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So she compared herself to Nelson Mandela!

posted 2 years ago by Otter (24464)
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Get this, in an interview she just said "Meghan said a cast member [of the stage "Lion King"] from South Africa told her they had celebrated when she tied the knot with Prince Harry. She revealed: “He said, ‘I just need you to know: When you married into this family, we rejoiced in the streets the same we did when Mandela was freed from prison.’ ”

https://www.thesun.ie/fabulous/9326537/meghan-markle-nelson-mandela-interview/

Mind you, this is after half the nation of South Africa is dragging her on Twitter, because she recently told a bullshit story about making an official royal visit to SA and being a guest in a luxury mansion, that she called "a housing unit", and that the heater in the baby's room caught fire.. during the summer.

[–] DeathbySnuSnu (986) 2 years ago

Do you reckon she's telling porkies?

[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

Ya think?

[–] Stratego (29369) 2 years ago

She's got a terrible PR team.

[–] DoctorThirteen (10683) 2 years ago

I wouldn't be surprised to hear she'd fired them and was doing all this herself.

[–] DoctorThirteen (10683) 2 years ago

Yeah, she's had some stick for it 😂

Madiba's grandson Zwelivelile 'Mandla' Mandela has told MailOnline that he was 'surprised' at her remarks. He claimed the people of South Africa expressed their joy at his grandfather's release and danced in the streets for a far more important and serious reason than her marriage 'to a white prince'.

After her claim the hashtag #VoetsekMeghan began trending in South Africa. Voetsek is an Afrikaans word meaning 'go away' or 'get lost' and is a common slur used by millions in the country.

An angry Twitter user said: 'No one was rejoicing in the streets of South Africa when she got married. For her to imply that it was the same as when President Mandela was released is the utmost disrespect'.

Another South African claimed: 'From South Africa, I can promise you 1 thing, nobody but nobody celebrated in the street as with when Mandela was released over a foreign state wedding, yes we watched at home happy for the couple, that was that'.

One critic said: 'Comparing your marriage to Nelson Mandela being released? What a pompous & arrogant thing to say'. Another said: 'Her arrogant and yet delusional comparison of herself to Mandela is yet another insult to South Africa'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11159869/EXCLUSIVE-Nelson-Mandelas-grandson-slams-Meghan-Markle.html

[–] AckbarsRevenge (3578) 2 years ago

The only two South African cast members refuted her claims btw.