Hello India, I'm not in Coldplay, clarifies Chris Martin

Guess sharing a celebrity's name does make you a celebrity in one way or another

Chris Martin has the same name as the lead singer of Coldplay - and that is what recently made him famous. British comedian Martin has, to his own and all of our amusement, received an influx of Twitter followers from India shortly after a Coldplay concert in Mumbai.

Martin currently has more than 13,000 followers on Twitter. It did not take long for him to realise the reason for his sudden popularity and tweeted: "To the 500 Indian followers I gained in the last day I'm not in Coldplay."

https://twitter.com/ChrisMcomedy/status/800065887088807940

He later on updated his Twitter profile picture to "not in Coldplay" and added "currently HUGE in India" to his Twitter bio.

https://twitter.com/ChrisMcomedy/status/800273145735376896

He told the BBC that a lot of his new followers are "laughing with me and a surprising amount feel sorry for me".

you look like you're being held captive

— Liampsmith91 (@liampsmith91) November 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/ChrisMcomedy/status/800274858613624832

"A few have pointed out that me and him look similar. I don't see it, but I guess we are both skinny white men with some half baked facial hair," the British comedian added.

Martin has been retweeting some of the hilarious responses he has been getting from India, including one that read: "Why do all white men look the same?"

https://twitter.com/deshbhakthoon/status/800336392060424192

 

He said that despite his clarifications a lot of his followers seem to have stuck around.

"Pity followers I call them. But I'll take them. Since it's been in the media a few have jumped on the bandwagon. Everyone is welcome in my follower crew."

Some of them have even gone to his website and watched his stand-up clips some loved it but not everyone appreciated his talents.

@ChrisMcomedy tried to watch your comedy videos on YouTube, That's very tough British accent to understand...need subtitles 😅

— Dr.Dheeraj kumar M.D ,DrNB(Med. Gastro) (@djstark89) November 21, 2016

watched couple of ur videos, they are pretty amazing...
Great work

— Debashree Das (@DebashreeDas) November 21, 2016

unfortunately I knew you weren't him but checked you out to see what the hype was about. And damn, you're actually funny! 🙈

— dash⁷=¹ •⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠ seokjin’s wife (@seoksxual) November 22, 2016

https://twitter.com/stylishriot/status/800641771952832513

"One guy said he didn't find it at all funny but then called me 'buddy'. Quite possibly the politest online troll I've ever had," Chris Martin said.

Saw some of your Videos, Trust me those were not at all Funny. Still good luck buddy....

— Ankur Kulkarni (@ankurkulkarni27) November 21, 2016

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