Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai may have once enjoyed American comedian and writer Hasan Minhaj’s banter but not anymore especially not after he chose to make Pakistani activist a subject of one of his jokes. Standing tall by Malala’s side against Hasan is Priyanka Chopra, who found his act “petty”, also unfollowed him on photo-sharing app.

This social media uprising against comedian came after he shared a video in which he jokingly mocked Malala about how she follows him but he doesn’t and implied that he won’t. While Hasan expected her to match his sense of humour and continue joke, she found statement in bad taste and eventually unfollowed him.

Detailing events that “upset” Malala, he said, “On October 4, I made a joke about Noble Peace Prize winner Malala. I said she follows me on Instagram and I don’t follow her back. Then on October 5, she retaliated (asking who this man is? Instead of doing a runoff, she unfollowed me on Instagram. I am sorry Malala, follow me back. I don’t know if I’ll follow you though. I am that petty.”

While Malala may have taken him off her social media, her well-wishers forwarded her his new video. Posting it on her profile to confirm news, she thanked her followers for looking out for her and sending her video, for she wouldn’t have come across it otherwise.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 17 2022

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