Fan frenzy as social media almost kill off Joey Boy

Misinformation, that great stumbling block of the social networks, had hundreds of fans of the 41-year-old rapper leaving “RIP” comments on his various sharing platforms.
All that happened was that Joey Boy had posted the tragic news that his former sound engineer had been found dead at home. Some of the fans read only the “Joey Boy” and “found dead” parts of the message and concluded that their idol was the one who’d died. Panicked imaginations stoked a wildfire.
Fortunately the newspaper Siam Dara was quick to track Joey down, finding him very much alive and attending a public event. “I laughed about it, actually,” he told them (surely referring to the rumour about him rather than the passing of a colleague).
“In this day and age everything comes and goes so fast and most times people don’t take the time to listen or read carefully before jumping to conclusions,” Joey said evenly. “Most of the time we blame the press for distorting the facts, but there are a lot of cases like this where people don’t pay enough attention when taking in the news. It’s like the whispering game – it starts out as one thing and ends up a completely different down the end of the line.
“I don’t blame anyone and I don’t take offence. But I would like to take this opportunity to offer my condolences to the families of the deceased.”
Joey Boy then took to Instagram with the reassurance that “I’m alive!” He added a series of hashtags including “I posted this myself”, “The deceased used to work with me” and “Respect for the deceased, please”.


Looks familiar

If you wear the same outfit as a diva, you’re obviously her devoted fan. But if a diva dresses like another diva, let battle commence.
Singer-turned-actress Rhatha “Yaya Ying” Phongam inadvertently started a war when she posted a picture on Instagram of herself in the exact same outfit that Pachrapa “Aum” Chaichua had previously worn. In terms of stardom, style icon Aum outranks Yaya, so blood boiled.
We’re talking about simple denim jeans matched with a white cold-shoulder blouse, but that didn’t matter. And it wasn’t a question of who wore it first or better, but who was the bigger star.
Gossip reporters’ ears pricked up as Aum’s fans tore into Yaya Ying, accusing her of stealing their idol’s look. Siam Dara, again quick off the mark, rushed to get Yaya’s response.
“Oh gosh, no, it was never my intention to steal someone’s look, especially Aum’s!” she said. “I would never in a million years dare to try and compete with her. She’s the most fabulous and she’s my idol. I went to an event and the outfit was prepared for me. The stylist matched it up and I had no idea Aum had worn the same outfit.”
Aum has more than a million followers on Instagram and every one of them was gleefully waiting for her reaction. Incredibly, but full credit for coolness, she said not a word.