LAHORE – Shatrughan Sinha was speaking at the launch of debutant author Dhruv Somani’s A Touch of Evil. He clarified that he was not making fun of the #MeToo movement and his comments should be taken in the “right humour”.
He requested women to not come forward with his name during the rise of the #MeToo movement.
Invoking the popular quote, “Behind every successful man, there is a woman,” the actor said in post-MeToo era, behind the fall of a very successful man is also a woman.
“Today is the time of #MeToo, and there shouldn’t be any shame or hesitation to say that behind a successful man’s fall is a woman. Behind the troubles and infamy of successful men, there have been mostly women that I have seen in this movement,” Shatrughan Sinha said as many in the audience laughed.
He said, “I really call myself fortunate that in today’s times, despite everything that I have done, my name hasn’t come out in the #MeToo movement. Hence, I listen to my wife and often take her as a shield with me so that even if there’s nothing, I can show, ‘I am happily married, my life is good.’”
The actor added, “She is a goddess and my everything. Even if anyone wants to say anything about me, please don’t say.”
