Deepika Padukone Crashes Clubhouse With Her Audio Festival 'Care Package'

Deepika Padukone, who has battled depression and runs a foundation for mental health, "curated a package full of conversations and performances" by leaders around the world

Invite-only social media app Clubhouse blew up on Tuesday evening after Deepika Padukone hosted the first-of-its kind festival titled 'Care Package,' crashing the voice-based social network for a while. Unsurprising - as one Clubhouse user tweeted, you know a superstar has arrived "when servers fail." Clubhouse reportedly crashed when there were 8,000 concurrent users listening to 'Care Package,' which consisted of conversations from leaders around the world on the importance of self-care. Deepika Padukone, who has battled depression and runs a foundation for mental health, "curated a package full of conversations and performances" by Clubhouse co-founder Paul Davison, singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad, influencers Jay Shetty and Radhi Devlukia, head of international at Clubhouse Aarthi Ramamurthy, multidisciplinary artist and entrepreneur Raghava KK, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz Sriram Krishnan and The Artidote. Less than 5 minutes of @deepikapadukone on Clubhouse, and servers are already struggling. pic.twitter.com/r8qegKruuw Wow Deepika joined clubhouse and the server crashed from how packed it was. Congrats to everyone who made it in, I couldn't even get passed the registration You know a superstar is here when the servers fail and the room is jam-packed with more than 3k users. It's such a progressive and important discussion about mental health on CH @deepikapadukone@TLLLFoundation "More than external factors, it's about the journey I am on right now. What triggered that? I don't know. I feel like today I wake up every morning thinking what is my purpose? That's what motivates me every day. I'm beginning to go inside." - Deepika Padukone @deepikapadukone make clubhouse hang for bit , great session on mental health "care". pic.twitter.com/tdmZxjli4v Clubhouse is crashing! The queen is here! https://t.co/PBrCZBPH44 Deepika Padukone broke ClubhouseIt talks so much about India as a market and why every disruption can be easily disrupted here.#soproud As part of 'Care Package,' Deepika Padukone talked about figuring out the "purpose" of her life every morning, what "motivates" her every day, how she practices "being mindful and being present," how she separates her professional life from her personal life and how life has changed after addressing her own mental health issues. Several fans of the actress and people who have suffered mental illness joined Clubhouse at 7 pm yesterday and a few moments after Deepika Padukone joined the artists around the world at the festival, the server crashed. The actress broke Clubhouse for a few minutes - because she's Deepika Padukone. Several tweets by users who attended the festival showed how Clubhouse went on a break after Deepika Padukone arrived. "Less than 5 minutes of Deepika Padukone on Clubhouse, and servers are already struggling," wrote a user while another tweeted: "Wow, Deepika joined clubhouse and the server crashed from how packed it was. Congrats to everyone who made it in, I couldn't even get passed the registration."