Elissa raises controversy with her “slip of the tongue” in Jordan

The Lebanese actress, Elissa, sparked an interaction on social media, today, Tuesday, due to a “slip of the tongue” while speaking at a press conference.
Social media users circulated a video of Elissa during her speech at the conference to launch the “Bridges” initiative in cooperation with the United Nations Economic and Social Committee for Western Asia “ESCWA”, held in Jordan. She said “potato” instead of “unemployment”, but she quickly reformed the word.
Elissa explained jokingly with the present audience that her “slip of the tongue” will become the talk of social media, so that the audience laughs and applauds her.

قالت بعفويتها المعتادة "البطاطا" عن "البطالة" الا انها عادت واصلحت الكلمة بسرعة، وقالت ممازحه"هلق هيدي رح يعلقوا فيها على السوشيال ميديا"😂♥️#elissa #اليسا_الاسكوا #UNESCWA @elissazkh pic.twitter.com/aDDLCTYALZ

— ﮼زهرة (@elissaz12) May 31, 2022

Elisa’s “slip of the tongue” was ridiculed by many users of social networking sites, as some explained that the Lebanese artist was feeling hungry at that time, while another user wrote jokingly: “Indeed, unemployment and potatoes are one, because potatoes are as big as unemployment in The Arab world, but you are sweet.

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لما قالت البطاطا ، عسل مرة 😂🥹❤️#اليسا_الاسكوا

— Zahra🇸🇦 (@zah0rkh) May 31, 2022

Jusoor is a regional initiative that aims to reduce inequalities in the region, and ESCWA chose Elisa as its advertising face.
Today, Tuesday, the work of the first Arab Forum for Equality in the Jordanian capital, Amman, concluded under the auspices of the United Nations Commission “ESCWA”, which was launched on Monday, under the title “Towards Inclusive Employment for Young Men and Women in the Arab Region”.
The forum aims to provide a regional platform for Arab countries to meet periodically in order to discuss the main issues related to inequality in an integrated manner, and to put forward ideas and practical solutions for the policies required to reduce it.