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Melissa McCarthy Defends ‘Inspiring’ Friend Meghan Markle Against Internet Bullies: ‘People Throwing Hate’
Melissa McCarthy is defending friend Meghan Markle against internet bullies and trolls, saying that people are ‘throwing hate’ unnecessarily at the duchess.
“It bums me out for every woman and every person, that for no reason people just like to attack,” Melissa, 53, told Page Six while attending the Broadway premiere of Suffs, a suffragette-inspired musical produced in part by Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai. Since stepping back from their roles as senior royals in 2020, Meghan and Harry, 39, have been working in the nonprofit and advocacy space, focusing primarily on veterans, women’s rights and vaccine equity amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing at the center of such online disdain was a focal point of Meghan’s while appearing as a keynote speaker for South By Southwest’s (SXSW) panel Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen in March.
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