Memes and trolls are the dark humor of the social-verse today. Blunders and banters observed with scrutiny in this world, celebrities often are the first ones to fall prey to this for obvious reasons. Here’s a list from 2016.
Shobhaa De
Twitter raged on the Indian columnist and novelist after her insensitive remark on the Indian Olympians in Rio this year. Celebrities and renowned personalities too denounced her tweet.
Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity.
— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) August 8, 2016
@DeShobhaa that's a tad unfair. You should be proud of your athletes perusing human excellence against the whole world.
— Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) August 9, 2016
Veteran novelist & philanthropist shooting for the launch of world's famous 'Surma', for both young and old. (2016) pic.twitter.com/Cv1uDruG5g
— History Revisits (@HistoryRevisits) March 28, 2016
Goal of Shobha De on Twitter. Be stupid. Upload selfies where her mediocrity is celebrated. Khaali bakwaas type. What a waste of genes.
— Sahil Shah (@SahilBulla) August 8, 2016
Yuvraj Singh
Virender Sehwag, the cricketer who took us on a laughter ride with his tweets this year, yet again humorously trolled his ex-team mate Yuvraj Singh for the launch function of his fashion line, YouWeCan a number of personalities tweeted the same thing. All in good humor, guys.
Wonderful evening it was at @YWCFashion ,but all 4 got same tuition. Kyun @YUVSTRONG12 ,u didnt give me this?#Farra pic.twitter.com/771Gd0jzcw
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 4, 2016
Bhai @YUVSTRONG12 ,sabko diya #Farra yeh chhapne,aapke Faadu event me bhi aaya main, to mujhe kyun nahi diya #Farra pic.twitter.com/Dyiknxn0xj
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 5, 2016
Tanmay Bhat
One of the four founders of the comedy organization, All India Bakchod’s Tanmay Bhat was the talk of social media and face of the headlines this year, after he mocked the legendary cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar and singer, Lata Mangeshkar with a Snapchat filter of face-swap.
Absolutely.. Shocked n appalled!! Not amused @mangeshkarlata ji needs to be apologised to .. NOW !! @rasheshshah https://t.co/viTcXyBSI0
— Celina Jaitly (@CelinaJaitly) May 28, 2016
I am 9 times winner of #BestComicActor. Have a great sense of humor. But This's NOT humor. #Disgusting&Disrespectful https://t.co/sTuTfbAOrU
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) May 29, 2016
Am absolutely shocked. Disrespect is not cool and neither is it funny. https://t.co/ymYPi9hxuv
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) May 28, 2016
Sonam Kapoor
In the Tanmay Bhat’s Snapchat fiasco, actress Sonam Kapoor too got trolled for having an opinion. Loathed by the masses, when Sonam Kapoor chose to back Tanmay, she too received hate on social media.
Dear @thetanmay ,being your friend I know what you say and do is never to offend, but to make people laugh.. https://t.co/O2kFj0dhjX
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) May 31, 2016
Don't you guys think there are issues that are more important than @thetanmay snapchat jokes??? I'm in shock with this over reaction!
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) May 31, 2016
Being living legends I know @sachin_rt and @mangeshkarlata don't even know and care about what's going on!stop spewing hate on their behalf!
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) May 31, 2016
However, I stand by his right to create such content, just as I support criticism of it in public discourse!'
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) June 1, 2016
. @sonamakapoor aur aap Jo itna overacting karti ho? Uska kya? :D .. ? @thetanmay
— A r n a V (@being_arnav_) May 31, 2016
@yumnakhan86 ignore this bitch @sonamakapoor , she is a attention seeker ????
— Sabeha Karimi (@SabehaKarimi) June 1, 2016
Vishal Dadlani
Bollywood singer and music director Vishal Dadlani, became the target of all the hate after he tweeted against Jain Monk Tarun Sagar, who in nude addressed the Haryana Assembly.
People actually trying to defend the colossal idiocy of some naked monk, addressing Haryana assembly, telling women how to live! UNREAL! (2)
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) August 27, 2016
(2) That dude has the same education, as he has clothes on. None. I've no problem with nudity. I have a problem with religion in governance.
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) August 27, 2016
Tarun Sagar ji Maharaj is a very reverred saint, not just for jains but everyone. Those showing disrespect is unfortunate and shud stop
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 27, 2016
I apologise for hurting feelings of Jain community by my friend @VishalDadlani. I seek kshama from Muni Shri Tarun Sagar ji Maharaj.
— Satyendar Jain (@SatyendarJain) August 27, 2016
@VishalDadlani you have managed to offend quite a few people... Jains and non Jains. it's best to think before uttering hurtful words.
— Alka Misra (@alkabist) August 27, 2016
Parineeti Chopra
Deny is as much as you like, but the fact remains that celebrities are massively judged and usually Twitteratis take up humor to the level of insult without realizing. Something similar happened with Parineeti Chopra after she gave a statement of what turns her on in men.
— Parineeti Chopra (@ParineetiChopra) October 8, 2016
When you realize you could never date Parineeti Chopra not becuase she is out of your league but cause you like to shower everyday. That.
