Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor kicked up a storm on Twitter after lashing out at trolls and abusing women over direct messages. Here's how the drama unfolded...
Rishi Kapoor lashes out at Twitter trolls, allegedly abuses women over private messages
Rishi Kapoor. File pic
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Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor kicked up a storm on Twitter after lashing out at trolls and abusing women over direct messages (DMs) on the micro-blogging platform.
It all started when Rishi Kapoor asked a 'quiz' question to his followers in the wake of Karan Johar becoming father of twins via surrogacy and naming them Yash and Roohi.
QUIZ. What do Rishi Kapoor and Karan Johar have something similar and common between them?
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) 5 March 2017
While some fans answered it correctly...
Named their sons after their fathers !!!!!! #Yash #Ranbir https://t.co/PkJ1prxqbG
— UziShi (@UzmaRS) 5 March 2017
THATS THE ANSWER! We have sons named after our fathers. Touch wood! Quite a few got it though. Thank you for racking your brains lol https://t.co/bPP9aCY0QH
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) 5 March 2017
...some Twitter users chose to troll Rishi Kapoor with their replies.
@chintskap art of getting away with stupidity since you are celebrities?
— Navdeep Singh Chahal (@navdeepthinking) 5 March 2017
Rishi Kapoor lashed out at the user and abused him by replying, "F**k you d******d!"
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Rishi Kapoor's response garnered a lot of criticism and sparked outrage on social media.
Following the incident, at least two women posted screenshots of Rishi Kapoor sending them abusive messages via DMs.
After a fan's word of advice, Rishi Kapoor stopped his abusive rant against trolls and vowed to continue blocking haters without 'explanation'.
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