullying I have ever seen. I genuinely dont(sic) think it is healthy or nice. Leave her alone ... move on with life to people who are actual villains."
A third one commented: "Meghan Markle hate is sooo forced."
Another person agreed: "Yes. People seem to hate her for no reason…"
Meanwhile, a fifth one wrote: "What I dont(sic) get why it is she is hated for doing the same things Kate is doing and K is glorified for it ... this level of hate is just next level ..."
A sixth one opined: "I don't know a lot about meghan markle but you'll always see me defending her cause seeing someone who doesn't deserve it get endlessly bullied/harassed makes me mad lol."
The Duchess of Sussex has never commented on any of the nasty comments made against her but she has previously spoken about online bullying and the dangers of social media.
Last year, Meghan took part in a special panel at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Texas, where she opened up on her own experience with bullying as she insisted more has to be done to create online safeguarding measures.
She spoke about the harassment she faced across multiple social media platforms, admitting the "worst of the bullying" came when she was pregnant with her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Meghan said: "It's really interesting because I can reflect on it, I keep my distance from [social media] right now, for my own wellbeing.
"The bulk of the bullying and abuse that I was experiencing on social media and online was when I was pregnant with Archie and with Lili, and [when] they were born.
"And you just think about that and you [struggle] to wrap your head around why people would be so hateful. It's not catty, it's cruel."
Meanwhile, during the same year, the duchess was defended by a journalist following another wave of negative comments after she and Prince Harry visited Jamaica in January.
Journalist Liz Jones took to her Daily Mail column to defend duchess saying that the online abuse is "unlike any I have come across online".
Ms Joned wrote: "If Meghan is reading even a fraction of the online abuse aimed at her, I wonder how she is able to function at all.
"You might say, well, don’t read it, but these barbs have a way of finding their target, seeping under a door."