— JaJaJa (@lolkthen_) October 8, 2016
Parineeti Chopra says men who don't
shower, men with bad hygiene turn her on. That explains what got her attracted to Maneesh Sharma.— Hedonist ? (@nniiikkkd) October 9, 2016
Neha Dhupia
Neha Dhupia too, became a target to trolls on her comment section this year after she shared a photograph of her sunbathing on the beaches of Ibiza where her bikini wasn’t visible on Instagram. She even shut down her haters with another photographer of showing the bikini.
#throwback ... Take me back #ibiza #beachplease #tbt #iwillnotbereadingyourcomments
A photo posted by Neha Dhupia (@nehadhupia) on
Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma was thoroughly mocked on Twitter for his double meaning tweet to actress Zarine Khan.
What I really love about Zarine is she is truly very large everywhere..especially in her heart and her lovely mind pic.twitter.com/pa3w44dZmv
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) May 16, 2016
@RGVzoomin I also love #zarinekhan because she is really large from all desired areas? U n ur double meanings #ramgopalvarma ?
— Amit Umadatta (@Dattaamit11Amit) May 17, 2016
@RGVzoomin @sagarcasm Did you just call her fat in a very, very subtle way?
— The Incredible Sulk (@rkukrety90) May 17, 2016
@RGVzoomin ashlil hai ye londa
— Zaalim (@IamArvnd) May 16, 2016
Twinkle Khanna
Mrs. Funny Bones aka Twinkle Khanna has time and again proven how opinionated and blunt she is! But, Twitter lashed out at her when she tweeted against Shree Shree Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living.
Art of living teacher practising Art of intimidation? Didn't like my joke diss me-drag my husband,boycott etc #Shame https://t.co/yFdz8bKHJo
— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) May 8, 2016
@mrsfunnybones @Harneetsin @DarshakHathi bro I think u need a quick course in art of living urself to have a sense of humor.
— Iqbal Khan (@Miqbalkhan) May 8, 2016
You have attacked (in your attempt to be funny) the most integral member of millions of families worldwide!
— Srividya V (@srivinow) May 8, 2016
@mrsfunnybones Dragging your husband is a shame but making cheap comments on our Guru is a joke!! #hypocrite @DarshakHathi
— Pragya Rathore (@pragsrats) May 8, 2016
Hema Malini
Bollywood veteran actress had to face immense backlash after she insensitively tweeted about Pratyusha Banerjee’s suicide.
Hema Malini thinks she knows everything about suffering and strength. You've had a good life madam. Don't judge the sufferings of others
— The Bad Doctor (@DOCTORATLARGE) April 5, 2016
@dreamgirlhema this is utter insensitive, suicide may not be a solution but ranting about a deceased certainly doesn't make you look GREAT!
— Siddhi Palande (@thefilmichokri) April 5, 2016
@dreamgirlhema You just lost all my respect. It is because of stoic elders like you, young minds in the country have mental health issues.
— Anusri Mukherjee (@Anu_Mukherjee) April 5, 2016
Twinkle Khanna
Twice in a year, Twinkle Khanna very recently stumbled upon some more abhorrence from Bhai-fans after she comically tweeted on Salman Khan’s much discussed bachelorhood.
When your editor wants you to round up a convoluted year and all your brain wants to do is go HoHoHo:) https://t.co/Mo2wVCGuzc pic.twitter.com/tRW3Ckeg5H
— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) December 25, 2016
@mrsfunnybones Flop Ki Queen?
— Radhey Thakur (@thakur_radhey) December 25, 2016
@mrsfunnybones you are a flop actress and you are just a house wife of a man who only has affairs with young girls. Feel sorry for your fate
— toltol (@raja62554440) December 25, 2016
@mrsfunnybones Hey u so called Funnybones,u don't have any friends in d industry, y r u destroying d friendship between Salman & ur hubby?
— Rajdeep (@rajdeep_sarkar) December 25, 2016
Chetan Bhagat
The Indian author, Chetan Bhagat usually makes it to troll lists very often. This year again, he got heavily trolled when he asked Twitteratis to share his books against beautiful backgrounds. That's when they all got artsy.
#OneIndianGirl in Mykonos, Greece. Send me pics of the book in a beautiful backdrop. Will RT best ones. Let's see your phone camera skills! pic.twitter.com/nGAF9QiFd0
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 10, 2016
.@chetan_bhagat Take a look sir, your book in the most beautiful backdrop. Please RT. pic.twitter.com/ZiXSuFs1tm
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) October 10, 2016
@RoflGandhi_ That 1 Indian Girl bought and burnt it already.. @chetan_bhagat pic.twitter.com/6HGV5mlRJM
— DEC • Dangal • 23rd (@mehdi_nisar1) October 10, 2016
.@chetan_bhagat No backdrop can be more beautiful for your book than this sir. pic.twitter.com/PgGNclrYGP
— Smoking Skills (@SmokingSkills_) October 10, 2016
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This article is a part of our #SocialThrowback series. Stay tuned in to see what dominated the socialverse in 2016.