This Actress’ Family Didn’t Want Her To Join Twitter But She Did To Anonymously Troll People
She is a storm on Twitter, her wit at times rip people apart. But her family never wanted her to join the social media platform. Read on to know who this actress is...
Not many people can
handle social media. It’s a platform which needs to be used wisely as it can
sometimes work against you too.
No wonder, this
actress’ family was apprehensive when she decided to come on the platform,
years back. And it’s none other than Twinkle Khanna aka Mrs Funnybones.
Twinkle Khanna
In an exclusive
interview to HT Cafe, Twinkle has revealed the story behind her pen name.
“Right at the
beginning, when everybody had joined Twitter, I too did and my first tweet was
about a politician, who had been slapped. The second one had to do with an
Indian epic. So my family told me, 'you can't be on this platform otherwise we
will soon have morchas outside our house' (laughs).
Twinkle Khanna
However, years
later, when the actress professionally started writing, she was asked to create
a Twitter account but unfortunately by that time, handle ‘Twinkle Khanna' was
already taken. "At that time, I already had a handle, Mrs Funnybones.
Since my family was against me joining the platform, my intention was to
anonymously troll people (laughs) and make all the jokes through it. Since I am
sort of an impulsive person, I decided that since I am not getting the handle,
Twinkle Khanna, I will be Mrs Funnybones. It was that simple and there was no
thought process as such behind it," she told the daily.
Twinkle Khanna
Twinkle also
explained the reason behind the peculiar name of her handle, "I have had a
very peculiar way of looking at life. So, I have broken all my bones - my arms,
legs, collar bones - at some point or the other. That used to distress me but
then I decided to laugh at myself. If one goes through my paparazzi pictures,
you will see that until 40, either some part of my body was always in a cast,
or I was limping or I had a crepe bandage on my legs. So, I capitalised on all
these 'disabilities' to laugh at myself and came up with Mrs Funnybones,"
So, now we know
why Twinkle joined Twitter and how Mrs Funnybones came to life! Reason is just
as witty as the actress. Isn’t it?
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