The veteran actor has landed himself in many controversies ever since he began tweeting actively in this year. Firstly he tweeted about “importing beef” to solve the issue of cow slaughter issue and his comment on the beef ban in Maharashtra.
And the latest one, when he faced criticism for his comment on Deepika Padukone’s recent video, where he allegedly called women, “kamzor (weak)”.
Left stupefied by the entire hostile response, he says: “I think I will take a temporary break from here, to see the kind of response I get.”
He joined Twitter to share stories which didn’t turn out the way he had expected to be. “I can tell so many stories about my experiences in this industry and more. But people here are just so rude and impulsive. I mean, I’ll write what I feel is right. All the jokes are on me, but even if they don’t like something, they can tell me politely, like ‘listen, I didn’t understand your opinion and didn’t like it’. Why do they have to be rude?” he asks, adding, “I’ve blocked some 300-400 users on my account as they were abusive and used cuss words.”
Close friends and fans encouraged him to have a social media presence.
“For a long time now, many friends and fans have been telling me to join Twitter and share my experiences. I feel that I can tell the world so much. I don’t think the outside world, apart from my friends and family, has given me the respect I deserve. I have been in the industry for 44 years and done some unconventional roles, and yet, no one talks about them,” he rues.