Yaana Gupta
Yaana Gupta

Aha! Finally we’ve got the truth straight from the model’s mouth! Remember I told you about my weird encounter with someone masquerading as Yaana Gupta some time ago?

Barbara Mori and Yaana Gupta
Barbara Mori and Yaana Gupta

Flashback: I got a request from someone claiming to be Yaana Gupta‘s manager asking if I’d do a Twitter interview with her handle @YaanaOfficial that she claimed to have newly set up because she had forgotten her gmail password. She got to a few other peeps in the media before me because my radio pal Anjaan from Josh FM in Dubai was following her. When I asked him if he had managed to speak to her and he said, “Nope she didn’t agree to be called. I just made a shout out saying new twitter account.” Around the same time I got a Twitter DM from verified Rahul Mahajan asking me to confirm Yaana Gupta’s Twitter handle saying, “she gave me her London no on Whatsapp, she said she can’t call or text only Whatsapp.” That’s when my alarm bells went off! Read more…

Well I got an email from the REAL Yaana Gupta a few days ago telling me she had heard about the incident and in fact her dad sent her a link to my blog, (go dad!)

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So here’s the REAL Yaana Gupta in the flesh setting the record straight exclusively for MissMalini.com! So there you have it, Catfish busted.