Following Kate Middleton's first public appearance since her surgery, Katie Holmes began trending due to her resemblance to the Princess of Wales.
The Princess underwent planned abdominal surgery in January. A statement from the Palace clarified that she would not resume royal duties until after Easter.
Speculation regarding the reasons for Kate's extended absence escalated last week, with various far-fetched theories surfacing.
Amid these speculations American blogger and columnist Perez Hilton has criticized the conspiracy theories surrounding Princess Kate as she recuperates from surgery.
The Palace did put an end to them by releasing a statement that said that they "were really clear from the start we weren’t going to provide a running commentary on the Princess of Wales’s health and only provide significant updates."
Speaking to GB News, Hilton said: "I think much worse than wokeism is this explosion that we've seen over the last few years of conspiracy theory-ism.
Even right now, the last couple of weeks there in the UK, everybody going bananas over Princess Catherine. Kate Middleton, where is she? Why don't we know this, that the other, and the craziest possibility is not always accurate.
"Even yesterday she was finally seen and Katie Holmes was trending because dumb people are speculating that it was Katie Holmes and not the Princess of Wales.
"I don't like the word woke or wokeism, but as somebody who made a lot of mistakes in the past, I do try and be mindful of others.
"I believe that we should not be a world full of Donald Trump's saying absolutely everything that we're thinking in the most harmful way possible.
"I'm a centrist and I believe that if we all function somewhere in the middle, the world would go a lot more smoothly."
Various social media accounts have posted insensitive and baseless claims about Kate as she continues to recuperate in private.
The Prince of Wales, 41, has carried out sporadic royal duties, but is primarily taking care of his wife and three children in their Windsor Cottage.
William's spokesperson said: "His focus is on his work and not on social media."
Kensington Palace reaffirmed Kate's recovery timeline through a statement: "We were very clear from the outset that the Princess of Wales was out until after Easter and Kensington Palace would only be providing updates when something was significant."
Kate has only been spotted once since the procedure, sitting in a car driven by her mother, Carole Middleton, on March 4.
The photograph was not published by the UK media as it was unauthorised by Kensington Palace.