Socialite, columnist and author Shobhaa De dubbing India's Rio Olympics star P V Sindhu a 'silver princess' ahead of her badminton final match got the Twitterati all riled up
Twitterati want Shobhaa De to 'eat crow' for calling Sindhu 'Silver Princess'
Socialite, columnist and author Shobhaa De is stoking one controversy after another for her tweets on the performance of Indian athletes at 2016 Rio Olympic.
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After mocking the performance of the Indian athletes at the Olympics, she landed in fresh trouble for her tweet about shuttler PV Sindhu after she had stormed into the badminton final.
"PV SINDHU Silver Princess ?," De wrote on Thursday and soon tried to salvage the situation with two new tweets. "Silver minted by Sindhu. Chandi ke baad Sona!!!" and the other "Go for gold, girl!!!"
She was slammed for belittling Sindhu's achievement and betraying a defeatist mentality about the shuttler's chances.
She had this to say even before the semi-final was over. Which suggests that she felt that Sindhu's winning way would come to an end in the final.
Keep watching! A silver lining to our India cloud coming up soon in Rio!!!
— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) August 18, 2016
Here's how Shobhaa De reacted to PV Sindhu's Olympic win on Twitter:
PV SINDHU Silver Princess ?
— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) August 18, 2016
She tried to remedy her gaffe. But it was too late...
Silver minted by Sindhu. Chandi ke baad Sona!!!
— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) August 18, 2016
Go for gold, girl!!!
— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) August 18, 2016
HERE ARE SOME OF THE MORE SHAREABLE REACTIONS TO HER TWEET:
@DeShobhaa just shut up. She can win the gold as well.
— Manash Pratim Gohain (@morphineworld) August 18, 2016
.@DeShobhaa Shobhaa de after #PVSindhu 's match.. pic.twitter.com/z8CgPgtBD7
— MumBaekar.. (@katamulgi) August 18, 2016
Hello @DeShobhaa I challenge you for a weight lifting competition. You choose the place and time.
— Karnam Malleswari (@KMalleswari2000) August 18, 2016
@DeShobhaa aagai panauti laganeâÂu00c2u009cÂu00c2u008bðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0095
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@DeShobhaa You should really eat your crow seasoned with salt, pepper and a few shots of Old Monk. Might taste better.
— Shefali Vaidya (@ShefVaidya) August 18, 2016
.@DeShobhaa Lol, Account Hacked ??
— Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) August 18, 2016
.@DeShobhaa pic.twitter.com/eOI3t8cBUr
— #SindhuForGold (@Nirmalogy) August 18, 2016
@DeShobhaa ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0082 pic.twitter.com/2Jmtz9YH9p
— Smoking Skills (@SmokingSkills_) August 18, 2016
@DeShobhaa no amount of such tweets will wash away your dirty linens you threw in public
— Vijay Chauthaiwale (@vijai63) August 18, 2016