Several celebrities and the public have slammed a magazine for writing an article that called Priyanka Chopra a “modern-day scam artist” over her marriage to American singer Nick Jonas. Published by The Cut on their website, the blatantly racist, sexist, and xenophobic piece was rife with first world complex combined with a hint of misogyny. Journalist Mariah Smith, who came up with the article that has now been deleted, wrote several things about Chopra, nothing nice, including, “All Nick wanted was a possible fling with Hollywood's latest It Woman, but instead he wound up staring straight at a life sentence with a global scam artist.”
She also wrote, “Even more upsetting, she's a scam artist who never even took the time to make sure he was comfortable riding a horse before arranging for him to enter their wedding ceremony on horseback.” The piece found much-deserved hate online by several people, including Nick's brother and his fiance, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner. Sophie slammed the article saying, “This is wildly inappropriate and totally disgusting. Very disappointed that The Cut would give anyone a platform to spew such bullshit.” Joe wrote, “This is disgusting. @TheCut should be ashamed to have someone write such evil words. What Nick & Pri have is Beautiful Love. Thank u, Next.”
There was a strong reaction from Bollywood too, with actress Sonam Kapoor calling the article “sexist, racist and disgusting”. She tweeted, “For a publication that 'shows women's what they are made of' @TheCut has a lot to answer for. The article on @priyankachopra was sexist, racist and disgusting. Also it's written by a woman which is so sad. It reeks of envy and bitterness. @mRiah shame on you!”
After the furore, the website issued an apology and said it has deleted the objectionable article. “An earlier story about Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas did not meet our standards. We've removed it and apologize,” The Cut wrote on its official Twitter handle. It had however, earlier “updated” the article, just removing the objectionable mentions of the actress. They had even kept the tag 'Scam' intact after the update.
