Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor doesn’t believe in mincing his words while putting up a post on Twitter. He is unfiltered and candid, to say the least, and the way the senior actor deals with trolls and responses is something that not many can think of. And in a recent interview, Kapoor revealed that he has blocked more than 5000 people on Twitter.
Many of his tweets has made headlines especially the one he tweeted about the Pakistani cricket team and another on Beyonce’s pregnancy.
PCB. Cricket team bhejna please.Earlier Hockey ya Kho Kho team bhejin thin. Kyon ki 18th June(Fathers Day) Baap khel raha tumhare saath lol!
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) June 15, 2017
Phool Khilen hain Gulshan Gulshan! pic.twitter.com/MtpnVPujoB
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) November 20, 2017
However, the Kapoor recently made it clear that he will not let anyone dictate to him about what he needs to tweet or post on social media: “I will do and say and write whatever my heart tells me to do. I have the freedom of expression. This is a democracy, and I can say what I want to and what I feel. As long as I am not offending someone personally, or I am not agitating against anything that’s a delicate matter, I don’t think that anyone should have a problem with what I say.”
When asked about the number of times he has been embroiled in a war of words on Twitter, Kapoor remarked, “Who cares! Do you think I give a damn to these trolls or what they say? These so-called trolls feel very important if you [any celebrity] react or respond to their tweet. So, I don’t let them have that moment of joy.”
For [trolls] those that get downright nasty and mean, the actor has a clear strategy in place. “Everything is okay but the moment you abuse me, or you offend me, I would do nothing but simply block you. That means you can no longer follow me or see what I am doing. Either you create a new account, start tweeting and then follow me again. So, you lose me for that period,” he said.
He further added, “If anyone dares to take a dig at my family members or write anything mean on my Twitter timeline, I will block him/her. I don’t want this kind of bad influence on my Twitter. I believe that one bad fish spoils the other lot as well, and since I don’t want this to go on, it’s easier for me to block that person, and then they don’t get to talk to me.”
What a day I’m having. pic.twitter.com/fQSJnzPhrh
— Sucharita Tyagi (@Su4ita) November 20, 2017
