Overview

• Priyanka Chopra posted on Instagram, “Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forward,” without addressing the dispute directly.
• Manager Anjula Acharia-Bath told Variety the conversation centered on Chopra at 50–60% versus 20–25% each for John Cena and Idris Elba, saying “the data doesn’t lie.”
• She cited AI tools including ChatGPT and Grok as the basis for attributing the film’s online buzz to Chopra.
• Online reaction featured pushback from Cena and Elba fans, and Chopra has not issued a formal response.
• Separately, regional reports say Chopra has begun a Nairobi schedule for S. S. Rajamouli’s SSMB29, tentatively titled Globetrotter, with Mahesh Babu and Prithviraj Sukumar.