Don’t bully your B-town crush

Bollywood actors take online trolls to the cleaners

MUMBAI: Actors Sonam Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Priyanka Chopra have spoken against social media users who mock celebrities for their views and ideas on socio-political issues.

Sonam, who earlier this week got into a Twitter troll over a four-day meat ban by terming it “misogynistic”, on Thursday called upon the victims of internet bullying to stand up for themselves.

“To everyone out there please have the courage to stand up to bullies, trolls and people who generally put you down...#wearyourcourage,” she tweeted.

Read: Sonam Kapoor links India's meat ban to misogyny, gets punished by Twitter trolls

Sonakshi too was a victim to Twitter trolling earlier this week, when her opinion against the meat ban annoyed some users. “This is a free country! Welcome to BAN-istan ... I meant India ... Stupid autocorrect. (sic),” the Dabangg actor tweeted.

This tweet was followed by remarks directed against the 28-year-old actor. She then gave out a strong reply, saying: “Welcome to Twitter. Where only trolls are allowed to have their say. Yep, the only space they should be taking up in life is the 140 characters here! And the best part is, trolls think they are relevant, while we carry on with our happy and positive lives. God bless you all!”

Sonam lauded Sonakshi’s stand by tweeting: “I’m super proud of you for having the courage to have an opinion and not backing down.” Priyanka, who is shooting in the US for the American TV series Quantico, expressed support for her tinsel town colleagues.

This is not the first time that female actors have been targeted on social media platforms. In the past, actors including Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone have been judged for their views on Twitter. 

Published in The Express Tribune, September 14^th,  2015.

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