After being called out on social media for her racist comments against Arsenal’s Nigerian footballer Alexander Iwobi, actress Esha Gupta issued an apology by saying that she did not “realise it was directed towards racism.” [caption id=“attachment_3964135” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Esha Gupta. File image[/caption] Esha had shared a screenshot of her WhatsApp conversation with a friend on Instagram stories, which was sharply criticised by netizens for being racist. [caption id=“attachment_5981101” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]
Esha Gupta’s Instagram story. Instagram[/caption] The screenshot, which was deleted soon after, saw the friend referring to Iwobi as a “gorilla”, that “evolution stopped for him”, and said that the footballer had not changed from “neanderthal to man”. In reply, Esha wrote,“Haha… I don’t know why they don’t bench him more.” Following the backlash, Esha Gupta took to Twitter and apologised.
Esha Gupta was widely slammed on Twitter after she shared a WhatsApp conversation on Instagram story about Nigerian footballer Alexander Iwobi.
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