On social media, a screenshot of a restaurant bill featuring an image of Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and Indian cricketer Virat Kohli with their daughter is going viral. Social media users are ferociously sharing this screenshot and claiming that despite being Hindus, Virat and Anushka ate beef at a restaurant in Florida, USA.
Claim made through the viral screenshot
A user named Hydrogen X shared this viral bill screenshot along with an image and wrote: “JUST IN : Viral restaurant bill of Virat Kohli & Anushka Sharma in Florida, USA. He was eating beef despite being Hindu.”
Source: X(Twitter)
The archive link can be seen here
Other users also shared this screenshot
Additionally, we discovered that multiple users on X (Twitter) shared the widely circulated bill screenshot, who made similar claims.
Source: X(Twitter)
The archive can be here.
Source: X(Twitter)
The archive link can be seen here.
Fact-Check
The team conducted a reverse image search to look into the viral screenshot’s true reality. They discovered media reports from Mirror.co.uk and India Times that included a screenshot of a restaurant bill and detailed how a customer named Jeffrey Paige had to burn a hole in his pocket after failing to read the menu at Chef Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant and receiving an absurdly large bill at the end of his meal. Moreover, the media reports were published two years ago.
Source: Mirror.co.uk and Indiatimes
Following this, the photo of Virat and Anushka with their daughter dates back to 2021, the year when Virat played the T20 Cricket World Cup in Dubai. The picture was discovered along with a media article from the Times of India newspaper on Virat Kohli’s official X (Twitter) account.
Source: X(Twitter)
On October 20, 2021, the newspaper website “Times of India” released a media report. According to this Times of India report:“Virat Kohli took to his Twitter handle to share an adorable picture of himself with his wife Anushka Sharma and daughter Vamika from Dubai. In the photo, Virat, Anushka and Vamika are seen having breakfast in Dubai where the cricketer is currently there for the Cricket World Cup”.
Source: Times of India
Furthermore, a media report of Times Now media reported that Virat Kohli became vegan in 2018 as a result of a number of health problems, including high acidity levels.
Source: Times Now
In addition, Anushka Sharma reportedly stopped eating meat and non-vegetarian products in 2015, as per a report published in India Today.
Source: India Today
Conclusion
It is clear from fact-check that the viral bill screenshot shared with the claim that Virat and Anushka consumed beef despite being Hindu is completely fake as both of the celebrities have been practising vegan diet since many years.