Lady Gaga wants to go shopping in Bangkok - for a fake Rolex.
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The singer made the comment to her 24 million Twitter followers, sparking an online uproar on Thursday in Thailand where some fans called it offensive, insulting and bad for the country’s image, the Washington Post reported.
She stirred nationalist fervor by highlighting Thailand’s seedy underworld by tweeting: 'I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters. I wanna get lost in a lady market and buy fake Rolex.'
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It is unclear what a “lady market” is but some Thai fans assumed she meant the popular outdoor Ladies Market in Hong Kong.
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“We are more civilized than you think,” tweeted Thai DJ Surahit Siamwalla, who has a ticket to Friday’s show in Bangkok but said he now plans to boycott it.
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“She came to our home, but instead of admiring us she insulted us,” said a commentator on popular Thai web board pantip.com.
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Thai fan Nont Armarttasn sarcastically noted on his Facebook page: “Welcome to the land of counterfeit products, love,” he said. “I’m sure there are plenty of fake Gaga CDs, too.”
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