Author Emily Griffin throws major shade at Meghan Markle

Author Emily Griffin has apologized after her comments on Meghan Markle’s parenting caused a massive backlash online this week. The best-selling author of Something Borrowed, Heart of the Matter and The One and Only criticized Markle’s new video with son Archie, calling Markle a ‘phony’ and ‘unmaternal.’ Griffin has now said that her comments were in response to how Meghan and Harry handled their exit from the royal family and are part of her ‘unfiltered’ exchanges with fans. Okay, but how are we still shaming moms in 2020? Isn’t there enough going on in society without moms being targeted for doing the best they can? Enough.The controversy began after comments Griffin made in her IG stories about Markle were shared by Twitter user Kaitlin Menza. Griffin’s latest critique of the Duchess came after Harry and Meghan posted a video of Meghan reading to the couple’s young son Archie. Harry was behind the camera for the sweet clip, which was released on Archie’s first birthday and was part of Save The Children’s latest online initiative Save With Stories, which is helping to raise money for children impacted by COVID-19. To recap, we have doting parents, their young son, charity, children’s books, and coronavirus. None of these are topics that are on the table for criticism right now.[video_embed id='1953262']RELATED: Meghan reads to Baby Archie in first birthday video[/video_embed]Griffin wrote that Markle was ‘unmaternal’ and a ‘phony’ and later posted a screengrab from the video, writing “Happy birthday, Archie. Go away, Megan (sic).” Griffin criticized Markle and Markle only for the video, saying that Meghan’s decision to be in front of the camera makes it the ‘Meghan show.’ Griffin also slammed the Duchess for putting Archie on camera after saying she wanted privacy for her son. To be clear, there’s a big difference between parents deciding how, when and what pictures and videos of their children are released compared to paparazzi intruding in the child’s daily life.

Man oh man does “Something Borrowed” author Emily Giffin hate Meghan Markle pic.twitter.com/bjnoDNTY9p

— Kaitlin Menza (@heykmenz) May 6, 2020

Other Twitter users began sharing past IG stories posted by Griffin on her public account, including clips of Griffin criticizing the Duke and Duchess for opting for a non-royal name for Archie.

Look at the videos she put up on her IG stories obsessing and hating on Archie’s name! She’s an evil woman who follows Meghan hate pages and laughs with Meghan bullies. She can’t even sleep without thinking about Archie’s name! pic.twitter.com/xoG2nCtx8e

— (@fartherkelss) May 6, 2020

Following the backlash on Wednesday, Griffin apologized for her comments in a statement made on her now-private Instagram page. Griffin wrote via Us Weekly “I enjoy following celebrities and analyzing them with my readers. I post dozens of IG stories a day in a very honest, unfiltered way, as if I’m confiding directly with close friends. Further, I’m very interested in the British monarchy. I always have been.”Griffin continued, writing that her comments about Markle had no racial undertones. “To be clear, I absolutely loved that a biracial, American woman was marrying into the Royal Family. It seemed a wonderful, happy thing for everyone. I celebrated their wedding by hosting a gathering here at my home and posting many, many photos. Further, I was appalled by any signs of racism against her.”Griffin added that her anger, though directed at Markle in her recent posts, is actually towards both the Duke and Duchess. “Over recent months my feelings about BOTH Harry and Meghan changed. But I can say from the bottom of my heart that my criticism of Meghan has never had anything to do with her race,” she wrote. “Further, I understood why she wanted to leave the monarchy and carve out her own path. I do, however, find fault with the way BOTH she and Harry handled things, and those feelings bled over in later posts, including the ones today.”The latest exchange does not appear to be Griffin’s first time using social media to bully. In 2012, former Griffin fan Corey A. Doyle left a negative review on Amazon about Griffin’s Where We Belong. Doyle was called a ‘pyscho’ by Griffin’s husband and received an onslaught of hate and even anonymous threatening phone calls, actions by Griffin’s fans that the author did not publicly condemn.

Hi. I’m that Corey Ann. This is such a wild day. Karma came. Eventually.

— Corey Ann (@coreyann) May 6, 2020

[video_embed id='1952168']RELATED: The Royal tell-all is confirmed[/video_embed]