Meghan Markle is clapping back at years of bizarre speculation in the most joyful way possible—by sharing a personal, behind-the-scenes moment from one of the most important days of her life.
To mark her daughter Lilibet’s fourth birthday on June 4, the Duchess of Sussex posted a video to Instagram showing herself and Prince Harry dancing in a hospital room as she prepared to give birth. The clip, set to Starrkeisha’s viral TikTok anthem Baby Mama, shows a very pregnant Meghan swaying and smiling while Harry grooves into the frame with his signature playful charm.
“Four years ago today, this also happened,” Meghan captioned the video. “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!”
The moment was clearly a personal and light-hearted one, showing the couple at ease and excited about the impending arrival of their second child. But for Meghan, it was also an unspoken rebuke of a persistent and unfounded rumor that has followed her since her first pregnancy: that she used a prosthetic “moon bump” to fake carrying her children.
In past years, conspiracy theories about Meghan’s pregnancies circulated widely online, with critics pointing to everything from the shape of her baby bump to how she moved as supposed evidence of a cover-up. These theories, widely debunked and often rooted in misogyny and racism, were given a fresh blow by the release of the new footage.
Still, despite the candid nature of the video, not everyone was convinced. When publications like Grazia reshared the clip on their platforms, some social media users doubled down on their disbelief.
“At that stage (three times for me), it’s not just having a bump – it’s having carried that for nine months,” one commenter wrote. “It’s at the head engaged stage, you feel so heavy and weighed down mentally as well as physically – the last thing you want to do is dance round the waiting bed. Sorry do not believe.”
Another chimed in: “I agree, you can’t dance around like that at all!”
But alongside the skepticism were countless supportive voices who praised Meghan for her humor and vulnerability. Many women shared their own stories of dancing during labor, and others called out the double standards often applied to Meghan.
“I actually love this,” one viewer commented. “I’m not a fan, but there’s been so much crap written about their pregnancies. Hope this silences the haters!”
Another wrote: “Anyone who calls her fake clearly hasn’t seen this video. This is as real as it gets. Every woman who’s hit 40 weeks with no baby in sight knows this exact feeling. Pure joy, humour and truth in one reel.”
The Baby Mama challenge, where expectant mothers film themselves dancing to the TikTok track, has amassed more than 32,000 posts on the platform. Meghan’s contribution to the trend adds a royal twist, and a very personal one at that.
Choosing to disable comments on her Instagram post, Meghan seemingly anticipated the renewed speculation and negativity—but chose to share the clip anyway. It was a move of quiet defiance, offering fans a rare glimpse into a moment that is usually kept far from the public eye.
As ever, Meghan’s critics will find ways to doubt her. But for many viewers, this small, joyful reel said what years of tabloid headlines never could: She’s real. She’s human. And like many mothers before her, she danced through the waiting, the worry, and the weight of late pregnancy—because sometimes, that’s all you can do.