Meghan Markle’s tech entrepreneur friend says conspiracy theorists claiming duchess was never pregnant and wore a ‘moonbump’ are making her life a ‘nightmare’

Meghan Markle‘s life is being made a ‘nightmare’ by conspiracy theorists spouting baseless claims that she ‘faked both pregnancies with prosthetic bellies’ known as moonbumps, a friend claimed today.

Christopher Bouzy, who appeared on the Sussexes’ 2022 Netflix documentary to support them, says ‘twisted’ trolls have ‘made destroying her their full-time job’.

The tech entrepreneur has campaigned on online safety and railed against abuse on social media and says Meghan’s ‘only crime was falling in love with a prince’.

But he has previously been accused of being a troll himself, writing once that Prince William ‘looks like a balding Muppet’. He also claimed that the Prince and Princess of Wales were ageing badly and ‘look like Harry’s aunt and uncle’.

Mr Bouzy has now turned on social media conspiracy theorists who weaponised Meghan and Harry’s twerking hospital video to spread wild and groundless speculation that she wasn’t pregnant at all and was wearing a ‘moonbump‘.

He wrote: ‘When Meghan Markle posted a lighthearted video of herself dancing in a hospital room while nine months pregnant, she probably thought she was sharing a relatable moment that other mothers would appreciate. Instead, within hours, online trolls and conspiracy theorists weaponized it as “proof” she was never pregnant at all’.

‘This nightmare is what Meghan’s life has become. Every joyful moment gets twisted into ammunition by people who’ve made destroying her their full-time job. And we need to talk about what this sustained cruelty has done to a woman whose only crime was falling in love with a prince’.

Christopher Bouzy appeared in the Sussexes’ 2022 Netflix documentary to complain that Meghan Markle was the target of ‘hatred’. He has now said that conspiracy theorists are making her life a ‘nightmare’

Meghan Markle posted a video of her and Prince Harry dancing in a hospital room ahead of Lilibet’s birth. Trolls used it to spread wild conjecture including baseless claims she was not pregnant at all

He added: ‘Imagine being nine months pregnant, your body aching, preparing to bring life into the world, and thousands of strangers are dissecting your every photo to “prove” your baby isn’t real’. 

Conspiracy theorists have pored over the twerking film in order to make wild and even unhinged claims about her including that her pregnancy was faked.

Several claimed, without a shred of credible evidence, that the Sussexes used a surrogate by claiming the equipment in the background suggested it was not on a labour ward.

Others have sought to back the incredible and baseless claim that her bump was too high or the wrong shape to be real. Others said her ability to dance that way at nine months meant she was either ‘superhuman’ or not pregnant at all.

Mr Bouzy said in a column for Newsweek: ‘The “moonbump” conspiracy, which claims Meghan faked both pregnancies with prosthetic bellies, represents a special kind of cruelty. 

‘Here’s a woman who bravely shared her miscarriage story to help other women feel less alone in their grief. She opened up about one of the most painful experiences a person can endure, and how do these conspiracy theorists respond? By claiming her subsequent pregnancies were elaborate hoaxes’.

Christopher Bouzy launched his software tool ‘Bot Sentinel’ in 2018 to ‘help people identify inauthentic [social media] accounts and toxic trolls’.

But he has been accused of trolling himself.

He once said the Princess of Wales was aging as fast as a ‘banana’ and married to a man who ‘looks like a balding Muppet’. 

He later claimed her video announcement revealing her cancer diagnosis was akin to ‘North Korean propaganda’.

Bouzy seemed to particularly revel in making personal remarks about the appearance and age of the Waleses, once writing: ‘I’m sorry, but William and Kate look like Harry’s aunt and uncle.’

However, according to Bouzy, while attacks on the Duchess of Sussex are never OK – and always rooted in racism – attacks on the Waleses, and particularly Kate, are seemingly fair game.

Bouzy has been accused of being a troll himself

After Meghan was labelled a ‘narcissist’ in an article by Politico in late 2022, Bouzy charged to her defence.

‘A woman of color protecting her family and defending herself isn’t narcissism; it’s survival,’ he roared. 

Her only offence, he said, was having ‘defended herself while being black’.

Shortly after the death of the late Queen, Bouzy criticised people who – with no apparent evidence – he claimed were trying to portray Meghan ‘as some sort of harlot’.

He added: ‘All Meghan did was marry the man she loves while being black. Just stop.’

Now he has passed comment on the Sussexes’ twerking video, which sparked a social media frenzy.

In it, Harry is seen coming into view of the camera as Starrkeisha’s viral Baby Mama song begins to play.

A heavily pregnant Meghan then starts twerking in front of a hospital bed before she gyrates around the room. 

‘Four years ago today, this also happened. Both of our children were a week past their due dates… so when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn’t work – there was only one thing left to do!,’ Meghan wrote on her Instagram. 

Experts mused on whether Meghan released the twerking video and a babybump photo, in part, to take on the trolls

The Baby Mama dance was a social media craze in 2018 with celebs Shay Mitchell, and Chloe and Lauryn Goodman all previously posting videos of themselves taking part in the trend. 

Sander van der Linden, professor of social psychology at the University of Cambridge, said previously that the video may have been, in part, an attempt by Meghan to debunk baseless claims that have lingered in the dark corners of the web for years.

But he warned: ‘In an age where all videos are suspect in terms of being AI-manipulated, it creates an extra cloud of confusion’.

It came as a leading midwife exclusively told MailOnline that every one of the conspiracy theories could be debunked. 

Last month Meghan also shared an Instagram mood board posted to millions of followers to mark her seventh wedding anniversary to Harry. Many quickly noted that on it was an ultrasound picture – plus a photo of her bare pregnancy bump. 

Prof van der Linden claims the idea Meghan wore a ‘moonbump’ and used a surrogate were cooked up in 2019, when she was pregnant with Archie, by a minority of people who ‘hated’ her.

‘Generally, the more you try and refute a conspiracy theory, the more you fuel the idea that there’s something to it’, he said.

‘It legitimises it – why would you respond unless it’s something credible? There are some exceptions, where people can successfully dismiss conspiracy theories with humour and sarcasm, which is maybe what [Meghan] was attempting to do here’.