21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Priyanka Chopra's eagle-eyed fans call out BVLGARI for misspelling actor's name at sit-down dinner in Sicily: ‘Not in good taste'
Priyanka Chopra, a brand ambassador of the global jewellery brand BVLGARI, recently attended an event in Sicily, Italy, for a special event. She shared her look and some special memories from the event on her Instagram handle. But her eagle-eyed fans spotted a mistake on part of the brand in her Sicily dump.
Chopra took to her Instagram handle on Tuesday and shared her photos from Sicily. These included pictures of her looking stunning in a Christian Dior outfit, a flute of sparkling wine next to the swimming pool, a plate of scrumptious spaghetti, and a breath-taking view from her home. It was the picture from the sit-down table hosted by the brand that caught her fans' attention, for all the wrong reasons.
The name card on the table spelled her name as 'Pryianka Chopra Jonas.' A fan spotted that error and commented on Chopra's post, 'I find it racist and offensive when people cannot be bothered to check the spelling of an individual's name. It's just sad and I've experienced it countless times.'
Another Instagram user argued, 'True, but the only difference is literally the 'i' and the 'y' being the other way round. I don't think they mean offence.' A third user jumped in and wrote, 'As a host of a sit-down dinner, it's absolutely imperative that the spelling of the name of each guest is correct to the T. You are absolutely right. This is not in good taste at all. They don't mean offence, but are certainly casual.'
A fan also addressed Chopra and commented, 'They spelt your name wrong on the card. I hope you pointed out to them.' 'Can't get over that spelling mistake (crying emoji),' wrote another. 'West and their misspelling of our Indian names (smiling with tears emojis),' reiterated a third one.
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Speaking to the SCREEN in the past, Priyanka had said that she had to teach people in the West how to pronounce her name. 'While I didn't have to change my name, but I had to teach people how to say my name, if you can say Oprah, you can say Chopra. I had to be ethnically ambiguous to a certain extent to be able to get mainstream roles. Even Quantico, for that matter, I played a half Indian-half American. I couldn't step out there being Indian because it was too alien for Hollywood,' she had said.
On the acting front, Chopra will be next seen in Ilya Naishuller's action comedy Heads of State alongside John Cena and Idris Elba, which will drop on Prime Video on July 2. She'll also headline Frank E Flowers' action drama The Bluff and Nicholas Stoller's comedy Judgment Day, alongside Will Ferrell, Zac Efron, and Regina Hall. Back home, Chopra will star opposite Mahesh Babu in SS Rajamouli's next Telugu action adventure.
