Actor Vicky Kaushal has finally reacted to the controversy caused by a video from Karan Johar's house party last month. Bollywoood stars including him, Deepika Padukone, Rambir Kapoor, Malaika Arora and others, were accused by BJP MLA Manjinder Sirsa of having taken drugs at the party in several tweets and an open letter. Kaushal in a recent interview said "factualising assumptions" is not fair.
"What I understand is that people who don't know you personally, see something and make an assumption.. That's completely fine. We all do that. But factualising assumptions... It's a big leap to take and that's not fair all the time," Kaushal said.
He added, "We all knew the video was being taken and five minutes before the video was shot Karan's mom was with us. The video was put up. Next day I leave for Arunachal Pradesh. I was with the army for the next four days in the hills where there is no network. So I have no clue of what's going on."
Vicky was with Indian soldiers at the Indo-China border of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh as part of a show. The actor said, "I went to my room and checked my Twitter and I was like 'Hain Ji?' 'What?' FIR... Open letter... this that." He said he asked his parents if they knew about it. They said that they did but didn't want him to get hassled about it.
"Of course, it had a huge effect on me. It is not nice to be called those names by people. But there are certain choices you have to make at that point of time. Firstly, what happens on Twitter, how social media trials take place is that it starts from 'Hahaha! They look drugged. Then it goes to 'Oh! They do look drugged! Then it goes to, 'They are actors! They must be drugged,' then to 'No no no! I've seen them taking drugs', then to 'how dare they take drugs', and then to 'shame on them!'," he said.
The actor however, agreed that a majority of people did not believe the rumours. He said he 'felt lame' to even defend himself for it considering how the country had bigger things to deal with. Sirsa had retweeted Johar's video and written, "#UDTABollywood - Fiction Vs Reality Watch how the high and mighty of Bollywood proudly flaunt their drugged state!! I raise my voice against #DrugAbuse by these stars. RT if you too feel disgusted." The tweet attracted sharp criticism from many who wondered how the legislator arrived at the conclusion that the stars were doing drugs while some even argued that it was a private party.
