Salman Khan calls activist Sonam, 'bro', breaks the internet

Wion - World News
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Oct 15, 2026
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Moving on, our simple words have an uncanny way of staying with us.
In an era where celebrities hire crisis management teams
to issue polished statements,
it is the raw, uncalculated words that stay in the public memory.
That is precisely what happened when Salman Khan typed,
Sonam, it's done bro.
The moment arrived unexpectedly amidst a charged public climate
when activist Sonam Wangchuk was leading protesting students
with a hunger strike over alleged
to police while other celebrities either stayed silent
or issued diplomatic non-biased statements
Salman Khan did what he's known
for as Wangchuk's health deteriorated Khan took to social media and
wrote and I quote here Sonam it's done bro don't extend
this keep the spirit for another day
and eat something if you want we'll send food unquote within hours
the conversation shifted
from the politics and the public got locked
into onto the unmistakable aura of the man now now
figures such as Rahul Gandhi Abhijit Dibk they've adopted it's done bro
as part of their protest
slogan the phrase didn't just trend it became
a part of everyday conversations and later a meme
Khan's ability to treat a high-stakes political situation like
a local dispute struck a chord
Gen Z adopted it as an ironic yet definitive reaction to the burnout.
The phrase became impossible to ignore
when Karan Johar stepped onto the sets of his iconic
celebrity talk show.
Johar turned Khan's spontaneous internet-breaking remark
into the foundational punchline for
his grand opening, capturing the room's energy
with Salman's aura, even before the
movie star made his entrance.
In the grand theatre of Indian entertainment,
multi-page manifestos will always bow to a
a single spontaneous line that's thrown out with supreme swagger.
