#MeToo: Preity Zinta apologises for hurting sentiments
Actor
Preity
Zinta, who has been receiving backlash for her views on #MeToo
movement, released her statement on the movement and aplogised for
unintentionally hurting sentiments of people.
In
her statement, the 'Kal Ho Naa Ho' star said, "I am a huge supporter of
the movement and its unfortunate that some of my comments were taken out of
context. I recognise that everyone is in a position to fight back and I don't
want to marginalise the women that have been abused."
Referring
to her own #MeToo
experience, Preity said that it also happened to her and she reacted to
it strongly.
"My
reason for saying this 'I wish something like this would have happened to me, I
would have reacted to it and much layer, when it did happen, I did react and
the whole world saw it," she stated.
The
#MeToo movement, which began in Hollywood more than a year ago, gathered steam
in India after actor Tanushree Dutta accused co-star Nana Patekar of allegedly
harassing her on the sets of 'Horn Ok Pleassss' in 2008. Read
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