{"id":82129,"date":"2020-12-09T20:28:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=82129"},"modified":"2020-12-09T20:28:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:58:57","slug":"images-of-hollywood-actresses-used-to-target-sonia-gandhi-with-sexist-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/images-of-hollywood-actresses-used-to-target-sonia-gandhi-with-sexist-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Images of Hollywood actresses used to target Sonia Gandhi with sexist comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 9, the president of the Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi celebrated her 74th birthday. Several politicians extended best wishes to her and prayed for her health on Twitter. At the same time, an all too familiar section on the platform, juxtaposed images of Gandhi and Hollywood stars to trend the hashtags <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#\u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f_\u092c\u093e\u0930_\u0921\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0930_\u0926\u093f\u0935\u0938<\/a> (International Bar Dancer Day) and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23BarDancerDay&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=image\">#BarDancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82131 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_24_56-India-_-Twitter-trending-hashtag-and-topics-today-_-trends24.in-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1815\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_24_56-India-_-Twitter-trending-hashtag-and-topics-today-_-trends24.in-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefo.jpg 1815w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_24_56-India-_-Twitter-trending-hashtag-and-topics-today-_-trends24.in-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefo-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_24_56-India-_-Twitter-trending-hashtag-and-topics-today-_-trends24.in-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefo-1024x506.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_24_56-India-_-Twitter-trending-hashtag-and-topics-today-_-trends24.in-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefo-768x380.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_24_56-India-_-Twitter-trending-hashtag-and-topics-today-_-trends24.in-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefo-1536x759.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1815px) 100vw, 1815px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brand_vrai\/status\/1336515150602510337\">@Brand_vrai<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201209110202\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brand_vrai\/status\/1336515150602510337\">archived link<\/a>) shared a collage while using #BarDancerDay multiple times. This tweet gained over 900 retweets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82134 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_30_56-12-\u0935\u093f\u0928\u092f-\u0930\u093e\u092f\u092c\u094d\u0930\u0939\u094d\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0937\u093f\ud83c\udff9-on-Twitter_-_Please-Retweet-BarDancerDay-BarDancer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_30_56-12-\u0935\u093f\u0928\u092f-\u0930\u093e\u092f\u092c\u094d\u0930\u0939\u094d\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0937\u093f\ud83c\udff9-on-Twitter_-_Please-Retweet-BarDancerDay-BarDancer.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_30_56-12-\u0935\u093f\u0928\u092f-\u0930\u093e\u092f\u092c\u094d\u0930\u0939\u094d\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0937\u093f\ud83c\udff9-on-Twitter_-_Please-Retweet-BarDancerDay-BarDancer-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twitter users <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6OWwcX17fWGrqeD\/status\/1336530098137120768\">@6OWwcX17fWGrqeD<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avinash0785\/status\/1336526133093781508\">@avinash0785<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doctorrichabjp\/status\/1336573629279084545\">@doctorrichabjp<\/a> posted a photo montage. On the left is a recent image of Gandhi, while on the right are three black and white images of women. As per the claim, the black-white images depict Gandhi in 1970. Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doctorrichabjp\/status\/1336573629279084545\">@doctorrichabjp<\/a> wrote, &#8220;Happy Birthday to the lady who went from wearing skimpy clothes to the most expensive ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Translated from: \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u091b\u094b\u091f\u0947 \u0915\u092a\u0921\u093c\u094b \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0939\u0901\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u092a\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0935\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e\u0926\u093f\u0935\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u0936\u0941\u092d\u0915\u093e\u092e\u0928\u093e\u090f\u0902)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-82129 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/images-of-hollywood-actresses-used-to-target-sonia-gandhi-with-sexist-comments\/2020-12-09-16_42_46\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_42_46-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_42_46-.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-16_42_46--240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Sexist targetting of Gandhi using photos of Hollywood actresses continues<\/h4>\n<p>This is not the first time that Gandhi has been targetted with images of Hollywood actresses. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/images-of-ursula-andress-from-james-bond-movie-resurface-as-sonia-gandhis-photographs\/\">March 2019<\/a>, Alt News reported that a photograph of Marilyn Monroe was morphed with Sonia Gandhi\u2019s face, calling her a \u201cbar dancer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image posted by Twitter user @Brand_vrai <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82140 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/EoxBcTHXYAAb87-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/EoxBcTHXYAAb87-.