Twitter furious at Kangana for laughing at rape joke in viral video

'Rape is a dark word. Let’s not water it down,' wrote one user

Kangana Ranaut, the outspoken and bold Bollywood diva, has sparked a controversy time and again because of her stance on nepotism.

In a video that has gone viral on social media, the Rangoon star and actor Jim Sarbh (Ranveer Singh's right hand, Malik Kafur, in Padmaavat), were seen sharing a laugh at the Cannes Film Festival this year.



In the video, Sarbh is heard saying, “I’d rather be raped by 12 prostitutes than touch alcohol and the Punjabi says ‘Me too, I didn’t know that was an option'.”

As he completes his ‘joke’, Kangana is seen cracking up along with the rest of the party. The video appears to be from a Cannes after-party. This was Ranaut's first visit to the prestigious film fest.



Twitter is livid.

So Jim Sarbh made a rape joke at #Cannes2018 and feminist Kangana Ranaut laughed over it. Ofcourse twitter feminists haven't gone mad at her or Jim the way they did over Salman Khan's comment.

Who knows Jim anyways. Small Fly. No primetime debate material.

— Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj (@DeepikaBhardwaj) May 18, 2018

After Bashing #SalmanKhan #KanganaRanaut laughs on a rape joke by Jim Sarbh
These almost ppl...think it’s okay to joke n laugh about rape.We live in a society that teaches women to defend themselves from rape, instead of teaching men not to rape women n they laugh!
Shame on u! pic.twitter.com/CmH21MQaAg

— Samy (@SamyGioia) May 18, 2018

https://twitter.com/dhruveshshahz16/status/997106187177836544

Dear @kangna_ranaut & @jimSarbh https://t.co/0EOMO4VbdD
Rape is never funny, neither Rape Jokes are. Don't show world you're dumb & inhuman.
I pray for you to grow up & be mature more than just a piece of meat.

— Bong Chong (বং-চোঙ) 🐾🐕 (@pgccu) May 18, 2018

Dear Jim Sarbh/ Kangana Ranaut
Rape jokes are not funny. Rape is NOT a joke. If you tell or laugh at jokes about rape you are a part of the problem. https://t.co/Pk5bSB9zCr

— @karishmaupadhyay.bsky (@karishmau) May 15, 2018

https://twitter.com/_shruti_singh_/status/996244764386213888

The Queen star previously condemned Salman Khan's comments on rape during a promotional interview for his film with Anushka Sharma, Sultan.

The actor had said, “When I used to walk out of the ring, after the shoot, I used to feel like a raped woman. I couldn’t walk straight.”

Among the very few in the industry who reacted to the comment, the Tanu Weds Manu actor had then said, “We all agree that it is a horrible thing to say, it is something which is extremely insensitive. But what I would like to say is let’s not encourage the mentality where we want to point fingers at each other and want to feel greater by just running people down by trolling them.”



Talking about the recent controversy, Sarbh told Bollywood Life, “First of all, I understand the environment we live in just now, in light of recent events, but more frankly, in light of events going on since the beginning of human consciousness, rape is a deadly serious issue. I treat it as such."

He went on to add, "The joke that I made is about a Priest blowing a very casual question completely out of proportion, condemning alcohol, prostitutes, and rape all simultaneously. The Punjabi (or whichever ethnicity, depending on the audience) responds to the situation by consenting to it and expressing his sexual proclivities. I personally do not find it to be about a desire to rape, or to inflict sexual violence upon another, but a subversive and comedic response to an extremely volatile sentence.”

We wonder what Ranaut has to say about this.

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