GRETA GARBLED
Climate change teen changes her Twitter name to Sharon after Mastermind blunder
TEENAGE climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has had fun on Twitter after a game show gaffe. The protester changed her name to “Sharon” on the social media site in honour of a wrong answer on BBC’s Celebrity Mastermind. Amanda Henderson, who plays Robyn Miller in Casualty, was asked to name the Swedish activist who made the No One is Too Small to Make a Difference speeches. Looking stumped, she shook her head and guessed: “Sharon.” A clip of her answer – and host John Humphrys’ deadpan response – has been viewed over five million times.
It’s not the first time Greta, 17, has played with her Twitter profile.
Last month, US President Donald Trump tweeted: “Greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill, Greta, Chill!” In response, Ms Thunberg edited her bio to say she was “a teenager working on her anger management problem. Currently chilling and watching a good old fashioned movie with a friend”.
Earlier that week, she changed her bio to say she was a “pirralha” – the Portuguese word for brat – after
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro criticised her for highlighting the plight of his country’s indigenous people.
He said: “Greta’s been saying Indians have died because they were defending the Amazon.
“It’s amazing how much space the press gives this kind of pirralha.”
In October she changed her profile to “a kind but poorly-informed teenager” after Russian President Vladimir Putin had described her as that.
In September Mr Trump posted a video of her emotional speech to the UN conference and sarcastically commented: “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future.”
She changed her bio accordingly: “A very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future.”