Now that actor-model Poonam Pandey has personally confirmed her well-being with the statement, "I am alive," meme creators have seized the ideal moment to flood social media platforms like 'X' and Instagram with their imaginative content.
On Saturday, Instagram and Twitter were abuzz with Poonam Pandey memes and amusing videos made in response to the unfounded death rumours circulating on Friday, allegedly linked to cervical cancer.
Meme creators linked Poonam Pandey's Saturday announcement to many scenes from the Bollywood movie 'Welcome', starring actors like Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, and Anil Kapoor.
One of the Twitter users jokingly also labelled Poonam Pandey "The Poonamtaker," relating her publicity stunt to wrestler Undertaker, who is famous for his "Deadman" persona, which earned substantial mainstream recognition and got him the Wrestling Observer Newsletter award for Best Gimmick for an unprecedented five consecutive years.?
The circulation of news Poonam Pandey's news came to an end on Saturday morning after she posted a video on Instagram saying that she was "alive." In the video caption, she wrote that cervical cancer didn¡¯t kill her, but tragically, it has claimed the lives of thousands of women who suffered from a lack of knowledge on how to tackle this disease.?
So basically, the news of her supposedly succumbing to cervical cancer turned out to be an awareness campaign about the deadly disease.
Following her team's Friday Instagram story, which attributed her death to cervical cancer, fans were left in shock, giving rise to various theories circulating on the internet.
Some immediately labelled it as a publicity stunt, while others, including a segment of concerned and surprised fans, took the news seriously. Some industry colleagues also expressed sorrow over the false death report, including Bigg Boss 17 winner Munawar Faruqui and Kangana Ranaut.
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