Comedian almost predicted WhatsApp outage hours before appointment of Rishi Sunak, here's what happened

Stand-up comedian Sindhu Vee predicted Tuesday's WhatsApp outage on her Twitter handle a day before (October 24) Rishi Sunak was appointed as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on October 25.

After Liz Truss resigned from her position as Britain's Prime Minister last week, all eyes were set on Indian-origin Rishi Sunak. Predicting a WhatsApp outage, Sindhu on October 24 tweeted, "Heads up: WhatsApp is going to break if tomorrow a billion Indians get Diwali AND a UK PM."

Heads up WhatsApp is going to break if tomorrow a billion Indians get Diwali AND a UK PM.

— Sindhu Vee (@sindhuvfunny) October 23, 2022

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The meta-owned messaging app, WhatsApp crashed globally following the day of Vee's prediction. WhatsApp was down for users across the globe for close to two hours, making it its biggest-ever outage. Sindhu Venkatanarayanan is an Indian comedian who performs in the United Kingdom.

As soon as the news broke about the WhatsApp disruption, social media users commented on Sindhu Vee's post and wrote, "you predicted it." A user wrote, "Guess you were right!"

A user wrote, "Do you have any predictions for upcoming sports events?" Another user wrote, "You were ahead of time." Messaging service WhatsApp stopped working just after noon in India and other countries on October 25.

Devi Charan kahan h aapke 

— Shruti Upadhyay (@Shruadhyay) October 25, 2022

Just tell me if I’ll be a billionaire 

— Janet Machuka (@janetmachuka_) October 25, 2022

You were ahead of time

— Hope (@Hope_tycoon) October 25, 2022

Alaa you got it

— Koech Festo (@KoechFesto2) October 25, 2022