Christopher Bouzy is going to bat for Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n
The Duchess of Sussex\u2019s pal defended her against \u201ccruel and sickening\u201d comments stemming from the throwback hospital video she posted for Princess Lilibet\u2019s birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the footage, the couple grooved to the \u201cBaby Momma Dance Song\u201d<\/a> in the delivery room \u2014 leading haters to question her baby bump.<\/p>\n Meghan Markle\u2019s friend came to her defense. Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation<\/p>\n Christopher Bouzy hit back at \u201ccruel\u201d and \u201csickening\u201d comments about the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s delivery room video. Netflix<\/p>\n She posted it last week in honor of Princess Lilibet\u2019s 4th birthday. meghan\/Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cImagine, for a moment, what it would feel like to have some of the happiest and most vulnerable moments of your life turned into ammunition for hate,\u201d Bouzy, 50, told Newsweek<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery maternity dress and every baby video becomes \u2018evidence\u2019 for strangers obsessively trying to prove your pregnancies were a sham,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt is sickening and cruel.\u201d<\/p>\n The social media expert, who appeared in the couple\u2019s 2022 \u201cHarry & Meghan\u201d documentary<\/a>, explained how \u201cridiculous lies\u201d about the royals have become a \u201cfull-blown harassment campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cObsessive\u201d social media users have since questioned her bump, trying to \u201cprove [her pregnancy] was a sham.\u201d meghan\/Instagram<\/p>\n Bouzy blasted the \u201cfull-blown harassment.\u2019 Christopher Bouzy\/Facebook<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Bouzy added, \u201cWe cannot ignore the real-world impact that this kind of sustained conspiracy harassment has.\u201d<\/p>\n He noted that Markle, 43, \u201chas spoken about how she had suicidal thoughts<\/a> at the height of the abuse\u201d while living in England.<\/p>\n \u201cOne doesn\u2019t have to stretch to see a link between that despair and the ceaseless torrent of vilification she endured,\u201d Bouzy said. <\/p>\n \u201cImagine \u2026 what it would feel like to have some of the happiest \u2026 moments of your life turned into ammunition for hate.\u201d meghan\/Instagram<\/p>\n Bouzy added that this has taken a \u201cpersonal toll\u201d on Markle and Harry. Archewell Foundation via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cBeyond the personal toll on Meghan and Harry, there\u2019s a broader societal damage to consider,\u201d he concluded. \u201cWhen conspiracy theories like these flourish, they corrode our collective grasp on reality and decency.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to Bouzy, Candiace Dillard also vehemently defended the \u201cSuits\u201d alum<\/a> from a social media user who claimed \u201cno woman 9 months pregnant moves that way.\u201d<\/p>\n The troll added, \u201cThat belly is lumpy and Meg moves it around like a sack of jelly beans. Where is the uncomfortable mom-to-be? Because this woman has no clue what it feels like to be in labor or even induced. Induced moms are nervous about the pain!\u201d<\/p>\n Bouzy previously defended the couple in their 2022 Netflix documentary. meghan\/Instagram<\/p>\n The pair are also the parents of Prince Archie, 6. meghan\/Instagram<\/p>\n Dillard, 38, tweeted, \u201cActually, at 9 months pregnant, I was leg pressing three times my weight, doing pull ups twice my weight and walking several miles on a treadmill so stfu and just say you hate that a Black woman married a white prince.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cReal Housewives of Potomac\u201d star shared a photo from her own labor, highlighting her \u201clumpy, uneven, stretched and swollen\u201d belly.<\/p>\n \u201cMisogynoir has no expiration date,\u201d she quipped.<\/p>\n The family of four live in Montecito, Calif. Getty Images<\/p>\n Harry has been married to Markle since 2018. Instagram\/@meghan<\/p>\n Markle posted the video on June 4, writing, \u201cFour years ago today, this also happened. Both of our children were a week past their due dates\u2026 so when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn\u2019t work \u2013 there was only one thing left to do!\u201d<\/p>\n She and Harry, 40, are also the parents of 6-year-old Prince Archie<\/a>.<\/p>\n