Internet trolls have accused Meghan Markle of being ‘incredibly rude’ to her own close friend Mindy Kaling on her new Netflix show.

Social media users criticized the Duchess of Sussex for acting like she didn’t understand comedian Ms. Kaling when she pronounced the word ‘look’ as ‘lewk’.

But her fans have dismissed the claims, saying that Mindy was using slang and both women were just having fun.

‘Meghan was teasing her, saying, “I’m not as cool as you are, I don’t know that term. I watched the episode just for this part,”‘ one viewer of Meghan, With Love, commented.

Another individual wrote: ‘It’s a dialect thing. I try not to, but I say lewk. I just laughed with them.’ A third person added: ‘”Lewk” is slang, and Mindy uses it often’.

MailOnline has asked a spokesman for the Sussexes to comment.

The row reported for the first time in India yesterday centres on an exchange between Ms Markle and her very close friend Ms Kaling where they chatted in a kitchen together on ‘With Love, Meghan’ on Netflix.

It came after an awkward moment where Meghan said her surname is Sussex, not Markle.

In the segment, a compliment from Ms Kaling triggered a comical reaction from the Duchess of Sussex, 43, who appeared to take a few seconds to realise what was being said.

‘By the way Meghan, I want to ask about your look,’ said Mindy.

‘My who?’ Ms Markle replied, forcing Ms Kaling to repeat the word look.

“Your lewk. Your look, Meghan!” Kaling said laughing. “Did I not say it right?”

Meghan replied with a smile: “I don’t know. Mindy, you’re way cooler than I am. I don’t know what you were talking [about]. My lewk. She likes my lewk. Oh my gosh’.

But some trolls said it was ‘mean girl behaviour’ by Meghan. 

One X user wrote: ‘Watching Meghan literally humiliate Mindy over that small mispronunciation and go on about it instead of laughing & shrugging it off was really triggering for me’.

And another said: ‘Humiliating her so-called friend. Definite mean girl behaviour’.

Another X user wrote: ‘Yes, I noticed the same thing… I can’t believe they actually aired that’.

Ms Kaling was born to a Tamil father and Bengali mother.

Her family immigrated to the USA the year she was born, and she grew up speaking English at home.

‘I was raised speaking English only because my parents spoke two different Indian languages, so the only language we all had in common was English,’ Ms Kaling said in 2018.

She had to learn Hindi for her role in Ocean’s 8.

Mindy Kaling was pictured for the first time since going viral for an awkward moment on Meghan Markle’s new Netflix show.

The Office star, 45, was seen out and about in New York City on Wednesday, in three glamorous outfits. 

The actress attended the premiere of her Netflix series, Running Point, alongside Kate Hudson, 45. Mindy is one of the show’s creators and executive producers, while Hudson is the main star.

It was Mindy’s first public outing after a clip of her from Meghan’s cookery show, With Love, Meghan, went viral.

In the video, Meghan insisted her surname is Sussex as she corrected Mindy, who had referred to her as ‘Meghan Markle.’

In episode two of the show, the former royal, 43, was joined by Mindy as she showed her fellow mother how to host a children’s party.

As Meghan carefully demonstrated how to assemble a cucumber sandwich, the pair spoke about their favorite fast food growing up.

The Duchess of Sussex called herself a ‘latchkey kid’ who ‘grew up with a lot of fast food and TV tray dinners’, listing off US chains Pollo Loco, Taco Bell and Jack In The Box.

But Mindy seemed to get under Meghan’s skin with her response, as she said: ‘I don’t think anyone in the world knows that Meghan Markle has eaten Jack In The Box and loves it.’ 

Trying to hide her frown with a smile, she replied: ‘It’s so funny you keep saying Meghan Markle, you know I’m Sussex now.’

As Mindy looked confused, Meghan, who has only visited Sussex once, continued: ‘You have kids and you go “No, I share my name with my children”.

‘I didn’t know how meaningful it would be to me but it just means so much to go “This is OUR family name. Our little family name”.

After being corrected, Mindy awkwardly responded: ‘Well, now I know and I love it.’