Who Is Peter Ford? Australian Journalist Who Questioned Priyanka Chopra's Qualifications

Who Is Peter Ford: Actor Priyanka Chopra recently got involved in Twitter spat with an Australian journalist named Peter Ford who questioned if Chopra and her husband Nick Jonas are qualified enough to announce the Oscar nominations.

Priyanka Chopra went live one the Academy's official Twitter handle with her husband and pop star Nick Jonas to announce the nominations for this year's Academy Awards. Posting a picture of the couple holding an Oscar prop, Peter Ford said,  "No disrespect to these two but I'm not sure their contribution to the movies qualifies them to be announcing Oscar nominees."

Would love your thoughts on what qualifies someone. Here are my 60+ film credentials for your adept consideration @mrpford https://t.co/8TY2sw1dKb pic.twitter.com/T8DnQbtXZG

— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) March 16, 2021

Priyanka Chopra didn't just ignore the criticism as she hit back at him by sharing about her 60 plus film credits. The actor wrote, "Would love your thoughts on what qualifies someone. Here are my 60+ film credentials for your adept consideration." She then attached a screen recording of her IMDb page scroll which showed her film credits in Hollywood films and television including her several credits in Bollywood films.

Here's what we know of Peter Ford:

• Peter Ford is an entertainment journalist in Australia. When Priyanka Chopra replied to his tweet, he did not stop there and accepted that he did not realise how extensive her credentials were. Although he stood by his statement and said, " However my opinion hasn't changed."
• He also mentioned that Priyanka Chopra fans are coming at him with abuses. It can be seen that his Twitter account has now been made private.
• According to his bio on social media, Ford covers entertainment news in Australia and New Zealand. He has about 18 thousand followers on Twitter.
• He used to work at 2UE radion station in Sydney for 25 years.
• He has also worked at The Morning Show as the entertainment editor.

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Feature Image credit: Sydney Today