Priyanka Chopra Clapping
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Priyanka Chopra Clapping is a reaction video of actress Priyanka Chopra clapping for all of the health care workers. The video, criticized as an empty gesture, has been used as a reaction image to express praise both sincerely and ironically.
Origin
On March 22nd, 2020, Priyanka Chopra published a video of herself clapping by herself from a balcony on her Instagram Stories. The video featured the caption "People around the world have shown their appreciation for the doctors, nurses, and all first responders battling #Covid19 by clapping on their balconies. Although I coudn't be there in India today to join, I am there in spirit. #jantacurfewindia." That day, the Twitter [1] account @PriyankaCental shared the video (screenshot below).
The following day, Twitter user @zaaraloveslana shared the video. The tweet received more than 2.6 million views and 175 likes in less than two weeks (shown below).
they deserve more than a fucking clap priyanka?? I expected……much more pic.twitter.com/nbyTtldI2f
— ☁️ȥαɾα (@zaraloveslana) March 23, 2020
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That day, Twitter user @thatblkgrl shared the image for reaction videos. The post received more than 94,000 views in less than two weeks (shown below).
for your reaction video usage ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Y9iwXDD8GB
— tandra ⛈ (@thatblkgrl) March 23, 2020
The following day, people began joking about the video and its impact. Twitter user @saad_durrani shared a variation comparing the video to other celebrities' reactions to COVID-19. The tweet received more than 120,000 views, 6,900 likes and 2,600 retweets in less than two weeks (shown below).
On March 26th, Insider[2] published a report on the reaction to the video.
Rihanna: Donating millions for ventilators
Blake Lively: Donating truckloads to foodbanks
Priyanka Chopra: pic.twitter.com/BHFvkKJ8mc— Saad سعد (@saad_durrani) March 24, 2020
Various Examples
not Priyanka Chopra, a celebrity worth tens of millions of dollars, clapping for the doctors and nurses from her mansion’s balcony instead of donating money towards supplies to help them 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/cPPC713NZO
— Saeed Awawdeh (@SaeedDiCaprio) March 24, 2020
Wait… this Waxahatchee album is transcendent pic.twitter.com/ddFiilK8a4
— gianni (@Giannit) March 27, 2020
when Priyanka Chopra asked Nick Jonas to record a video of her clapping her hands on her balcony pic.twitter.com/uLYq7AJCRR
— Saeed Awawdeh (@SaeedDiCaprio) March 24, 2020
Top Comments
HumbleWaterFilterMerchant
Mar 28, 2020 at 04:33PM EDT
Panuru
Mar 28, 2020 at 05:48PM EDT