When Rita Ora Got Accused Of Male Objectification & S*xism After She Ripped Open Zac Efron’s Shirt At MTV Awards, Actor Later Said, “I Was Having A Mild Heart Attack…”

Singer and songwriter Rita Ora, way back in 2014 made headlines for the wrong reasons when she got on the stage of MTV Awards and ripped Zac Efron’s shirt after he won the prize in the ‘Best Shirtless Performance’ category. Ora soon faced the heat from the Internet as she was accused of male objectification and s*xism. Scroll down to read the details.

For the unversed, Zac Efron won the coveted MTV Award trophy after he was pitted against Sam Claflin, Jennifer Aniston, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Chris Hemsworth. Efron bagged the award for his movie That Awkward Moment which is a 2014 comedy flick. Interestingly, the actor again won the same award in 2015 for the movie Neighbors.

Speaking of the Rita Ora controversy, as per Animated Times, the singer taking off Zac Efron’s shirt on the big stage of MTV Awards sparked a debate on the Internet as to what would have happened if a man had done the same with a woman with just her bra on. Many at the time claimed it was a publicity stunt which Rita Ora denied adamantly. In an interview, the British songstress said, “Kind of like somebody in my mind spoke to me and said, ‘You better go rip that shirt off!’” Zac Efron, after the incident was too asked if he knew Ora was going to rip his shirt off. To this the actor stated, “No I did not [know] honest to God.”