On Thursday, she discharged a shot at feminists and media, because these are apparently the only people outraging against the actor:
Feminists/media shld realise that by making issues over non issues they hurt Womens rights movement ,rathr than empower it @BeingSalmanKhan
— Pooja Bedi (@poojabeditweets) June 23, 2016
We predict this won't be her last tweet of the day. Here are her posts till Wednesday evening:
if @BeingSalmanKhan is wrong then words like mad/retarded/strangled/murdered/crazy should all be considered "POLITICALLY INCORRECT" to use.
— Pooja Bedi (@poojabeditweets) June 22, 2016
If I say "I feel strangled" in my work environment is it insensitive to those that have been strangled?
— Pooja Bedi (@poojabeditweets) June 22, 2016
As educated & sensible people we need 2 calmly see how much of this "protest" against @BeingSalmanKhan is for political gain&Media TRP!
— Pooja Bedi (@poojabeditweets) June 21, 2016
agreed it's not the best simili, but if 2 @BeingSalmanKhan rape is the most brutal physical experience anyone could experience, is he wrong?
— Pooja Bedi (@poojabeditweets) June 21, 2016
If @BeingSalmanKhan's intention was 2 use the term rape to describe something that shatters someone physically and emotionally, is it wrong?
— Pooja Bedi (@poojabeditweets) June 21, 2016
Is @BeingSalmanKhan controversy justified? If I say I fee FAT as an elephant will @PetaIndia file a case? is India getting OVERSENSITIVE?
— Pooja Bedi (@poojabeditweets) June 21, 2016
She also tweeted this in response to one of the several comments calling her out.
Yes! @parasrishi u have to be sensitive to THE ISSUES & VICTIMS. Not sensitive to Analagys, Metaphors &similes @oothikicha
— Pooja Bedi (@poojabeditweets) June 21, 2016
Salman Khan, 50, has been summoned by the National Commission of Women for describing the shattering effects of filming his movie Sultan's wrestling scenes in these terms: "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."
Ms Bedi apart, the actor's family and colleagues such as Nawazuddin Siddiqui have excused his remark by insisting that it was not ill-intentioned. Salman's brother Arbaaz added an inappropriate analogy of his own to Pooja Bedi's 'fat as an elephant' one - "There are some things which we say while talking but we should look at the intention - why was it said? I definitely have no doubt that whatever Salman said, the intention was not wrong. It was just the kind of (statement) where we compare things - 'I worked like a donkey' so now people will say you used the word donkey so some animal activist will come after you," he said.
Salman Khan has not apologized so far.
