Randeep Hooda
Twitterati slam Randeep Hooda for sexist joke on Mayawati in old video
Mumbai/IBNS: A Twitter user on Tuesday shared an old clip from a chat show that was attended by Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda, where he could be seen making a sexist joke on former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.
It is not clear when the video was shot but the same has gone viral with netizens slamming the actor for making a sexist joke on Mayawati, "who has been the voice of the Dalits".
Calling out Hooda for his inappropriate joke, the Twitter user, who shared the video, 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 (sic).”
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 🌸 please DM with SOS tweets (@SrishtyRanjan) May 25, 2021
CPIML leader and activist Kavita Krishnan also commented on the video. “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 t**ds do when confronted with women whose strength they fear: attack the woman as unattractive.”
Many netizens demanded that Hooda should apologise for making such a joke.
“This is horrid,” wrote one, while another commented, “Randeep Hooda, apologise.”
One Twitter user lambasted Hooda and posted a comment which read, “Randeep Hooda, is this your mindset about a lady who was 4 times CM of a State? This is sickness.”
There has been no response from the actor on the matter.
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