Social media has pulled up Hrithik Roshan and Celina Jaitly for tweeting insensitive remarks, after deadly blasts in Istanbul killed 41 persons and injured nearly 239 others. The blasts occurred at Istanbul’s main airport. Hrithik was with his sons at the airport a little before the attack, and tweeted about his ‘close shave’:
missed connecting flight at Istanbul n wer stuck at airport next flight ws next day,but took economy n flew out earlier. #Prayers4istanbul
— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) June 28, 2016
Ws helped by d kindest staff at Istanbul arport hours ago. Shocking news. Innocents killed 4 religion.V must stand united against terrorism.
— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) June 29, 2016
The actor was en route to India after a holiday in Tanzania when the blasts occurred. It was the actor’s mention of the ‘economy’ ticket that rankled.
@CelinaJaitly @HMilkFoundation
Had u been there at the airport, you could share some selfies with victims, shame on u @CelinaJaitly— Javeed (@javeed_glt) June 29, 2016
Oh my my.
People died and we talk of flying economy. https://t.co/3TZzIRc9JH— Priyashmita Guha (@priyashmita) June 29, 2016
Celina Jaitly, meanwhile, managed to slip in a reference to a function that had honoured her, while tweeting her reaction to the attack:
I transited through #istanbul airport last month on my way to #Miami to be honoured by @HMilkFoundation SHOCKED to hear about terrorattack ?
— Celina Jaitly (@CelinaJaitly) June 29, 2016
Subsequently, she was criticised as well.
@CelinaJaitly what’s wrong with u? this is a moment of tragedy not an incident to milk ur share of attention.
— aJiT™ (@oartija) June 29, 2016
@CelinaJaitly @HMilkFoundation oh wow you were being honored? But this is to express your shock at the terrorist act, right?
— ItsAWonderfulLife (@christeneliz) June 29, 2016
@CelinaJaitly@HMilkFoundation
Had u been there at the airport, you could share some selfies with victims, shame on u @CelinaJaitly— Javeed (@javeed_glt) June 29, 2016
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