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How Can She Slap

2008

Published March 10, 2026

How Can She Slap?!is a catchphrasestemming from an incident that occurred during the shoot of Dadagiri: Beat the Bullies, an Indian reality TV show that claims to be the " meanest TV show" on India...

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Overview

How Can She Slap?!is a catchphrasestemming from an incident that occurred during the shoot of Dadagiri: Beat the Bullies, an Indian reality TV show that claims to be the " meanest TV show" on Indian television. In the show, contestants were instructed to withst and verbal and physical mistreatment. In one such episode, a " bully" Esha, the Goddess slapped television actor Ravi Bhatia.

Origin & Background

Creator
Esha

How It Spread

Although the incident happened in May of 2008, on September 3rd, 2008,TMZ published the video in the article " When a Man Slaps a Woman -- The Indian Edition." The clip of the fight never aired on television. Within days of the clips release,remixesstarted appearing online. One of the earliest, posted on September 9th, 2008 by Evil Daedalus, was " How can she BONK." The post received more than 757,000 views in less than 13 years. Less than one month later, on September 20th,Urban Dictionaryuser Flipyoutoo defined the phrase as " The appropriate verbal response after bitch slapping a chick who hit you first." The post received more than 13 years.