‘Not in Coldplay’: Thousands of Indian twitterati follow the wrong Chris Martin, and it’s hilarious!

There was only one glitch. They were all wishing a certain British stand-up comedian whose Tiwtter fan following just spiked by 500-odd Indian followers in just a day! And no, he is not in Coldplay! Apparently, the band’s frontman doesn’t even have a Twitter account.

He tried to apprise everyone of the error by tweeting out a clarification: “To the 500 Indian followers I gained in the last day I’m not in Coldplay. I’m sure Chris was great in Mumbai but I can’t pass on the message”. But apparently that wasn’t enough. So, to further set the record straight, the not-Coldplay Martin even changed his profile picture.

.@ChrisMcomedy new profile photo pic.twitter.com/LS1GXrJWbU

— Chris Martin (@ChrisMcomedy) 20 November 2016

That didn’t quite work either as the numbers still went upwards.

.@ChrisMcomedy Now got a 1000 more followers, but compared to Indian population that’s only 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000.1 % of you

— Chris Martin (@ChrisMcomedy) 20 November 2016

Those who managed to catch his ‘tweet’ seemed to have questions for him any way – from returning the Kohinoor to understanding the difference! Most of which received a response – all in good humour.

@ChrisMcomedy please ask your queen to return Kohinoor

— gab.ai/doubt (@doubtinggaurav) 20 November 2016

I see no difference @ChrisMcomedy pic.twitter.com/WO1JhyhM15

— thecoldplayeffect ?? (@dcoldplayeffect) 20 November 2016

@ChrisMcomedy who are you…? What do you do for living?

— Dr Ankur Kulkarni (@ankurkulkarni27) 20 November 2016

But he soon warmed up to the thought of having such a huge fan following in India, and tried to get himself some deals while at it.

.@ChrisMcomedy let’s take advantage: can any of my new Indian followers hook me up with tickets to the next cricket test match please??

— Chris Martin (@ChrisMcomedy) 20 November 2016

.@ChrisMcomedy Hello India. doing a live podcast with @CarlDonnelly @seannwalsh next Sunday (no singing) tix only £5 https://t.co/iEwT6MHqob

— Chris Martin (@ChrisMcomedy) 20 November 2016

@ChrisMcomedy right I’m going to book out a theatre in Mumbai. It will have no songs. Just jokes about owls and Dogs. Who’s coming?

— Chris Martin (@ChrisMcomedy) 20 November 2016

Well, non-Coldplay Chris Martin may not draw up the same crowds as Sunday’s event, but by the look of it, we can get a decent-sized theatre quite full should he come down for a gig. Don’t you think?