Meghan Markle, 44, reshared the 18-second clip to her official As Ever Instagram Stories on Thursday as part of a Valentine’s Day marketing push for her lifestyle brand.
In the short video, steaming hot water is poured into a pink, heart-shaped mug placed next to an unopened tin of As Ever tea and a used tea bag. The items appeared to sit on a tiled floor — which some viewers believed resembled bathroom tiles.
As the camera zoomed in on the mug, which already contained a tea bag, several online users claimed they could see stained grout between the tiles. The detail quickly fueled criticism across social media, with some branding the scene “unsanitary.”
“Why not make a cup of ‘As Ever’ tea right on the toilet floor?” one user wrote on X.
“That is some dirty tile. Ewww,” another commented.
A third added: “Did she have to travel to the local McDonald’s to be able use their bathroom floor for this video? I don’t even care to know what stained the tile grout.”
Questions Over Staging
Others weren’t just focused on the floor — they also questioned whether the scene had been staged, pointing out that the tea tin looked unopened.