Priyanka Chopra Has Come Under Fire After Being Confronted At BeautyCon By Audience Member
The former BAZAAR cover star received backlash after the way she responded to an audience member over the weekend
Priyanka Chopra appeared on stage this weekend to discuss fashion at BeautyCon in Los Angeles, but things got quickly heated when Ayesha Malik, a Pakistani member of the audience, confronted the Indian actress about a tweet that Priyanka had posted on February 26th which read, “Jai Hind” (translating to ‘victory to India’), with the hashtag #IndianArmedForces.
Jai Hind #IndianArmedForces
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 26, 2019
This was during a time when there was an escalation of conflict happening between the neighbouring countries. “It was kind of hard hearing you talk about humanity because as your neighbour, a Pakistani, I know you’re a bit of a hypocrite,” said Malik with a mike in hand. “You are a UNICEF ambassador for peace and you’re encouraging nuclear war against Pakistan.”
Hi, I’m the girl that “yelled” at Priyanka Chopra.
It was hard listening to her say, “we should be neighbors and love each other” — swing that advice over to your PM.
Both India and Pakistan were in danger. And instead she tweeted out in favor for nuclear war.
— Ayesha Malik (@Spishaa) August 11, 2019
Priyanka responded with “I hear you. Whenever you’re done venting. Got it? Done? OK, cool. I have many, many friends from Pakistan and I am from India. And war is not something that I am really fond of, but I am patriotic.” Following the incident, Malik posted a tweet suggesting the actress’ response was “irresponsible”.
It took me back to when I couldn’t reach my family because of the blackouts and how scared/helpless I was.
She gaslit me and turned the narrative around on me being the “bad guy” — as a UN ambassador this was so irresponsible.
— Ayesha Malik (@Spishaa) August 11, 2019
Priyanka has not responded to the incident yet. Watch this space.
Priyanka Chopra tweeted during a time when we were this close to sending nukes to one another. Instead of advocating for peace she tweeted in support of the Indian army pic.twitter.com/LhbMkOW59v
— Ayesha Malik (@Spishaa) August 11, 2019
Watch: Behind The Scenes With Our February Cover Star