Shilpa Shetty has slammed Twitter trolls for making fun of her misinterpretation of George Orwell's "Animal Farm." The actress posted a series of tweets on Nov. 29, Monday after she was mocked on the micro-blogging platform for calling it a children's book.
"Whilst I admire the writers of LOTR, Harry Potter & Animal Farm, I've "NEVER" read these books (@ the cost of soundin [sic] even dumber!) Not my kind," she wrote on Twitter. "So recommending them to kids is out of the question! Obviously some misunderstanding. Don't want to get into it. This too shall pass."
The actress also shared an Instagram post of a picture that read, "Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people, who are committed to misunderstanding you." Shetty accompanied the photo with the following caption, "My mom always says that when you are a Celebrity Never complain and Never Explain". Love must be unconditional.. Mine stays."
It all started when the 41-year-old was asked by a newspaper about her views about the Council of School Certificate Examination 's (CISCE) inclusion of the "Harry Potter" series in the English literature syllabus for junior and middle school students for the 2017-2018 academic year.
In response, Shetty said that including books like "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" in the syllabus was a great step towards cultivating imagination and creativity among young students. She later added that titles like "Little Women" encourage kids to respect women and suggested that "Animal Farm" should also be added to the syllabus as it teaches children to love and care for animals.
The only problem being that Orwell's "Animal Farm" is not a children's book is a political satire of the Soviet Union under the rule of Joseph Stalin. Twitterati were quick to point out the blunder and even got the hashtag #ShilpaShettyReviews to trend on Twitter. Here are some of the tweets: