The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle is a Naija girl!
According to the Daily Mail she revealed that she discovered she is 43 percent Nigerian after doing a genealogy test ‘a couple years ago’ when speaking in her latest Archetypes episode.
The Duchess of Sussex, 41, said she is ‘going to start to dig deeper into all this’ during her discussion with comedians Issa Rae and Ziwe Fumudoh on her new podcast installment, titled ‘Upending The Angry Black Women Myth’.
Elsewhere in the episode, released today on Spotify, mother-of-two Meghan admitted she is ‘particular’ but insisted ‘telling people what you need does not make you demanding’ as she claimed black women are stereotyped as ‘angry’.
Speaking to Nigerian-American comedian Ziwe, Meghan explained: ‘I just had my genealogy done a couple years ago… [I’m] 43 percent Nigerian.’
She added: ‘I’m going to start to dig deeper into all this because anybody that I’ve told, especially Nigerian women, are like “What!”‘
‘This is huge for our community,’ a shocked Ziwe, 30, replied.
‘No, honestly, you do look like a Nigerian, you look like my Aunt Uzo. So this is great.’
Meanwhile, discussing her behavior in work situations, the Duchess spoke of her frustration at ‘cowering and tiptoeing into a room’ due to the fear she could be perceived negatively.
‘I’m particular, I think a high tide raises all ships, we’re all going to succeed so let’s make sure it’s really great because it’s a shared success for everybody,’ she said.
‘But I also find myself cowering and tiptoeing into a room and – the thing I find most embarrassing – when you’re saying a sentence and the intonation goes up, like it’s a question.
‘And you’re like, ”oh my God, stop stop, like whispering and tiptoeing around it.
Just say what it is that you need. You’re allowed to set a boundary. You’re allowed to be clear, it doesn’t make you demanding.
It doesn’t make you difficult, it makes you clear.’
The 41-year-old has previously been branded ‘Duchess Difficult’ following claims about her ‘dictatorial’ behavior and 5 am emails – which allegedly prompted her aide Samantha Cohen to quit.
Other ‘broken’ royal aides told of being reduced to tears by bullying and temper tantrums. Meghan has always strenuously denied any claims of bullying.
Early in the episode, comedian Ziwe described how her ‘brash and rude’ onscreen persona was ‘in direct opposition to what a woman should be publicly, according to sexism’.
In a monologue responding to her comments, Meghan said she was ‘so right’ and that ‘when looked at through the lens of black women’ her point of view was ‘pretty inspiring’.
Listen below:
Meghan Markle, The Duchess Of Sussex, is 43 % Nigerian. That's so unexpected yet expected #Igbo #Yoruba #Archetypes #Meghan #ArchetypesWithMeghan Chioma pic.twitter.com/qg8s8bkFdF
— Gist ❁ (@Gist_am) October 25, 2022
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yall meghan markle is 43% nigerian and ziwe yelled “no way!”. both super happy ?
so sweet#Archetypes— Mʏ ғᴀɪᴛʜ ɪs ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴍʏ ғᴇᴀʀ ~ Mᴇɢʜᴀɴ Mᴀʀᴋʟᴇ (@MagaliDMathias) October 25, 2022
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Meghan Markle is 43% Nigerian? You people will not hear word o. You will not hear word at all.
— Ndi Kato (@YarKafanchan) October 25, 2022
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Oh Meghan Markle is 43% Nigerian?
I knew it! The way Meghan Makuochukwu cornered that prince away from his royal family…reeks of Igbo woman doings! ?
— Ferdy (@Burmese_Tyga_) October 25, 2022
Watch the entire episode below:
Meghan Markle finding out she’s 43% Nigerian from a DNA test, makes sense why @SholaMos1 is so protective of her. Enjoyed this, Issa Rae is hilarious. #Archetypes #ArchetypeswithMeghan https://t.co/gPP9YK1Bha
— Aiwanose Odafen (@aiwahannah) October 25, 2022
