'i felt a bit bad for him'
India, April 19 -- Friday belonged to Virat Kohli and Instagram's newest obsession, LizLaz. The cricketer, who runs the most-followed Indian Instagram account with 276 million followers, briefly liked one of her posts before unliking it, triggering a fresh round of 'likegate' chatter online, after a similar incident with actor Avneet Kaur last year. Memes, throwbacks, and speculation followed in minutes.
Caught in the middle of the frenzy, German vlogger-musician LizLaz says the attention caught her off guard. "It was crazy because I woke up and then I was all over the news," she tells us in an exclusive chat, adding, "I don't even know when he liked the picture, I learnt through the news. So many people found the articles on me and sent them in my DMs; they were super excited."
The buzz has also revived an old clip where she admits being a Kohli fan. Her connection to cricket, she says, began during a trip to India last year. "I was born in South Africa but brought up in Germany, where the national sport is only football," she shares. "Then I started watching IPL with my friends in Bengaluru... It was contagious and I also became an RCB fan. And obviously, if you support RCB, Virat Kohli is the most exciting player to watch. So I was happy about him liking the picture."
As for the unlike? she isn't reading too much into it. "No, I felt a bit sorry for him actually! I don't even know how it became such a big story. But I am grateful for him liking my pic."...
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