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Highlights
- Big B contributed a tweet to #WeLoveAbhishekBachchan
- Abhishek responded to tweet about his celebrity status
- He is currently filming Housefull 3
Actor Abhishek Bachchan has now been one of Twitter's most discussed topics three days in a row. Two days after his skirmish with a troll, his fans started trending #WeLoveAbhishekBachchan. The actor's superstar-father Amitabh Bachchan also contributed a tweet to the trend, adding a note on how Abhishek makes him proud:
The hashtag, which started trending early Tuesday, reflected a Twitter still divided in opinion. Some users were on the 40-year-old actor's side:
Others, not so much. On Team Troll:
It all began at Saturday's T20 match in which India beat Pakistan. Abhishek's presence in the VIP stand at Eden Gardens in Kolkata - he was there with his father who sang the National Anthem, Sachin Tendulkar, Mukesh Ambani and others - provoked this tweet from the troll and a response from the actor on Sunday:
It soon became a full-blown argument, with the actor's 2008 turkey Drona invoked:
Other users commenting on the thread and in separate tweets were equally divided between defending Abhishek and denouncing his films.
Abhishek Bachchan has a history of battling trolls. Last June, an incendiary tweet about his little daughter Aaradhya was instantly lacerated by the actor himself and several others. The actor later told news agency PTI, "I do understand that both me and my wife and my parents (Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan) are public figures but my daughter is off limits. I am not here to talk about her. I said what I had to." (Also Read:
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In October, Abhishek had a showdown with stand-up comic Karan Talwar. This was Karan's provocative tweet: "Life is not about answers but questions. Where is my career going? Am I making enough money? Why am I still following @juniorbachchan?"
Abhishek had the perfect response: "Here are the answers: 1. Nowhere 2. For your skill set? Hell yeah! 3. I don't know. I unfollowed you years ago."
Twitter mostly took Abhishek's side, describing Karan Talwar, who retired hurt, as 'no longer funny,' a 'leech' and a 'cheap person.'
Last seen in 2015's
All Is Well, Abhishek Bachchan is currently filming
Housefull 3.