Esha Gupta Slams Blind Items And Points Out Mental Agony Caused By Them In a Series of Tweets
Earlier, it was actress Kriti Sanon who had bashed the concept of blind items in her Instagram post.
Late star Sushant Singh Rajput's sudden demise has opened up a talk around some of the controversial practices inside the Bollywood industry. Amid many of them is the concept of 'blind item' published in the publications. These are basically those articles which claim a particular scandalous incident without giving out names and other specific context but leave enough hints for the readers. Many of them recently called out this practice. Now, Bollywood actress Esha Gupta too has taken to social media to slam blind items. Kriti Sanon Calls Out Blind Items, Social Media's Toxicity and Media Coverage Of Funerals After Sushant Singh Rajput's Death (Read Tweets).
In a series of tweets, the B-town beauty called out certain journalists without taking any names. She talked about how these faceless articles affect celebs mentally, including their families.
In one of the tweets, she writes, "The crux of all this is, things like “blind items” are a write up of low life’s pimps with sad life who decide to cook up stories about anyone living their life nonchalantly on their own terms. It bothers these scums that we don’t succumb to their bullsh*t." She said in another tweet, "I cannot comment on other things as I don’t know how much of it is true, but every uneducated over paid unethical “journalist” who writes blind items should be slammed. You make our life a joke, just because we don’t treat you like god." Check out the tweet series below.
Screengrab of Esha Gupta's Tweets
Earlier, it was actress Kriti Sanon who had bashed the concept of blind items in her Instagram post. She clearly stated that 'blind items should be illegal and banned and also come under mental harassment.' Now, with these kind of articles are getting called out widely, they might finally stop getting published. Stay tuned for more updates.
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