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Reddit Users Are Calling Meghan Markle A 'Menace' In The Kitchen After Video Of Her Preparing A Turkey With All Her Jewelry On Goes Viral: 'So Many Germs'

December 3, 2025 by Julia DeKorte
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Meghan Markle has really leaned into homemaking, especially with her Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, which means holidays likes Thanksgiving should be her time to shine. However, social media users noticed in an Instagram video Meghan posted that she prepares all the food, including the raw turkey, while wearing her jewelry! Keep reading for more information.

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Meghan Markle Handles Raw Turkey With Jewelry On

Taking to Instagram to share her Thanksgiving turkey prep, Meghan posted a video that shows her rubbing down the raw turkey with seasoning while still wearing her rings and bracelets. This video went viral, particularly on Reddit, where users called her out for lacking basic hygiene knowledge, with one feisty user calling her "Salmonella Sussex."

User @Human-Economics6894 posted screenshots from the video that clearly show her handling the turkey with her ring and bracelet on, touching the raw bird. "And today, dear Americans, as we approach Thanksgiving, we have another cooking tip from Meghan, Duchess of Sussex," the user wrote in the caption. "When seasoning a turkey, season all of its rings and bracelets."

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Social Media Reactions

In the Reddit thread, users were pretty harsh with their reactions, leaving comments like: "She has the worst kitchen hygiene. The more she pretends to be a cook, the more fake she shows herself to be. Jewelry rubbing up against the meat, hair shedding, and her grubby hands."

"Seriously," another person agreed. "Disposable gloves are a couple bucks."

"The only jewelry I wear in the house is my wedding band, and I remove even that when preparing food," another person shared. "That video is disgusting."

"Get out of the kitchen!" another person said. "You are a menace!"

"Jewelry harbors so many germs," reads another comment. "This is gross!"

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Julia DeKorte is a New York-based writer. A graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course, Julia covers celebrity and brand news for SheFinds, reviews toys and games for People of Play, and loves cooking for her family, walking her dogs, and running outside, preferably in view of the ocean.