The Duchess of Sussex has claimed that she is the ‘most trolled person in the world’, saying the effect on her health is ‘almost unsurvivable’.
Her friend Jameela Jamil, however, refuses to be seen as a victim of the most revolting form of online abuse.
The actress and model recently discovered that she was the subject of ‘deep fake’ pornography, in which her face was digitally added to the body of a porn actress.
‘There is this preconceived certainty that I would feel mortified and violated,’ she says.
‘Obviously, the matter is worth taking seriously, and the women and girls featured in this falsified imagery sometimes experience horrendous bullying, shaming and job insecurity, which is completely unacceptable and frankly, insane.
‘I also know there is a risk of people having their faces imposed on what looks like illegal acts of a sexual nature and so on and so forth. It’s a slippery slope…I registered the full implication of this loathsome use of technology.’
However, Jameela, 38, who lives in Los Angeles with her musician boyfriend James Blake, says: ‘Instead, I felt detached. It wasn’t me. I’m not there.
The Duchess of Sussex has claimed that she is the ‘most trolled person in the world’, saying the effect on her health is ‘almost unsurvivable’
Her friend Jameela Jamil, however, refuses to be seen as a victim of the most revolting form of online abuse
‘I am not actually involved. Why is this being brought to my door as if it’s my problem? If anything, I felt a little sad for the people who made these videos.’
Jameela, is a friend of Meghan and appeared on her podcast, Archetypes. She also wrote an article for the 2019 issue of Vogue when Meghan was guest editor, with her photograph appearing on the front cover.
Writing on Substack, Jameela says: ‘I don’t think simply crying “misogyny” achieves anything. This behaviour is a symptom of something.
‘These men are in crisis. They are filling an inner void carved out with tools of isolation, depression and helplessness, with these cowardly little aggressions.
‘What if we collectively shun the shame, and recycle it into pity?’
Alicia’s MBE accessories won’t stop her
Fashion consultant Alicia Hempleman-Adams broke female airship world records earlier this year when she reached an altitude of 4,100ft on a solo flight in America.
Yesterday, Alicia Hempleman-Adams used crutches to collect her MBE from King Charles at Windsor Castle after breaking her ankle
Painfully, records aren’t the only things she’s broken.
Yesterday, the 35-year-old daughter of adventurer Sir David Hempleman-Adams used crutches to collect her MBE from King Charles at Windsor Castle after breaking her ankle.
‘His Majesty asked me why,’ Alice tells me, explaining: ‘I had a hard landing in a balloon last month in Germany. I should be ready to fly after Christmas.’
Observer outrage
The Guardian supports strikers – apart from at its own newspaper, apparently.
Some journalists who went on strike last week over plans to sell its sister title The Observer were surprised their pay would be docked.
A management source tells me: ‘When union members choose to strike, they don’t get paid. The NUJ advised them of this.’
Fogle’s accent
Speaking the King’s English may have helped Ben Fogle impress Peter Townend – the Tatler man who bequeathed his estimated £345,000 estate to him when he died in 2001.
Speaking the King’s English may have helped Ben Fogle impress Peter Townend – the Tatler man who bequeathed his estimated £345,000 estate to him when he died in 2001. Pictured: Ben Fogle on the Lorraine TV show in November
And the presenter, 51, says he stands out from his pals: ‘I’ve got a relatively posh Received Pronunciation accent.
I’m in the minority who try to wear it with confidence. Most of my friends have “mockney” accents, posing as gangsters.’
Europe Council’s £200m shindig
Sir Keir Starmer keeps telling us that money is tight, yet I hear that his Government is going to spend £200 million on foreign junkets for just 18 parliamentarians.
Foreign office minister Lady Chapman has confirmed that Britain will continue to take part in the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, which holds regular shindigs in Strasbourg and elsewhere.
The group is described as a human rights body, but until recently Russian politicians used to attend the meetings.
Lady Chapman, asked by Scottish laird and former Ukip leader Lord Pearson how much the Government would be paying for these events, disclosed that it would be ‘something in the region of £40 million a year’.
That means that over the course of this Parliament, the bill will reach a staggering £200 million.
Craig’s confession
He played James Bond in five films and has an estimated fortune of £125 million.
Daniel Craig played James Bond in five films and has an estimated fortune of £125 million
Yet Daniel Craig admits he envies other actors.
‘I get jealous all the time, of every f***ing actor who gets a job I’d like, but I admit to it,’ says Craig, 56.
‘Someone gave me great advice earlier on – don’t get bitter, it’ll eat you up.’