A newspaper got Nish Kumar’s name wrong and people found it all too relatable
Nish Kumar’s pleasure at seeing his Comedy Central show previewed in the paper was somewhat tapered when he got to the bit where they tried to get his name right.
And got it wrong.
Fucking hell lads. My name is Nish Kumar. pic.twitter.com/IUh0n9uMEk
— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) October 1, 2018
And sad to say people found it all too relatable.
1.
Welcome, brother
— Vinay Patel (@VinayPatel) October 1, 2018
2.
Normally they at least just put the name of a different brown comedian. I’LL TAKE ROMESH KUMAR LADS.
— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) October 1, 2018
3.
Happens bro. They called me Asian Chaudhry after I won an RTS award pic.twitter.com/bYy3OIShQE
— Asim.C (@AsimC86) October 1, 2018
4.
'Starring Nish Indianguy'
— Flames. Flames, on the side of my face (@Scriblit) October 1, 2018
5.
On the first day of "Diversity Month"….
— Nasri Atallah (@NasriAtallah) October 1, 2018
6.
Eh…. what? I mean I call him "Nishi-the-lil-cutie-pie" but this is uck. https://t.co/fcwoU2PfCd
— Aisling Bea (@WeeMissBea) October 1, 2018
7.
Once someone got me mixed up with the other Sikh in my office. The other Sikh. The girl. The petite one. 😒
— Navmatic (@navmatic) October 1, 2018
8.
Why am I not surprised that the bloke that wrote that is called Keith?
— Mark Grimshaw (@markgrimshaw16) October 1, 2018
9.
Chances are he isn't.
— Paul H (@paulisageek) October 1, 2018