Meghan Markle Slammed Over ‘Phony’ Aussie Outing: ‘The Domestic Goddess Act Doesn’t Cut It’
Body language specialists brand Harry and Meghan’s Australian appearances as incongruent and hollow amid growing public apathy.
Upon touching down in Australia, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle met with a reception that can only be described as polarizing. Although some greeted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with cheers, body language experts have been quick to scrutinize their public appearances, labeling their conduct as both ‘unreal’ and ‘incongruent.’ While some called the couple’s interaction with the public ‘genuinely meaningful,’ others detailed their disappointment with the optics of the visit.
To kick off their trip, Harry and Markle made a high-profile appearance at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. At first glance, the visit appeared to be a success, with the California-based couple crouching down to engage with young patients and joining in various activities held in the hospital’s gardens. Following the visit, the chief executive of the hospital, Dr. Peter Steer, spoke highly of the Duke and Duchess. As per The Mirror, he said, “It was a genuinely meaningful visit for our staff and for the young people receiving care.” Despite the positive surface-level engagement, the optics didn’t sit well with body language specialist Dr. Louise Mahler, who was quite unimpressed.
Analyzing the couple’s entrance and their mingling with the public, Mahler suggested that the persona being presented to the Aussies felt manufactured, stating, “The domestic Goddess act does not cut it with me.” Highlighting a particular interaction as they moved through the crows, she remarked, “Meghan grabs hold of Harry’s upper arm and hangs on like a tiny helpless waif, reaching out shyly with half an arm to greet others, like a retiring introvert overcome by adoration.” Although the couple may have looked calm, Mahler contended that their performance was hollow because it didn’t align with the very real tensions and difficulties the Sussexes are currently facing.
“The physical appearance we see bears no scar of the family conflict, staff distress, and financial and business turmoil we know exists,” she explained, noting, “Even the glaringly omnipresent effect of jetlag is not present after a 16-hour flight back in time. None of it shows, and somehow that makes it alarmingly unreal, divisive, and for me, repulsive.” Criticism persisted even as Markle moved on to serve lunch at a women’s refuge. In an equally harsh assessment, a US-based body language expert, Dr. Lillian Glass, characterized the Duchess’s conduct during the charitable visit as “phony.”
She said, “Meghan's body language is most revealing,” bluntly adding, “She's got a plastered-on phony smile when feeding the homeless. She appears to be elated that she is back in the public eye with a crowd of people looking at her, even though they were practically all children who had no clue who she was or why she was there.” According to the expert, the couple’s “over-the-top” gestures felt “unnerving and disturbing,” especially considering the vulnerable nature of the people they were visiting. Glass further remarked, “They would never get this attention in California or anywhere else in the US as they are so disliked and seen as gifters and disaster tourists sowing up in situations they have no business sowing up.”
