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Bollywood celebrities often refrain from commenting on political parties or leaders in our country but last year, something unusual happened with Randeep Hooda when the actor was slammed for making a ‘casteist’ and ‘s*xist’ joke on politician Mayawati. His comment didn’t sit well with netizens who blasted Hooda for his offensive joke on the politician. Scroll below to read the scoop.
A lot of B-town celebrities have joined politics along with having a successful career in the Hindi film industry including Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Kirron Kher and Shatrughan Sinha to name a few. Coming back to Hooda’s topic, netizens didn’t like his comments on the politician and called him privileged and biased towards Dalit.
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Randeep Hooda can be seen sitting on a stage as he interacts with the audience and adds that he’s going to make a ‘dirty joke’ and brings Mayawati into the conversation. For obvious reasons, this didn’t go well with netizens and they started trolling him on social media.
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Slamming the actor, a user shared his video on Twitter and wrote, “if this does not explain how casteist and sexist this society is, especially towards dalit women, i don’t know what will. the “joke”, the audacity, the crowd. randeep hooda, top bollywood actor talking about a dalit woman, who has been the voice of the oppressed.”
Another user wrote, “Not a “joke” @RandeepHooda . You notice no one makes “jokes” saying a male politician is too ugly to f***? You are doing what casteist, misogynist, insecure turds do when confronted with women whose strength they fear: attack the woman as unattractive.”
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Take a look at the reactions here:
Not a "joke" @RandeepHooda . You notice no one makes "jokes" saying a male politician is too ugly to f***? You are doing what casteist, misogynist, insecure turds do when confronted with women whose strength they fear: attack the woman as unattractive. https://t.co/F4WsmDLbCw
— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) May 25, 2021
if this does not explain how casteist and sexist this society is, especially towards dalit women, i don’t know what will. the “joke”, the audacity, the crowd. randeep hooda, top bollywood actor talking about a dalit woman, who has been the voice of the oppressed. pic.twitter.com/lVxTJKnj53
— Agatha Srishtie 🌸 (@SrishtyRanjan) May 25, 2021
What is more shocking is the utter confidence with which Randeep Hooda @RandeepHooda cracks this degenerate and vulgar casteist and sexist joke about Mayawati, one of the tallest leaders of the country. https://t.co/2XFRHasgT4
— Nissim Mannathukkaren (@nmannathukkaren) May 25, 2021
Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda now making sexist remarks on Mayawati. He has also bragged about his upper-caste pride in the past. How does this country have the audacity to make such casteist & sexist remarks about a Dalit woman? Must be called out!pic.twitter.com/YxIrGeoPuX
— Sankul Sonawane (@Sankul333) May 25, 2021
Meanwhile, on the work front, Hooda was last seen in Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai opposite Salman Khan.
What are your thoughts on Randeep Hooda cracking a s*xist joke on Mayawati? Tell us in the comments below.
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