Abhay Deol talks about his Facebook posts which took a dig at celebs endorsing fairness brands

Actor Abhay Deol made headlines when he took a dig at all those celebs who have endorsed fairness brands. He had put up a series of Facebook posts with screenshots of all actors and their fairness ads and the actors included Shah Rukh Khan, Vidya Balan, Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Yami Gautam, and Ileana D’Cruz. (Also Read: Abhay Deol takes a sarcastic dig at Shah Rukh, Deepika and more for endorsing fairness creams)

His ‘Aisha’ co-star Sonam Kapoor did not take it lightly and put up a picture of his cousin sister Esha Deol endorsing a brand. She was trolled really bad and eventually had to delete her tweet.

Now, Abhay Deol has opened up on the entire incident and why did he put up those posts on Facebook in the first place. Speaking with a popular tabloid, he said, “Honestly I didn’t care what people from the fraternity think because this is not about me or them. I have nothing personal against them. I put up the post because I was tired of celebrities and brands telling me that they are simply propagating a regressive message which has existed in our society for hundreds of years. The frustration comes from the fact that by cashing in on it, we’re only perpetuating it further. So, since this is not about Sonam and me, let’s stick to the issue at hand, shall we?”

He added, “I have my faults too; I’m not holier than thou. I only wish to stop reinforcing a myth so we can deal with the real problem. Some people will take offence to everything. That’s okay, we need people like that so we can know what not to do.” He also said how as a Punjabi kid, he often used to hear things like, “Hai​ kitna gora hai, his cheeks are so red.”

Finally he concluded by saying, “The ads reiterating that fair-skinned people became successful confirmed the notion. It was only when I went to Los Angeles for further studies and befriended many browns and blacks who were proud of their complexion that I realised how wrong the conditioning had been.”

We wonder what the other celebs have to say to this now.

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