Ushna Shah calls out ‘bullies’ for mocking her English accent

The actor took to Twitter to address people who accuse her of faking a foreign accent

Actor Ushna Shah recently took to Twitter to address the trolls mocking her English accent and deeming it fake. Ushna asserted that her accent was acquired after spending her “formative years” in Canada, where she was educated.

Calling the bullying “abuse”, the actor wrote, “Having spent my formative years i.e all of grade school, most of high school and then uni in Canada, and then consciously downplaying my accent while in Pakistan.” She continued, “I’m still accused of faking a “foreign accent”. You all are a bunch of bullies and this is abuse FYI.”

Having spent my formative years i.e: All of Grade School, most of High-School and then Uni in Canada, & then consciously downplaying my 🇨🇦 accent while in Pakistan.. I’m still accused of *faking* a “foreign accent”. Ya’ll are a bunch of bullies & and this is abuse FYI.

— Ushna Shah (@ushnashah) January 1, 2022

The actor, who is not one to shy away from stating her opinions on social media, recently called out people who are of the opinion that acting as a profession is below them or believe that actors promote “vulgarity”, asserting that they should not follow drama serials or the associated actors’ social media accounts.

Channelling the rage, the 31-year-old actor tweeted, “Every Pakistani with morals and ethics who finds acting and actors inferior, who thinks we spread ‘fahashi’ (vulgarity) should promptly get rid of their TV (or any channel that shows content that isn’t preaching Islam) and get off social media immediately!”

Ushna is all set to feature in the upcoming Pak-Turk joint drama series on Salahuddin Ayubi. The show will be focusing on the life of the great Muslim leader - better known in the West as Saladin.

In addition to Ushna, Adnan Jilani, Farhan Agha, and Ayesha Omar, were also chosen in the first round of auditions that were held in Lahore and Karachi. Over 6,000 professional and budding actors had applied for the tryouts, but only 62 were short-listed for the Islamic warrior series, to be screened in Pakistan and Turkey simultaneously.