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/EoxBcTHXYAAb87--300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Image on the left<\/strong>: The woman in this image is indeed Sonia Gandhi. It was published in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/politics\/national\/rare-photos-of-congress-chief-sonia-gandhi-10906.html\">India TV<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_09_50-Rare-photos-of-Congress-Chief-Sonia-Gandhi-_-National-News-\u2013-India-TV-\u2014-Mozilla-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1482\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_09_50-Rare-photos-of-Congress-Chief-Sonia-Gandhi-_-National-News-\u2013-India-TV-\u2014-Mozilla-.jpg 1482w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_09_50-Rare-photos-of-Congress-Chief-Sonia-Gandhi-_-National-News-\u2013-India-TV-\u2014-Mozilla--300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_09_50-Rare-photos-of-Congress-Chief-Sonia-Gandhi-_-National-News-\u2013-India-TV-\u2014-Mozilla--1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_09_50-Rare-photos-of-Congress-Chief-Sonia-Gandhi-_-National-News-\u2013-India-TV-\u2014-Mozilla--768x465.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1482px) 100vw, 1482px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Image on the right: <\/strong>This image is available on stock images website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-untamed-youth-usa-1957-howard-w-koch-young-dancing-couple-in-the-1950s-114039361.html\">Alamy<\/a>. As per the caption, it shows a US-based couple in the 1950s. Readers should note Gandhi was born in 1946.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82151 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_36_30-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1237\" height=\"911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_36_30-.jpg 1237w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_36_30--300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_36_30--1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_36_30--768x566.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1237px) 100vw, 1237px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Images posted by Twitter user @doctorrichabjp<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_03_59-Photos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1322\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_03_59-Photos.jpg 1322w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_03_59-Photos-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_03_59-Photos-1024x566.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_03_59-Photos-768x425.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1322px) 100vw, 1322px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Image in the centre: <\/strong>The woman in this image is Swiss actor Ursula Andress. The image is from the sets of the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No. We found this image on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000266\/mediaviewer\/rm983401728\/\">Internet Movies Database<\/a> (IMDb).<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82150 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_30_54-Ursula-Andress-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1473\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_30_54-Ursula-Andress-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 1473w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_30_54-Ursula-Andress-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_30_54-Ursula-Andress-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_30_54-Ursula-Andress-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1473px) 100vw, 1473px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Image on top left: <\/strong>This image is also of Andress. We found it on Russia-based celebrity photo website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplace2.ru\/photos\/Ursula-Andress-md2831\/pic-369856.html\">The Place<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82152 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_44_29-Ursula-Andress-photo-47-of-161-pics-wallpaper-photo-369856-ThePlace2-\u2014-Moz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1311\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_44_29-Ursula-Andress-photo-47-of-161-pics-wallpaper-photo-369856-ThePlace2-\u2014-Moz.jpg 1311w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_44_29-Ursula-Andress-photo-47-of-161-pics-wallpaper-photo-369856-ThePlace2-\u2014-Moz-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_44_29-Ursula-Andress-photo-47-of-161-pics-wallpaper-photo-369856-ThePlace2-\u2014-Moz-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-09-17_44_29-Ursula-Andress-photo-47-of-161-pics-wallpaper-photo-369856-ThePlace2-\u2014-Moz-768x479.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1311px) 100vw, 1311px\" \/><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Image on the bottom left: <\/strong>This is a photograph of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purepeople.com\/media\/marilyn-monroe-dans-the-seven-year-itch_m1896691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marilyn Monroe<\/a> that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sankat.mochan.376\/posts\/554837954673427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">morphed with Sonia Gandhi\u2019s face<\/a>.\u00a0 It is being shared on social media since 2015 with the claim that Gandhi was a \u201cbar dancer\u201d.<br \/>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82153 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1794\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-3.jpg 1794w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-3-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-3-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-3-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-3-1536x856.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1794px) 100vw, 1794px\" \/><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alt News has debunked this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=bar+dancer\">misinformation<\/a> every year since 2018. Photographs of Hollywood actresses are used to question Sonia Gandhi&#8217;s &#8216;morality&#8217;. The viral claims not only target Gandhi but the actresses too whose jobs are looked down upon and used for cheap political propaganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 9, the president of the Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi celebrated her 74th birthday. Several politicians extended best wishes to her and prayed for her health on Twitter. 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