03 March,2017 08:30 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
'Sarkar 3' director Ram Gopal Varma took a dig at Tiger Shroff by calling him a 'bikini babe'. RGV also made a homophobic rant against the Bollywood actor in a tweet that he later deleted
RGV calls Tiger Shroff a 'bikini babe', says 'only gays pose like this'
Ram Gopal Varma
'Sarkar 3' director Ram Gopal Varma took a dig at Tiger Shroff by calling him a 'bikini babe'. RGV also made a homophobic rant against the Bollywood actor in a tweet that he later deleted.
On Tiger Shroff's birthday on Thursday, Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter to post a shirtless picture of the actor and mocked him in a series of tweets.
Here's what RGV tweeted:
Ram Gopal Varma also made a tweet where he said, "only gays pose like this and not men." The director, however, later deleted the tweet. Here's a screenshot of the tweet:
After noticing the outrage on social media, Ram Gopal Varma defended himself by tweeting, "Hey @bindasbhidu all my tweets on @iTIGERSHROFF are purely as ur fan and not otherwise ..please tell this to @AyeshaShroff and him (sic)"
Meanwhile, Tiger Shroff's father Jackie Shroff stars in RGV's 'Sarkar 3'. We wonder what he has to say about Ram Gopal Varma's comments about his son.
This is not the first time RGV has courted controversy for his statements. Here are a few instances when he made headlines for the wrong reasons:
Ram Gopal Varma calls Rajinikanth a 'bad looker', faces wrath of 'Thalaiva' fans
After Shobhaa De, Ram Gopal Varma mocks India's performance at Rio Olympics!
Twitter user accuses Ram Gopal Varma of copying poster from playstation ad
Ram Gopal Varma's sexist, racist rant on Obamas, Melania Trump will shock you!
RGV at it again! Twitterati try to help 'sexist' Ram Gopal Varma 'grow up'