Meghan Markle: I’ve been called ‘insane,’ ‘hysterical’ and ‘crazy’

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Archetypes.”In the show’s fifth installment entitled, “The Decoding of Crazy,” the Duchess of Sussex, 41, sat down with actresses Constance Wu, Jenny Slate and Deepika Padukone and discussed allegedly being called “insane.”“Raise your hand if you’ve ever been called crazy or hysterical, or what about nuts, insane, out of your mind, completely irrational,” Markle asked the round table of women.“Okay, you get the point.

Now, if we were all in the same room and could see each other, I think it would be pretty easy to see just how many of us have our hands up?”“By the way, me too,” the “Suits” star added.Markle did not elaborate on who allegedly called her these words or give examples nor did she clarify if she was merely speaking about public perception.The mother of two also explained how the word “crazy” is shamelessly “thrown around so casually” and spoke of the “damage it’s wrought on society and women, frankly everywhere.”“From relationships to families being shattered, reputations destroyed and careers ruined,” Markle said.Markle then went on a rant about some sitcoms such as “How I Met Your Mother” and “Scrubs,” slamming the shows for their representation of said “crazy” women.“The use of these labels has been drilled into us from movies and TV, from friends and family, and even from random strangers,” she said. “The fact is, no one wants this label.”In “How I Met Your Mother,” Markle observed how the character of Barney said: “If she’s this crazy, she has to be this hot.”In “Scrubs,” she brought up how the character of Elliot — who is a female doctor — said: “I can’t take it, Carla.