Priyanka Chopra and Trevor Noah are both in hot water after weighing in on recent nuclear power clashes between India and Pakistan…and to say the least, people are not happy.
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An online petition is calling for the removal of the recently married Indian actress from her post as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador following a tweet from Tuesday morning:
Jai Hind #IndianArmedForces ???????? ????????
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 26, 2019
The tweet in question translates to “Long live India,” and was posted by the star the same day as Indian fighter jets bombed a militant training camp in Pakistan.
The online petition has been growing consistently all week, with furor over the issue that Priyanka seemingly took a side — that of her native India — in the ongoing political back-and-forth between the nation and Pakistan. As a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, she’s explicitly prevented from taking sides like that over a variety of geo-political issues.
Not great, Priyanka!
But while she has yet to comment again on the skirmishes, or the petition, she and husband Nick Jonas traveled back to her home later the same day (below):
Best travel buddy ever..hello Delhi.. so good to be back.. ❤️???????????? @nickjonas pic.twitter.com/PSnbx9msTn
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 26, 2019
Ok…
And Priyanka isn’t the only celeb who has weighed in on the drama!
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Trevor Noah is also feeling the heat for surmising that a potential war between the countries would be the “most entertaining war ever,” and that Indian soldiers would run into battle dancing and singing, imitating a Bollywood dance in a late-night segment on The Daily Show. WTF, man?! This is nuclear war we’re talking about!!!
While he didn’t outright apologize for the jokes, he did have something to say on Saturday morning about using comedy to process pain on Twitter after a user called him out about his jokes (below):
Actually if you watch my stand up you'll see that I did make jokes after my mother was shot in the head. As a comedian I use comedy to process pain and discomfort in my world but I am sorry that this hurt you and others, that's not what I was trying to do. https://t.co/OuVnkHyIfG
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) March 2, 2019
It's amazing to me that my joke about the conflict in India and Pakistan trended more than the story of the actual conflict itself. Sometimes it seems like people are more offended by the jokes comedians make about an issue than the issue itself.
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) March 2, 2019
Wow.
Trevor that is… definitely not an apology.
Not that we were even expecting one — we get it that comedians will consistently push the boundaries of free speech, and that’s fine — but it seems weird to then turn around and play the victim here yourself after saying something that you know is a controversial opinion about a VERY highly charged topic?!
Just sayin’!!!
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