Vivek Oberoi-Meme Row: Swati Maliwal Slams Actor For Distasteful Joke on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan; Calls Out Media House for Terming It ‘Hilarious’

Vivek Oberoi’s boldness to share distasteful memes on social media has not gone down well with the Twitterati. The actor created a stir recently as he shared a meme featuring himself, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aaradhya. It clearly indicated to digging up the past and mocking it which is getting slammed left, right and center. Now, Swati Maliwal, Chairperson, Delhi Commission for Women slammed the actor and a media house for calling it ‘hilarious’. Vivek Oberoi Shares Distasteful Exit Poll Meme Including Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Aaradhya, Salman Khan And It's Wrong At All Levels!.

She shared the news article mentioning the meme as ‘hilarious’ and bashed it saying, “It is hardly hilarious. It's crass, disgusting and reveals the sick mentality of its 'creator'@vivekoberoi. Evident that the man lacks everything - political as well as life skills.” Check out the tweet below.

Swati's Tweet:

Not just her but many other personalities were agitated with this kind of humour that Oberoi portrayed. Sonam Kapoor reacted to the same and called it ‘disgusting and classless.’ Also, actress Gauahar Khan tweeted against the meme. She wrote, “Inke acche din kab aayenge???? Absolutely disrespectful! #NewLow not in politics just in LIFE!”

Sonam's Tweet:

Gauahar's Tweet:

And This is Vivek's 'Creative' Meme:

On the other hand, none of the actors in the above meme have reacted to the havoc that has been created. However, the backlash for the same is intensifying with each passing hour. Was it really needed?

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