Virat and Anushka in litter feud
Star couple called out a litterer in India, and in turn have been slammed for invasion of privacy
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli confronted a man for littering on a street in India on Saturday. Kohli posted a video of the incident on Twitter, which immediately went viral.
The young man and his mother have now slammed the couple.
“Saw these people throwing garbage on the road and pulled them up rightfully,” Kohli had captioned his video, which saw Sharma ordering the man to roll down his window and giving him a piece of her mind.
“Travelling in a luxury car and brains gone for a toss. These people will keep our country clean? Yeah right! If you see something wrong happening like this, do the same and spread awareness,” Kohli added.
Arhhan Singh, the man in the video, took to Instagram to defend himself and give the couple some advice.
“Mrs Anushka Sharma Kohli a little etiquette and politeness in ur dialogue wouldn’t have made u a lesser star. There are all kinds of manners and hygiene... verbal etiquette is one of them. The garbage that mistakenly went out of the window of my ‘luxury car’, was way less than the garbage that came out from your mouth [sic],” @arhhansingh posted.
Singh’s mother Gittanjali lashed out at the couple.
With a screengrab from Kohli’s video, @gittanjali.elizabeth posted on Instagram: “As a mother, I would like to state that you have not only shamed my son @arhhansingh on social media by not blurring his face, but you’ve also exposed him to unwanted hostility and danger from fanatics for such a small thing that you claim he has done but have no proof of anyways? I am concerned about my son’s safety.”
The response then sparked a debate about Singh’s right to privacy.
Instagram user @arshdeep_12_ wrote: “Anushka is no where wrong a sq mm or 100 sq mm litter means litter .. and she didn’t abuse you, she scolded you appropriately and every responsibile citizen should do that with every irresponsible citizen like you. Virat Kohli did the very right thing by shooting and posting the video because people like you should be taught a lesson [sic].”
@deepakv712 tweeted: “This whole ‘Garbage saga’ is being unnecessarily stretched. What Anushka did was not wrong but Virat should have blurred out the face before uploading the video. That’s it.”