Abhijeet Bhattacharya reacts to the MeToo movement

Actress Tanushree Dutta has ignited the fire for the MeToo movement in India after she revealed that veteran Bollywood actor Nana Patekar had sexually harassed her on the sets of Horn Ok Pleassss in 2008. Since then, many women, actress and others have opened up about their personal experiences of sexual harassment, sexual assault and even rape. From Alok Nath, to filmmaker Vikas Bahl, Rajat Kapoor to a number of stand-up comedians have been accused of harassment, assault and more.

Bollywood playback singer, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, too has been accused of sexual assault by a flight attendant back in 1998. The accuser alleged that the singer had sexually assaulted her at a pub in Kolkata back in 1998. The singer has since denied the allegations and emphasised on the fact that he has never gone to parties, pubs or Page 3 events in his life. He also expressed that this is just a publicity stunt and he doesn’t need to pay any attention to it.

“Somebody told me over the call. I was not born at that time. I have never gone to pubs in my life. You’ll never find me at any page 3 or filmy parties. My name sells. If someone’s benefiting from it, good. Sometimes earning their bread and butter with my name, it’s fine,” – Abhijeet Bhattacharya told the Indian Express in an interview. (Also Read: Former flight attendant accuses Abhijeet Bhattacharya of sexual misconduct, singer refutes the claims)

But at some point, he turned his usual controversial self and mocked the entire MeToo movement altogether. He went on to say that the entire movement is a publicity stunt and that only fat, dirty and ugly women are coming forward with these allegations.

“I don’t know against whom should I take action. Why should I give attention to that person? You are giving it importance not me. Most of the people who are coming out right now are dirty, ugly people. Koi mota hai koi patla hai. No one deserves (the attention). Just to grab some attention they are coming out. Most of the fat and ugly girls are blaming and I wasn’t born at that time,” – Abhijeet added and we wouldn’t blame if it doesn’t even make sense to you.