Priyanka Chopra is a renowned personality across the world. The Bollywood actress stars as the lead in ABC’s crime drama thriller series Quantico and made her Hollywood debut with Seth Gordon’s Baywatch, making her way to becoming a global star. With all those accomplishments, one would assume people would be familiar with her name by now. While presenting an award at the Emmys 2017, Priyanka Chopra was incorrectly announced as “Priyanka Chopa” and needless to say, it was not a happy day.
The Emmy Awards were held on Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles where Chopra was to present an award in the ‘Outstanding Variety Talk Series’ along with Blackish actor, Anthony Anderson. While being called on to the stage to present the award, that eventually went to ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’, Chopra’s name was mispronounced as “Priyanka Chopa”.
Priyanka Chopra at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday. (Courtesy: REUTERS/Mike Blake)
Following the incident, PeeCee fans were not happy. Fans of the Quantico star took it upon themselves to school the announcer on Twitter.
Hey #Emmys is @priyankachopra‘s name REALLY that hard to pronounce? CHO-PRA !! Not “Choppa” My Nana would be so pissed right now pic.twitter.com/dPBgBne4iQ
— UrCrazyDidi (@CrazedIndianW) September 18, 2017
how do you just forget the “r” in Priyanka Chopra’s last name #Emmys
— Divya (@divyasa1) September 18, 2017
Did the announcer just pronounce her last name as ‘Chopa’? #Emmys
— Dan Delaney (@MNDanimal) September 18, 2017
who is priyanka chopa i don’t know her
— hannah (@Iorelaidanes) September 18, 2017
Did this dude just call her “Priyanka Chopa”? wtf
— Saajid (@sjdvda) September 18, 2017
Ay @priyankachopra we got you girl pic.twitter.com/ScBzRMMG71
— Arpita (@ArpiAppa) September 18, 2017
Of course, there was this one person who messed that up too:
There’s an ‘R’ in Prianka’s last name, announcer. #Emmys
— The Undefeated (@TheUndefeated) September 18, 2017
There’s a ‘Y’ in Priyanka’s name, @TheUndefeated.
— Tejal Patel (@tejalkpatel) September 18, 2017
In spite of the gaffe, nobody could take away Priyanka Chopra’s thunder as she flowed across the Red Carpet in white feathered Balmain dress. This is the second year in a row that Priyanka has made it to the Emmys. Perhaps, next year she would be able to take home an award for herself. Hopefully by then, people can learn to pronounce her name right.
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