Shilpa Shetty apologises for her BHANGI remark and hurting community sentiments

A day back, Shilpa Shetty and Salman Khan’s recpective statements landed them amid trouble. While Salman, while promoting ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ on a TV show described the word ‘Bhangi’ to use his dancing style, Shilpa lightheartedly used the same to describe her dressing style at home. (Also Read: Shilpa Shetty just gave us a DATE night outfit to steal!)

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc1OrnbBvTf/?hl=en&taken-by=theshilpashetty

This irked the Valmikis, a Dalit community predominantly seen in Rajasthan. An FIR was even lodged against Salman for the same.

Now, Shilpa has taken to Twitter to apologise in case her remarks hurt anybody’s statement.

Some of my words from an interview in the past have been misinterpreted.It was never said with the intent of hurting anyone’s feelings…

— SHILPA SHETTY KUNDRA (@TheShilpaShetty) December 23, 2017

I apologize if they have. I’m proud to belong to a country that boasts of diverse castes and creeds and I respect each one of them.??

— SHILPA SHETTY KUNDRA (@TheShilpaShetty) December 23, 2017

Hope this puts a rest to the controversy!

Ranjini Maitra

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