If you follow Ranveer Singh, you’d know that he’s busy promoting Switzerland tourism, as the first Indian ambassador for the country. Here are some pictures from his travel.
In relation to this, he recently gave an interview to Condé Nast Traveller where he claimed that his family wasn’t “rich enough” and so they had to save up to afford a summer holiday abroad.
We didn’t have a lot of money when I was growing up. So my parents would save up and save up for that one big summer holiday abroad; I remember going to Indonesia, Singapore, Italy, but most often it was the US–we had a lot of family there. And December was always Goa with my grandparents.
Almost immediately, #YoRanveerSoPoor started trending on Twitter. Here are some gems from this hashtag:
#YoRanveerSoPoor that he couldnt afford business class tickets for a family holiday to USA. Had to travel in economy class along with other peasants.
— Od (@odshek) May 4, 2018
#YoRanveerSoPoor that he only charged a few crores for #Padmaavat.
— Rhea Srivastava (@VirtualRheality) May 4, 2018
#YoRanveerSoPoor that he cudnt afford a sea facing luxury suite at a top 7-star hotel on his holiday, had to settle for a lawn-facing luxury suite instead
— Tanusri (@Puneri_mulgi_) May 4, 2018
#YoRanveerSoPoor He couldn’t afford a BMW so he has to drive a poor-sche
— RANBIR BAAP ACTOR! (@RKsMiddleFinger) May 4, 2018
#YoRanveerSoPoor that his dad gifted him an expensive SUV for his bday but couldnt afford to get a one digit number plate for the car.
— Od (@odshek) May 4, 2018
#YoRanveerSoPoor he had to settle for Gucci because he couldn’t afford designer wear
— Tanusri (@Puneri_mulgi_) May 4, 2018
This isn’t the first time Bollywood celebrities have played the “middle class” card. In the past Parineeti Chopra had once claimed that she had to cycle to school as her family didn’t own a car. When someone who knew her personally called her lie out, she explained that she and her siblings would cycle to school while her father would follow them in a car. The kids didn’t have access to a car and driver and that made them “poor.”
If these celebs feel poor, I don’t know what that makes me.