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Meghan Markle brings up sexist soap ad yet again on podcast, Internet asks ‘nothing new to offer?'

'Poor Harry has to hear that idiotic soap letter story over and over and again,' said a user slamming Meghan Markle

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Meghan Markle’s first episode of her podcast called ‘Archetypes’ finally aired on Spotify on Tuesday, August 23. The episode was titled “The Misconception of Ambition with Serena Williams,” where Markle spoke with the tennis icon, who is also one of her close friends.
 
The podcast soon got on the wrong side of the Internet after Meghan called out the sexist soap advertisement she did at the age of 11, also recalling how she fought Procter & Gamble for the same. The soap advertisement incident is something the 41-year-old has earlier discussed in several public events, thus leaving the social media users completely pissed. They slammed Meghan Markle for repeating the same story again and asked if she had anything new to share. Meghan Markle’s podcast also included the speech she gave for UN Women on International Women's Day in 2015.
 
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The Duchess of Sussex on her podcast said that the experience was “awakening to the millions of ways, big and small, that our society tries to box women in.” She also stated that experience changed how she saw her place in the world. In the podcast, she revealed how she took action against the sexist advertisement by launching a “letter writing campaign” to political pundits, including then-first lady Hillary Clinton, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Meghan Markle, while again recalling the soap advertisement, stated, “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.” She continued, “Let me be clear, it wasn't because this ad was some ingenious piece of marketing. Actually, it was just the opposite.” She revealed that she was sitting in her sixth-grade classroom, watching television with other pupils, when the advert aired. It made the young Meghan furious when the narrator used the word “women” while talking about “fighting greasy pots and pans.”  

While writing to Procter & Gamble, Meghan said the experience demonstrated first-hand how society tried to “hold women back, to tell women who and what they should and can be.” Meghan in the podcast continued, “I've never lost touch with that reality, and in the last few years, my desire to do something about it has grown,” adding, “My 11-year-old voice has also gotten a little more confident-maybe a little louder.”

‘What a bore she is’

Social media users were quick to drag Meghan Markle on Twitter. “WHY IS #MeghanMarkle STILL TALKING ABOUT DISH SOAP!!!! Doesn’t she have ANYTHING else FFS!!! And omg, and didn’t her dad say he wrote the replies!!” said one user as another posted, “Some of this podcast could actually be interesting to some, especially Serena fans but my god this bloody soap story again!” One shared, “It’s boring all the time, even when it’s lying which is every time it opens it’s mouth.”
 
The next one tweeted, “Again? She's talking about the suds tale again? What a bore she is. And, it is one of her biggest tall tales.” Another chimed in, “WOW, Soap Story History Meagain, Nothing fresh & new to offer?” An individual asserted, “At this point in time there isn’t a living human being who hasn’t heard that damn story.” And, one added, “Now I pity Harry. Poor Harry has to hear that idiotic soap letter story over and over and again. No wonder he always looks so despondent when he's with her.” One user concluded, “She does nothing, absolutely nothing so she has to keep telling the same stories she’s got nothing new!”  

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