#boycottspiderman: Indians Are Angry At The Wrong Tom Holland

Indians couldn’t control their calm after historian Tom Holland with the Twitter handle @holland_tom ridiculed India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi for renaming a cricket stadium after him.

The historian tweeted,

“I’m a huge admirer of the modesty Modi showed in naming the world’s largest cricket stadium after himself.”

I’m a huge admirer of the modesty Modi showed in naming the world’s largest cricket stadium after himself.

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— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) February 24, 2021

He further wrote,

“Not always a good sign for countries when leaders start pulling that trick…”

Not always a good sign for countries when leaders start pulling that trick…

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— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) February 24, 2021

However, Indians mistook the Twitter account with the actor Tom Holland, a 24-year-old British star of the Spider-Man series of Marvel movies. Soon after the tweet from the historian made rounds on social media, #boycottspiderman started to trend on the micro-blogging site.

One of the social media users wrote,

“This is India’s internal matter. We will teach you a lesson of lifetime. #boycottspiderman”

This is India’s internal matter. We will teach you a lesson of lifetime.#boycottspiderman

— Propa Genda Jeevi (@beeing_shah) February 24, 2021

Another one wrote,

“You conspirator, conspiring against the global leader (Modi). You just wait, Delhi police are coming for you.”

The historian later apologized and wrote,

“Oh dear — I seem single-handed to have destroyed prospects for the next Spider-Man in India. I should have remembered that with great power comes great responsibility.”

My apologies to @SpiderManMovie. I should have remembered that with great power comes great responsibility.

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) February 25, 2021

He further wrote,

“Just for the record, & to save Marvel’s profits in India, I freely acknowledge that Narendra Modi is a man of immense humility, and that his naming the world’s largest cricket stadium after himself is in no way quite hilariously immodest.”

Just for the record, & to save Marvel’s profits in India, I freely acknowledge that Narendra Modi is a man of immense humility, and that his naming the world’s largest cricket stadium after himself is in no way quite hilariously immodest.

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) February 25, 2021

Many Indians also started to troll those who got mad at the wrong Tom Holland.

“Twitter on the hands of Illiterates is dangerous than a Gun on the hands of Terrors!”

Stop your heights of Dumbness and stop #BoycottSpiderman @TomHolland1996 we are with you!

— Kishan Nayak (@kishannk11) February 27, 2021

Tom Holland when he sees #BoycottSpiderman trending for a tweet he never tweeted: pic.twitter.com/5Tvow5L7KF

— Emma²⁸ᴴdirectionergleeksミ★ is a Wald-Mignon! (@1d_ft_glee) February 26, 2021

@TomHolland1996 after bhakts starting #BoycottSpiderman on twitter instead of @holland_tom 😂 : pic.twitter.com/2lYMTeN3vL

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— Ey Hosyari (@EHosyari) February 25, 2021

Tom Holland when he saw #BoycottSpiderman trending by bhakts because someone with similar name made a tweet. pic.twitter.com/0dYSUkzDal

— Mucifer Lorningstar (@Farzaynn) February 25, 2021

It is pertinent to mention here that a stadium in Ahmedabad was renamed from Motera to Narendra Modi on Wednesday, 24th February.