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Yasir Hussain's crass sense of humour at Hum Awards lands him in hot water

Here's what he had to say

Entertainment Desk May 01, 2017

PHOTO: YASIR HUSSAIN/INSTAGRAM

The 5th Hum Awards may have been a night filled with memorable performances and razzmatazz, unfortunately, that is not how it will be remembered.

This night will be remembered by the tasteless joke made by the show's host, Yasir Hussain, when Ahsan Khan won the award for his role in critically acclaimed serial Udaari.

You are willing to ban Udaari, but are you willing to jail the man who molested me?

Ahsan won the award for the Best Negative character and as he came up to receive his accolade, Yasir made a joke, "Itna khobsurat child molester, kash main bhi bacha hota... (Such a handsome child molester, I wish i was a child as well.)"

Soon after this, Twitterati gave their two cents about the matter.

https://twitter.com/Maryam_sheikh19/status/858937634898550784

https://twitter.com/Manum_Babloo/status/858931802978885632

https://twitter.com/kiranraza_01/status/858901042683142144

https://twitter.com/MyraZafar/status/858781082820395008

Really sick pathetic person you're yasir Hussain stop encouraging child molesters #humawards #StopChildAbuse #fuckyouyasir #yasirhussain
— nida masood (@nida_masood2014) April 30, 2017

https://twitter.com/Hafsa_Khawaja/status/858730341267193856

Yasir's improvisation got him in hot water and the Lahore Se Aagay star took to social media to apologise for his comment.

He posted a video on Instagram with caption: "I strongly feel against child abuse and I will make sure to work in adding awareness of this issue!"

Ahsan Khan's performance in Udaari earns him praise from Bollywood

In the video, Yasir is seen saying, "I am just as against child abuse as you might be and should be. The joke I made is perceived differently than I had originally intended to. I apologise to Ahsan Bhai and the rest."

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTgrLzEgDDo/?taken-by=yasir.hussain131

https://www.instagram.com/p/BThTM4WAA8M/?taken-by=yasir.hussain131

While Udaari's prime mission was to spread awareness regarding child abuse, Yasir's joke proves there is still a lot that needs to be done in order to accomplish it.

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COMMENTS (1)

Saddie | 7 years ago | Reply "The joke I made is perceived differently than I had originally intended to." So he intended to joke about it anyway even if the "original intention" was different. The attendees who laughed at the joke are equally disturbing.

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