US Vice President Mike Pence Reminds Kal Penn Of This Bollywood Character

Indian-American actor Kal Penn's unexpected dig at US Vice President Mike Pence has Twitter laughing

New Delhi: Indian-American actor Kal Penn's latest tweet is earning him lots of laughs online, and confusing plenty of his followers. The actor took to Twitter on Thursday to take a dig at American Vice President Mike Pence, but with an unexpected Bollywood twist. "Mike Pence reminds me of Kantaben from Kal Ho Na Ho," he tweeted The Nikhil Advani-directed Bollywood film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta. The character of Kantaben is played by Sulbha Arya. Kantaben is central to a running gag in the movie that has her reacting strongly to the prospect of Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan's characters being gay. Mr Pence is notorious for his anti-LGBT stance.

Mike Pence reminds me of Kantaben from "Kal Ho Na Ho"
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) April 5, 2017

The actor's tweet has been liked over 3,500 times and retweeted at least 1,700 times and is provoking hilarious reactions online.

Here's what the film's director has to say

@nikkhiladvani @karanjohar hahahaha thanks. Big fan, guys!
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) April 5, 2017

A lot of people seem to agree with him

@kalpenn Amazing! Everytime I see him now 'Heeyyyyy Kantaben' will play in my head. Thanks Kal
— K S (@__Kay__Ess__) April 6, 2017

@kalpenn @moomeep Screams KaaaaantaBen in almost Dolby sound and shakes his head vigorously.
— A C H A R Y A (@acharyasayan) April 6, 2017

Most people think his reference is strangely on point

@AaronFuegostein @kalpenn pic.twitter.com/kh8RzXNZ5j
— Dr.MEss (@tragic_mess) April 5, 2017

@kalpenn That came out of left field but what a reference...absolute gold
— Meet Parikh (@meet269) April 6, 2017

@kalpenn Shade on point.
— Geetika Kalloo (@GeetikaKalloo) April 6, 2017

Plenty more wish everyone understood Penn's reference

@kalpenn I truely feel sad for the folks who won't understand this reference, just awesome
— Wahab Ali (@CrazySecurity) April 5, 2017

@kalpenn I couldn't stop laughing after reading tweet but it would be bouncer for most of Americans.
— dipil (@dipilpatel) April 6, 2017

There are lots of people left understandably confused

@kalpenn I'm sure a billion people get this reference... I do not.
— Hans D. Herman (@zebrahdh) April 5, 2017

@kalpenn not even going to pretend I know the character reference, but I imagine he's a pretty convincing super-villain
— Fuegostein (@AaronFuegostein) April 5, 2017

@kalpenn I don't even know what that is, but it rolls off the tongue nicely
— Mom-wench (@donna_neidert) April 5, 2017

@kalpenn I don't know what that is, but if it resembles a comic book villain, yes.
— Carla (@twirlgrrrl) April 5, 2017

This person has the perfect solution for them though

@kalpenn No lie, #KalHoNaHo is on Netflix right now! If you have 4 hours to spare to understand the reference, it's worth it! #ItsTheTimeToDisco
— MelRox Smith (@MotorMouthMili) April 6, 2017

Mr Pence has controversially stated he believes being gay is a "choice" and has previously supported "conversion therapy," a procedure that has been called out by scientists as having no basis in medical fact.

In that case, this person may just be right