{"id":2181968,"date":"2025-11-30T18:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2181968"},"modified":"2025-11-30T18:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:49:15","slug":"meghan-markle-roasted-as-salmonella-sussex-for-thanksgiving-turkey-faux-pas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markle-roasted-as-salmonella-sussex-for-thanksgiving-turkey-faux-pas\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle roasted as &#8216;Salmonella Sussex&#8217; for Thanksgiving turkey faux pas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Meghan Markle was dubbed the \u201cSalmonella Sussex\u201d after she shared a video of herself preparing Thanksgiving turkey with a major hygiene issue.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the national holiday this past Thursday, the Duchess of Sussex took to her Instagram Stories to share a clip of herself mixing seasonings into a bowl and rubbing the mixture onto the raw bird.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the \u2018game\u2019 begin,\u201d Markle captioned the clip, which was set to Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cTurkey Chase.\u201d The mom of two also added a turkey emoji. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet it? #momjokes,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Meghan Markle was dubbed the \u201cSalmonella Sussex\u201d after she shared a video of herself preparing Thanksgiving turkey with a major hygiene issue. <span class=\"credit\">@aseverofficial\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Ahead of the national holiday this past Thursday, the Duchess of Sussex took to her Instagram Stories to share a clip of herself mixing seasonings into a bowl and rubbing the mixture onto the raw bird. <span class=\"credit\">Meghan Markle\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>However, several eagle-eyed fans noticed that Markle, 44, was still wearing her gold bracelet and ring while preparing the raw turkey without gloves.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has the worst kitchen hygiene. The \u2018domestic\u2019 goddess is clueless. 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 paws stroking the poor dead bird,\u201d one user <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SaintMeghanMarkle\/comments\/1p7epyu\/salmonella_sussex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on a Reddit thread<\/a> titled, \u201cSalmonella Sussex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even put on my jewellery when applying makeup, and I remove them when cooking. Jewelry are known fomites for infections,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>However, several eagle-eyed fans noticed that Markle, 44, was still wearing her gold bracelet and ring while preparing the raw turkey without gloves.   <span class=\"credit\">Meghan Markle\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cShe has the worst kitchen hygiene. The \u2018domestic\u2019 goddess is clueless,\u201d wrote one Reddit user. <span class=\"credit\">Meghan Markle\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve cooked multiple turkeys and never put my hand in one like this ffs. She\u2019s a blithering idiot in the kitchen,\u201d commented a third netizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLordy, she so obviously knows absolutely nothing about cooking or how to work in a kitchen. For the safety of humanity, keep her out of the kitchen,\u201d added a fourth person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAside from the hair, jewelry and bare hands all over that turkey, it\u2019s astonishing how she also had her damn forearms laying across the body of the turkey at times. She might have well been naked and rubbing the darn thing all over herself. What an idiot! It\u2019s such a treat she is getting called out like this,\u201d said a fifth Reddit user.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cLordy, she so obviously knows absolutely nothing about cooking or how to work in a kitchen. For the safety of humanity, keep her out of the kitchen,\u201d added a fourth person. <span class=\"credit\">Meghan Markle\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, raw turkey can have germs that contaminate anything it touches. <span class=\"credit\">Meghan Markle\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Per the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/food-safety\/foods\/holiday-turkey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>, raw turkey can have\u00a0Salmonella,\u00a0Clostridium<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/clostridium-perfringens\/about\/index.html\"><em> <\/em><\/a>perfringens,\u00a0Campylobacter and other germs and its juice can contaminate anything it touches.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six has reached out to Markle\u2019s reps for comment but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n<p>On Thanksgiving, Markle gave a look into how she and her family \u2014 including husband Prince Harry and their two kids, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet \u2014 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/27\/royal-family\/meghan-markle-shares-glimpse-into-how-shes-hosting-thanksgiving-with-prince-harry-and-their-kids\/\">spent the annual holiday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The As Ever founder revealed via her newsletter that she was hosting friends and cooking in her and husband Prince Harry\u2019s $14 million mansion in Montecito, Calif. <span class=\"credit\">Meghan Markle\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The couple and their two kids also gave back to the community by recently volunteering at Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles to \u201cprepare and package meals for community members experiencing food insecurity.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">The Archewell Foundation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The As Ever founder revealed via her newsletter that she was hosting friends and cooking in her and the Duke of Sussex\u2019s<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/16\/royal-family\/step-inside-meghan-markle-and-prince-harrys-14m-montecito-mansion\/\"> $14 million mansion in Montecito, Calif<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease know that as I look around my home and see my husband and children, family, dear friends (and also navigate the timing on the turkey and the love and layers that come with hostessing) \u2014 I feel grateful,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWishing you a Thanksgiving with full hearts and full bellies,\u201d Markle continued.<\/p>\n<p>The family of four also gave back to the community by recently <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/26\/royal-family\/meghan-markle-prince-harrys-kids-archie-and-lilibet-volunteer-ahead-of-thanksgiving\/\">volunteering at Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles<\/a> to \u201cprepare and package meals for community members experiencing food insecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle was dubbed the \u201cSalmonella Sussex\u201d after she shared a video of herself preparing Thanksgiving turkey with a major hygiene issue. 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