On June 4, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex shared a glimpse at what happened the day she gave birth to her daughter, Lilibet. In a beautiful post shared to social media, the Duchess released a video of herself and Prince Harry dancing in the hospital while in the maternity ward.
The Duchess is visibly pregnant with fetal monitors on in the video, and she and the prince are dancing and twerking to the “Baby Mama” song. It’s definitely not something we expected to see from any member of the royal family, but it was such a lighthearted video that you couldn’t help but fall in love a little bit. Unless of course you are a troll. And believe me, the trolls came out in force.
However, there were also plenty of people stepping in to defend the Duchess over the comments and the implications that she’s faking her pregnancy in this video or that people who are that pregnant would never be dancing like that. And one person who came to Duchess Meghan’s defense was actually Candiace Dillard Bassett of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Potomac.
RHOP’s Candiace Dillard Bassett takes to social media to call out the people hating on Duchess Meghan
Lolllll. How could you hate them? This is amazing 😂😂😂 https://t.co/CQa9U3Q0Xe
— CANDIACE (@TherealCANDIACE) June 5, 2025
On X (formerly Twitter), Candiace called out the critics and haters by pointing out the attacks as being racist. And according to her, “The way these blindly disgruntled mosquitoes respond to Meghan simply for celebrating the life of her daughter is why I believe that modern-day racism is so much more parasitic & hateful than it used 2b. At least back then it was overt.”
Not only that, but she also talked about her own pregnancy. And she mentioned what she was doing at nine months pregnant. In one response to a comment against the Duchess, Candiace shared, “Actually, 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.”
Finally, she took to Instagram to really bring the receipts. And what that meant was much like the Duchess of Sussex, she showed what she looked like as she was getting ready to give birth. This included the fetal monitors on her stomach, which gave her pregnant belly a lumpy appearance.
As a fan of both of these women, I really appreciate the fact that Candiace not only commented on the beauty of the original video from the Duchess, but she also defended her. She had no problem, speaking up and speaking out. And we need more people like that. We need more people with a voice speaking out against the repeated attacks and hatred that Duchess Meghan gets for just being happy.
Maybe it’s me, but I really feel like more people are defending the Duchess this time around than ever before. More people are speaking out against the hatred that she has received because of this video. And I really appreciate the fact that she has not taken the video down. She is not allowing the haters to dim her sparkle. And I love seeing all the people who are speaking out in her defense. It’s exactly what we should’ve been seeing since all of the hate started. And yes, I do believe that the royal family should have said something in the beginning when she was being attacked in the media. Sadly, we don’t see that happening anytime soon.