Celebrity's book 'misunderstanding' becomes Twitter meme
LONDON — When it comes to social media, celebrities are always just a throwaway sentence away from becoming a meme.
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Following a recent decision in India to add the likes of Harry Potter and Tintin to the school syllabus, actress and UK Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty told The Times of India what she thought about the decision.
It was all going well until she mentioned Animal Farm.
Too good. According to Shilpa Shetty, Animal Farm teaches children to love animals! What a genius. Stolen from @joybhattacharj pic.twitter.com/sYhBbaB9pI
— Brown Sahiba (@Rajyasree) November 28, 2016
For anyone who hasn't read George Orwell's book, there's not a whole lot of animal care involved; the story is actually a fairly grim allegory of events surrounding the Russian Revolution and Stalinist regime.
It wasn't long before Shetty's comments had grabbed the attention of Twitter, and a hashtag — #ShilpaShettyReviews — began trending.
The Life of Pi should be read by all children as it will enhance their mathematical skills. #ShilpaShettyReviews
— Shashank Singh (@RccShashank) November 28, 2016
“The Hobbit is good. All children should develop good hobbits.” #ShilpaShettyReviews
— Harish Iyengaar (@scaryhairyman) November 28, 2016
Pride and Prejudice is my favourite book about a group of lions and racism. #ShilpaShettyReviews
— Purva Scamander (@thatobesewoman) November 28, 2016
"V for Vendetta is a great book to introduce kids to English alphabets." #ShilpaShettyReviews
— k (@Kerouacrow) November 28, 2016
Fifty shades of Grey is an instruction manual for dot matrix printers #ShilpaShettyReviews
— Fahad R. Bhatti (@frbhatty) November 28, 2016
Perks of being a wallflower is a great read, particularly for gardening enthusiasts with space constraints. #ShilpaShettyReviews
— Tanushka. (@TanooshkaM) November 28, 2016
On Wednesday, Shetty took to Twitter to respond to the hashtag, saying that she'd never actually read the books mentioned and calling it a "misunderstanding".
Whilst I admire the writers of LOTR, Harry Potter & Animal Farm I've "NEVER" read these books(@ the cost of soundin even dumber!)Not my kind
— SHILPA SHETTY KUNDRA (@TheShilpaShetty) November 28, 2016
..So recommending them to kids is out of the question! Obviously some misunderstanding..Don't want to get into it.This too shall pass. 🙏😓
— SHILPA SHETTY KUNDRA (@TheShilpaShetty) November 28, 2016
Despite the jokes, some fans were quick to stick up for her.
@TheShilpaShetty most of the d trolls who are trending hashtag #ShilpaShettyReviews also havent read them for sure. chill..:)
— AviFernzINC (@congressichokra) November 28, 2016
Ha ha ha ha 😝this put a smile on my face😂 https://t.co/O0ctv3oFcB
— SHILPA SHETTY KUNDRA (@TheShilpaShetty) November 28, 2016
