Vivek Oberoi deletes meme on Aishwarya Rai, tweets apology

MUMBAI - Vivek Oberoi has apologised for the crass tweet where he compared the ongoing elections to Salman Khan and Aishwarya's affair back in the early 2000s.

He wrote, "Sometimes what appears to be funny and harmless at first glance to one, may not be so to others. I have spent the last 10 years empowering more than 2000 underprivileged girls, I can't even think of being disrespectful to any woman ever."

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He also tweeted, "Even if one woman is offended by my reply to the meme, it calls for remedial action. Apologies. tweet deleted."

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This apology was being made after the social media users and celebrities bashed Vivek for digging up Aishwarya and Salman's affair.

Bollywood's Masakali girl Sonam Kapoor had also slammed Vivek Oberoi saying that it was "disgusting and classless". Urmila Matondkar lashed out saying that he should remove the tweet, if not apologise to Aishwarya and her daughter Aaradhya.

Here is the viral meme:



Vivek Oberoi had dug up Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai's 2002 affair and compared it to the poll results. He brought up that Aishwarya had once been in a relationship with Salman Khan (calling it opinion poll), but later dated him (exit poll) and finally married Abhishek Bachchan (the end result).

The actor has also been served a legal notice by the National Commission Of Women.

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