I’m seeing on Twitter that they issued a kill, which is worse than a recall and rarely used. There are journalists saying they have never seen a kill issued in decades. It’s reserved for something gravely disastrous about the photo. Not sure if that’s true though.
I’m seeing on Twitter that they issued a kill, which is worse than a recall and rarely used. There are journalists saying they have never seen a kill issued in decades. It’s reserved for something gravely disastrous about the photo. Not sure if that’s true though.
I said it on CEP and I'll say it here - I think the photo is AI generated.
I’m seeing on Twitter that they issued a kill, which is worse than a recall and rarely used. There are journalists saying they have never seen a kill issued in decades. It’s reserved for something gravely disastrous about the photo. Not sure if that’s true though.
I said it on CEP and I'll say it here - I think the photo is AI generated.
It makes sense - I mean I can’t see the AP having such an over the top reaction to some bad masking in Photoshop!
I’m seeing on Twitter that they issued a kill, which is worse than a recall and rarely used. There are journalists saying they have never seen a kill issued in decades. It’s reserved for something gravely disastrous about the photo. Not sure if that’s true though.
Also all my animosity is directed at the royal family. I feel bad for Kate bc obv she’s not in a place where she can advocate or speak for herself. Someone else is controlling this for whatever reason. They were awful to Meagan Markle and they killed Princess Di. So no mercy in trying to find out the truth.
She went I to the hospital in December for “abdominal surgery” and was there for 2-3 weeks (which makes it seem serious - they boot you after c/s in 2 days ffs). She’s been “recovering” ever since but hadn’t been seen or heard from at all. Rumors range from she was really getting a BBL to William has disfigured her.
Her surgery was mid January, but she was last seen late December and an ambulance was called to one of the palaces Dec 28 and people speculate that something actually happened to her then.
Wait. There are rumors that William is abusive? Is that why some think she was in the hospital.
I have eczema on my hands/fingers that sometimes makes it uncomfortable for me to wear my wedding band so I don’t but I feel weird. My husband hasn’t worn his wedding band since for most of our marriage which has never bothered me.
I do think it is weird if Kate is not wearing her ring unless, like some say, her hands are swollen. Bravos and Cocktails has some blind items about a royal not being faithful and like his father. With those rumors and the rumored divorce I was kind of wondering if had a mental break and that was what the hospital stay was about.
I think the abuse allegations are in line with the Brazilian butt lift surgery- fantastical speculation on what someone is out of sight for 3-4 months.
My theory since we're sharing- she starting looking extremely thin about a year ago, if she turned sideways she'd disappear. Much more slender than when she got married. I think there were digestive issues (either crohns, an eating disorder, or something else) that required surgery and she either has an ostomy, supplemental food source or healthily gaining weight back.
The intestinal issues make the most sense to me. It explains the long recovery time and how she looked in the car, either from steroids or weight gain.
I do feel bad for her, but they really have the WORST PR instincts. I understand why they are less open about her than Charles, she isn’t the head of state after all, she’s not even in the line of succession! But just say something, even if it’s something very vague.
I mean, American news agencies have no obligation to run propaganda. They are far more expert in what can be done with photo manipulation than most of us. I imagine that it's more than a photoshopped finger but not a huge conspiracy - they probably just have reason to believe the royal family is putting out something that is on some level fake and don't want it circulated as "news."
I do believe Will cheats. But I don’t think that’s related to why she hasn’t been seen in weeks and was in the hospital. I think she also has a health concern.
I don’t understand why their PR team sucks so bad. Why release this photo (badly edited? AI?) in the first place.
Wait. There are rumors that William is abusive? Is that why some think she was in the hospital.
I have eczema on my hands/fingers that sometimes makes it uncomfortable for me to wear my wedding band so I don’t but I feel weird. My husband hasn’t worn his wedding band since for most of our marriage which has never bothered me.
I do think it is weird if Kate is not wearing her ring unless, like some say, her hands are swollen. Bravos and Cocktails has some blind items about a royal not being faithful and like his father. With those rumors and the rumored divorce I was kind of wondering if had a mental break and that was what the hospital stay was about.
I think the abuse allegations are in line with the Brazilian butt lift surgery- fantastical speculation on what someone is out of sight for 3-4 months.
My theory since we're sharing- she starting looking extremely thin about a year ago, if she turned sideways she'd disappear. Much more slender than when she got married. I think there were digestive issues (either crohns, an eating disorder, or something else) that required surgery and she either has an ostomy, supplemental food source or healthily gaining weight back.
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I read something similar about how thin she had gotten and she was hospitalized for an ED. But haven’t read that anywhere else so, who knows?
