While the whole world was celebrating International Women’s Day, Varma celebrated Happy Men’s Day. The director insulted Leone and in no time, he garnered the wrath of Twitter users.
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"Is there no #MensDay because all days in the year belong to only men and the women were given just only one day?" he tweeted. "Women's day should be called #MensDay because men celebrate women much more than women celebrate women."
Is there no #MensDay because all days in the year belong to only men and the women were given just only one day?
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 8, 2017
Women's day should be called #MensDay because men celebrate women much more than women celebrate women
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 8, 2017
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, he made some obnoxious statements. “I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny Leone gives,” he said.
I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny Leone gives
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 8, 2017
After receiving backlash from his followers, he replied, “The negative noise towards my tweet on @SunnyLeone arises from ultimate hypocrisy. She has more honesty and more self respect than any woman.”
The negative noise towards my tweet on @SunnyLeone arises from ultimate hypocrisy.She has more honesty and more self respect than any woman
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 8, 2017
All u illiterates who dint understand my earlier 2 tweets on @SunnyLeone atleast go through dictionary unless u are uneducated for that too
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 8, 2017
Without taking Leone’s name, he even tweeted, "Like there is a Womens Day is there a Womens Night also???"
Like there is a Womens Day is there a Womens Night also???
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 8, 2017
Well, after those controversial tweets, a complaint has been filed against the director. An activist Vishaka Mhambre has filed a case in Goa over Varma's controversial tweet on Leone.
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However, the Sarkar 3 director said that he will file a ‘counter’ against the activist for disrespecting the 18 lakh followers of Leone.
Filing counter against OverActivist wid 212 followers which wud b her family n friends, for disrespecting 18 lakh followers of @SunnyLeone https://t.co/hWQH8XBMYs
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 8, 2017
The director also took to Twitter to apologise for his tweet calling it ‘unintended insensitive’. He said, "My apology is only to those who genuinely got offended and not to those who ranted for publicity and threatened to take law into their hands."
My apology is only to those who genuinely got offended and not to those who ranted for publicity nd threatened to take law into their hands
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) March 9, 2017
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