The Guardian interviews Priyanka Chopra and then promptly drags her online
It was all going so well - till I asked about that controversial #IndianArmedForces tweet.
I meet global superstar, peace ambassador and multi-hyphenate extraordinaire Priyanka Chopra https://t.co/POrpY7hYIO
- Simon Hattenstone (@shattenstone) February 10, 2021
-The Guardian interviewed Priyanka about her memoir "Unfinished". OP made a post a couple days ago about the morsels of interesting parts https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/120040493.html?view=comments#comments a couple days ago
-Priyanka says she is:
"I’m an entertainer, and that bifurcates into being an actor, producer, author, entrepreneur. And I dabble in tech. I would say I’m a multi-hyphenate, professionally.”
-The writer makes fun of her for laughing at the end of every sentence lmao:
"She laughs, as she often does at the end of a sentence
-The writer is also annoyed that she had her publicist on the zoom call with her.
-The notable part is when the journalist Simon asked her about when she tweeted "Jai Hind" in 2019 "meaning “Victory to India” or “Long live India” - alongside the hashtag #IndianArmedForces after a series of airstrikes by India that triggered a response from Pakistan and resulted in an escalation in hostilities between the nuclear-armed countries. Pakistan’s human rights minister, Shireen Mazari, said Chopra should have been sacked from her Unicef role for her pro-war comments".
-To this question, Priyanka's publicist intervened:
“Simon, if we could move on, that would be ideal. I don’t want to put Priyanka in a position where she answers in a way that would jeopardise our relationship with her philanthropic partners.”
-Simon then went on and asked Priyanka about her thoughts on cancel culture:
“My relationship has changed with social media because of the hate and negativity. I’m just an actor. Look, we live in a world where cancel culture exists in such a large way because it’s easier to hate on someone than to take a minute to understand why anybody says and does what they do.
“I’ve always been someone who believes in the goodness of human beings, but it seems as the world progresses that we’re afraid of each other and we’re only looking for the worst in each other. What’s the point of giving credibility to a few trolls who choose to live in the darkness, whereas I have such an enormous sea of supporters and I have so much fun with them? So I’ve bifurcated it and I live in the light.”
-At this point Priyanka's publicist tells Simon he only has 5 minutes and Simon is confused because he was told he has 1 hour and its only been 48 minutes.
-So Simon asks his last question to Priyanka about India's prime minister Narendra Modi and why she arranged to have a one-on-one meeting with him and whether its because she endorses his politics or because he's a powerful man?
To which Priyanka replied:
“Neither,” she says, tersely. “It was because he’s the prime minister of the country that I’m a citizen of. We just happened to be in the same hotel and I had met the prime minister previously at some social event and I had time in the morning and that was it. It was really very simple.”
Obviously, Simon ended up being very frustrated by this interview and has no expressed his frustration online:
thanks Riri's Father. Yes, it's weird when people say they are apolitical when they are clearly interested in one way or another.
- Simon Hattenstone (@shattenstone) February 10, 2021
Hi Alia, when was that? It's bonkers what people think they can get away with isn't it?
- Simon Hattenstone (@shattenstone) February 10, 2021
Thank you Subha. Publicists have been in the background for decades, and it's fine if they intervene/censor, but I think they must expect that to be included.
- Simon Hattenstone (@shattenstone) February 11, 2021
Yes, it always works against them. Would have been the perfect opportunity for Priyanka to answer important question. But, to be fair, she chose not to!
- Simon Hattenstone (@shattenstone) February 10, 2021
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ONTD did you get as annoyed as poor Simon did while reading this post lol?