Deepika Padukone has slammed India’s leading news daily Times of India (TOI) for their article on the outfit that she wore at a recent event.
Attaching a screenshot of her cleavage revealing outfit from TOI Entertainment’s official Twitter handle, Deepika tweeted “Supposedly India’s ‘LEADING’ newspaper and this is ‘NEWS’!!??”
“YES!I am a Woman.I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??”
“Don’t talk about Woman’s Empowerment when YOU don’t know how to RESPECT Women!” she said in a series of tweets that followed.
Minutes after she sent out her tweets, the industry and several leading journalist joined-in, asking the media to be more responsible.
- “SHOCKED what it takes to get attention. Our Media needs to be more responsible & sensitive” Ritesh Sidhwani
- “we just slam ourselves back into the dark ages! Reputed channels inciting regressive shit. What are they thinking?! Sad!” tweeted the director of Finding Fanny.
- “They think Deepika Padukone has a cleavage. I think she has got a spine” said Hindustan Times columnist Madhavan Narayanan.
- “Respect, Deepika Padukone, for taking on this bullshit. More power to you.” Ranvir Shorey
- “More power to @deepikapadukone :-) dats how u shut them up” Huma Qureshi
- “absolutely disgusting that this is what they choose to write about! Good on you for speaking up against this bullshit! Xxx” Ileana D’Cruz
After the uproar that followed Deepika’s tweets, the official Twitter handle of TOI Entertainment deleted the tweet of her cleavage, but followed it up with a shockingly disgusting reply. Their tweet read “@deepikapadukone , It’s a compliment! You look so great that we want to make sure everyone knew! :)”