Swara Bhasker Clarifies Her Calling A 4-Year-Old A 'Ch***** And A Kamina; Says, 'I Did Not Abuse That Child'

Swara Bhasker clarifies herself on the controversy of abusing a child artist while referring to an old incident on a comedy show. A case was also filed against the actor

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Swara Bhasker Clarifies Her Calling A 4-Year-Old A 'Ch***** And A Kamina; Says, 'I Did Not Abuse That Child'
Swara Bhasker got herself in controversy lately for the usage of abusive language towards a four-year-old child actor as she narrated an old incident on a comedy show recently. The actress appeared on a chat show hosted by a standup comedian, Abish Matthew, were sharing an incident she mentioned how when a four-year-old called her aunty she thought to herself that ‘kamina’ and a ‘ch***ya’ kid is calling me an aunty. This comment of Swara didn’t go down well with the netizens, followed by being slammed online for the usage of derogatory terms towards the child artiste.

According to the actress, the incident was blown out of proportion and she was targeted, shared the actress as she interacted with a news agency. In conversation with IANS, she said, “I was on a comedy show, narrating a funny incident about my first experience shooting in Mumbai. In that partly exaggerated and satirical narration, where I was using a comedic, adult and self-deprecating tone, I used certain swear words. The words were used to display in an adult-humorous tone, my exaggerated frustrations and emotions during my struggling days." ALSO READ: Sheer Qorma First Look: Swara Bhasker And Divya Dutta's Love Story Forms The Premise Of This Film That Celebrates The LQBTQ Community


There were reports also of NGO dealing with National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, filing complaint against the actress and demanding for action against her for her nasty comments.

Clarifying herself furthermore, she said, “I’m not trying to justify swearing -- those were undoubtedly an ill-advised choice of words, but they were not seriously used. It was said jokingly and self-deprecatingly. Comics do it all the time without anyone blinking an eyelid. I did not abuse that or any child. It's important for me to correct that and at least put out a factually accurate version and the full context of what happened."


 The actress was last seen in Veere Di Wedding. 


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