{"id":124812,"date":"2025-05-23T08:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/124812\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T08:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:49:11","slug":"body-language-expert-reveals-the-meaning-behind-meghan-markles-uncomfortable-14-second-encounter-with-audience-at-awkward-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/124812\/","title":{"rendered":"Body language expert reveals the meaning behind Meghan Markle’s uncomfortable 14 second encounter with audience at ‘awkward’ conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the 2016 Create and Cultivate blogger conference in Atlanta, Meghan Markle<\/a> found herself in an awkward moment while discussing her website, The Tig.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At that time, she was balancing her acting career on Suits with blogging and was given the opportunity to speak about her experiences and insights into the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, when the Q&A session was opened to the audience, an uncomfortable silence followed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Body language expert Judi James<\/a> analysed Meghan’s gestures and movements, noting clear signs of discomfort during the interaction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reviewing the clip, Judi observed: ‘There is an awkward amount of gap-filling to cover the fourteen seconds before someone steps up, and in that time, we see Meghan display a range of responses, including what appears to be possible exasperation and a wry, asymmetric smile.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

She pointed out that Meghan initially appeared confident in front of the audience, sitting with her legs crossed and at one point raising one knee – suggesting she had no desire to create a barrier with her posture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Her elbows propped out on the arms of her chair in an authoritative splay ritual while her left hand lightly rested on her thigh as she addressed the audience in a friendly, rapport-building manner, referring to them as ‘You guys’.’<\/p>\n

A skilled host typically prepares backup questions or even plants audience members with pre-written queries, but this was clearly not the case for Meghan’s interview.<\/p>\n

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Meghan Markle attended the 2016 Create and Cultivate blogger conference in Atlanta, but found herself in an awkward moment while discussing her website, The Tig<\/p>\n

‘Every speaker knows the mild dread that comes with the ‘Any questions?’ moment where, no matter how engaging and informative you have been, there is always the risk of a tumbleweed silence that can suggest a lack of interest,’ Judi explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As no immediate questions arose, Meghan quickly interjected, ‘They have no questions, they just want their cocktails,’ using the distancing word ‘they’ to create a ‘subtle rapport gap’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘She looks at her host and steps in to fill the silence, saying ‘I’m a chatty girl’ as her hand flops from the wrist – hinting at that sense of exasperation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘She then raises her eyebrows and adds, ‘Not even a question about Mike Ross, that surprises me!’ while adopting an aloof hand gesture, palm facing the audience, to match the raised brows.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Eventually, a woman in the audience asked a question: ‘Today, I’ve noticed we’ve talked a lot about motivation and following your gut. Meghan, I was wondering if you could speak a little about navigating feminism within conservative business environments.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

At this moment, Meghan placed a hand on her forehead and laughed, having just been discussing how many people had offered her champagne.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Once she receives a question about feminism, Meghan seems keen to re-boot her status following what might have been misinterpreted as a lack of enthusiasm,’ Judi noted.<\/p>\n

She then shifted the conversation, referencing her past work: ‘I had written an article for the Irish Independent, which is a big newspaper in Ireland, about that exact thing because I had been really fortunate enough to meet with a lot of incredibly powerful women.<\/p>\n

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At the time, Meghan was balancing her acting career on Suits with blogging and was given the opportunity to speak about her experiences and insights into the industry<\/p>\n

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Meghan attends Elle’s 6th Annual Women in Television Dinner in\u00a0 Los Angeles in January 2016<\/p>\n

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Meghan visits the Polo Ralph Lauren VIP Suite at the Wimbledon Championships in 2016<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement at The Sunken Gardens at Kensington Palace in November 2017 after dating for a year<\/p>\n

‘Of course, you can still be a woman, and want to present yourself well, and look beautiful, and it doesn’t lessen the fact you’re standing up for something that’s incredibly important.’<\/p>\n

According to Judi, once back on track, Meghan’s body language conveyed a ‘purring of enjoyment’ as she referenced speaking engagements, high-profile figures like Angela Merkel, and her work with the UN – seemingly regaining control of the moment.<\/p>\n

Meghan’s blog, which launched in 2014 and closed eight years ago, was named after her favourite Tignanello wine.<\/p>\n

Embracing the role of editor-in-chief, she used the website to share her views on topics ranging from feminism to her passion for philanthropy.<\/p>\n

She also shared recipes, make-up and beauty tips, travel advice, and interviews with celebrity friends, including Serena Williams and Priyanka Chopra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the 2016 Create and Cultivate blogger conference in Atlanta, Meghan Markle found herself in an awkward moment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[92,77,19425,1281,448,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-124812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-judi-james","11":"tag-meghan-markle","12":"tag-royals","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114556290024619492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}