If she did indeed have some major surgery, I can tell you FOR SURE that it can take a long time to recover. I had major surgery in mid-Jan. I was in the ICU for 5 days and in the hospital several more. I'm STILL dealing with complications and strange things that come up. There's no way I could have a heavy public schedule-even now.
I have heard of theories thrown around, but the reality is that none of us knows what's going on.
Post by underwaterrhymes on Mar 11, 2024 5:21:52 GMT -5
I don’t follow the royals much. I like Meghan and have grudgingly accepted Harry because of how he’s changed and grown into his role of loving spouse and dad.
The rest of them can kick rocks because of exactly this bullshit.
It’s obvious there is more going on with her health and relationship with William than they let on. By releasing clearly manipulated photos, they’re only feeding the beast. And it’s only made worse because Meghan was not given this level of protection and privacy when she was dealing with deep postpartum depression.
Everyone deserves privacy, yes. But when you’re in the public eye, you have to know that people are going to be picking apart everything. They need a better PR team who can be honest and share enough details to make it clear that she is still recovering, but also preserve her dignity and privacy.
And my 2 cents? In addition to being a manipulated pic (whether just Photoshop our outright AI created), as someone who also had major abdominal surgery during my mastectomy reconstruction and also less invasive surgery for my hysterectomy, I had ZERO interest in wearing snug jeans for at least six months after my surgery. If that IS a recent photo (and I don’t think it is), fuck her stylist because those have no business being on her body yet. Let the woman wear sweats.
They seem committed to making it weirder and worse.
Why on earth would that have her release a statement that this falls on her when she has a whole freaking PR staff whose sole job is to take care of this shit!?!? It’s cruel. I mean, they could at least create a hapless intern or something!?!? What is wrong with this people!?!
This makes it worse!! Why is “she” taking the blame!! It was not sloppy amateur editing like a filter or something is was bad professional editing!
This is exasperating.
I think two reasons- her releasing a statement will quell those less conspiracy minded because if she’s well enough to release a statement, she isn’t “that” sick and secondarily, some will be sympathetic and not want to criticize too much “of course she made editing mistakes when she’s not feeling well.”
This makes it worse!! Why is “she” taking the blame!! It was not sloppy amateur editing like a filter or something is was bad professional editing!
This is exasperating.
I think two reasons- her releasing a statement will quell those less conspiracy minded because if she’s well enough to release a statement, she isn’t “that” sick and secondarily, some will be sympathetic and not want to criticize too much “of course she made editing mistakes when she’s not feeling well.”
LOL, but it’s not like it’s a verbal statement. Anyone can issue a written one. It’s only going to fuel the fire.
I wonder if this is the news’ agencies way of taking a really hard stand on doctored images. If so, I can’t fault them, and I kind of applaud their stance on having high standards for what they present as “news.”
I thought this issue with the photo besides the editing is it lacked metadata. And they refused to release the unedited photo to new organizations for proof. Touching up a photo is nbd. People do it all the time.
I am following all of this. I am baffled at how bad it is being handled. My theory is she did have a surgery with a long recovery. But Wills is also using this time to hide her away so they can figure the divorce stuff out. I think Kate has lost some agency in all of this and she is trying to figure out how to claw her way back.
Also it makes no sense to me why they even needed to do major editing unless they were hiding something. Her kids are old enough to look at a camera and smile. Also lets be honest all eyes are on Kate. Pick her best photo and just go with it. I think her head was photoshopped into the photo and it isnt even her.
I'm about to turn 43 and not 10 minutes ago tried to make my fingers do what Louis' are doing in that photo. It was easy, and any parent of a fidgety kid knows that they wind up with so many weird pictures just because holding still is way too hard.
That said, I think the lack of a wedding ring is the most damning detail. Some kind of marriage problem wouldn't surprise me, up to and including a separation that had Kate refusing to cooperate with palace PR until things reached a fever pitch recently, and then for just that one short photo session from which they cobbled together the strange picture that was released today.
And also, dear lord I wish I was less interested in this story. Why does the royal family have to be so weirdly compelling?
If she had surgery a while ago, she could still be retaining a lot of water and can't ger her ring on yet.
I always find it funny that the descendants of Henry the 8th act all weird about divorce and like their line is somehow immune from marital problems.
100% yes. Like Margaret had all those issues when she wanted to marry a divorced man and didn’t the Queen not go Charles and Camilla’s wedding ceremony because it would be “inappropriate” since she is the head of the Church of England?
Maybe they would prefer royal family members to behead their spouses instead 😂?