One of the most wholesome things Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has said about her childhood is that she fell in love with gardening at a young age. She developed experience growing her own vegetables back in her California hometown. Afterwards, Meghan continued the hobby even as a royal. In fact, she often showcases herself gardening on her property through social media, proving that she hasn't lost touch with her agricultural roots. However, some of Meghan's haters would beg to differ. Especially
after pointing out the "Suits" actress might've staged a video of her gardening.
The clip, which was uploaded to Reddit, saw Meghan proudly carrying a basket full of fruit and a couple of eggs she had harvested. However, everything in the basket looked so polished that Redditors doubted Meghan had really grown them at all. "Freshly-laid eggs are never that clean," a Redditor commented. Other posters in the thread agreed, and the general consensus was that Meghan was lying about how she really collected her fruits. "Bought in the store and pretending it is from her garden. There is only grass we see," one poster said. A fellow Redditor echoed the sentiment when they said, "That's the fakest, most unattractively put-together basket I've ever seen. It literally looks like strawberries and lemons flung together, with a couple of eggs and the tops of flowers, not the entire stem, which you'd need to arrange them." All in all, an unimpressed Redditor summed up the general feelings of the entire thread when they said, "She is such a FRAUD!"
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It's Not The Only Time Meghan Markle's Garden Came Under Scrutiny
Even though Meghan Markle's peak performative harvest post didn't fool the internet, it didn't stop the Duchess of Sussex from displaying her gardening skills to an audience of millions. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to inspire her to create more authentic-looking gardening vids, either, even if it made her As Ever brand look bad. There were already a lot of major red flags in Meghan's lifestyle brand that risked rubbing people the wrong way. But she hurt the brand's reputation even more when she posted a photo on As Ever's Instagram showing her plucking an apricot from a tree.
The problem with the apricot was that it wasn't the same color as the other green apricots hanging from the trees around Meghan. Once again, this left internet sleuths wondering if she really did pluck the fruit. "She's holding the fruit up to the tree. Zoom in. It's not attached to any branches. Such attention to detail," one poster said on Reddit. An additional Redditor sarcastically noted, "Yes, amazing isn't it, despite all the other fruit being green, plus she's 'picking' from inside the tree, where the fruit often take slightly longer to ripen, she's found a perfect, glowing, ripe apricot." Based on the comments, it appears Meghan's garden comes off more as a soundstage than a real place. And given her background in acting, it's unsurprising that her critics still think she's playing a role.
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