Dear ToI, don't blame Deepika: Social media comes to actress' defence

Deepika Padukone may have thought that the verbal duel over her cleavage with the Times of India would be over after she wrote a piece on Facebook titled ‘My Point of View’ and said ‘for me, the topic ends here.’ But, the newspaper is unwilling to let things rest. After a week of argument over whether Deepika is right in showing her cleavage or whether ToI is wrong to publish an article titled, ‘OMG: Deepika Padukone’s cleavage show,’ the newspaper has come out with another article justifying its stand  and accusing the actress of ‘hypocrisy.’ [caption id=“attachment_1723529” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] A screen grab of Deepika Padukone in the song ‘Lovely’[/caption] But, it seems social media is not too happy with ToI’s response. When ToI posted their piece on Facebook , this is what the commentators had to say: Ashwin Verleker: I can’t believe that you are actually justifying the cheapness! Arsheena Piya: This doesn’t change anything TOI. You’re making a bigger fool of yourself trying to give further clarifications lol. Yes, please get a life. Prasila Singh: Get over it TOI and shame on you. You dont own her body or her opinion. Puja Bhattacharyya: The Times of India Its just appalling how you keep justifying ‘your actions’ and pile the blame on Deepika Here are some of the responses on Twitter:

But, then some on Twitter thought that ToI was right in saying that Deepika brought the issue up only for publicity:

And a few thought that Deepika’s cleavage is an embarrassment for the nation:

And then, there were those who were above the ToI-Deepika fiasco. They had some insightful things to say: