Kangana Ranaut has managed to establish herself as a serious actor, often being identified as a confident feminist for her statements and actions. The Manikarnika actor never hesitates to call out insensitive and irrelevant comments. Earlier when Salman Khan had equated his physical training to being raped, many had agreed with Kangana's strong opinion against the statement, earning her the approval from her female fans.
Recently spotted in a video from a late night after-party at Cannes was Jim Sarbh making a rape joke. In the video, Jim was heard saying, "I'd rather be raped by 12 prostitutes than touch alcohol," to which Kangana says 'me too, I didn't know that was an option."
Kangana can be seen laughing along with a few other people at the party.
Jim, however, in a statement clarified that his comment was taken out of context.
"It is unfortunate that my comments were taken out of context. I do not now nor have I ever condoned any form of sexual violence. This has been picked out of context without a prelude where I am actually enacting parts of a play which is a dark satire," he said in a statement.
"Sexual violence is a serious issue and I treat it as such. It is unfortunate that my comments were taken out of context. I do not now nor have I ever condoned any form of sexual violence," he added.
Jim Sarbh played the role of a terrorist in Sonam Kapoor's Neerja and was seen alongside Ranveer Singh in Padmavat. Jim attended the 71st Cannes Film Festival representing a liquor brand, which even Kangana was representing.
Earlier, when Salman Khan was promoting his film Sultan with Anushka Sharma, Salman had said, "When I used to walk out of the ring, after the shoot, I used to feel like a raped woman. I couldn't walk straight." Among a lot of reactions from Bollywood celebrities and fans, Kangana had said, "We all agree that it is a horrible thing to say, it is something which is extremely insensitive. But what I would like to say is let's not encourage the mentality where we want to point fingers at each other and want to feel greater by just running people down by trolling them."
The Twitterati is showing extreme offense in their comments to Jim's joke.
Video got deleted so uploading it again.
— Od (@odshek) May 15, 2018
Woke queen Kangana seen laughing at a rape joke here along with Jim Sarbh. Kangana had previously called out Salman for an insensitive rape remark.pic.twitter.com/B1lpIqy0Kg
Dear Jim Sarbh/ Kangana Ranaut
— ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@karishmau) May 15, 2018
Rape jokes are not funny. Rape is NOT a joke. If you tell or laugh at jokes about rape you are a part of the problem. https://t.co/Pk5bSB9zCr
@jimSarbh very disappointed in you.
— Aroana (@aroana2404) May 17, 2018
Rape is a dark word. Let’s not water it down to describe a brutal gym session or a bad day at work or with a joke.@jimSarbh #KanganaRanaut have some sense before cracking such jokes !!
— Dhruvesh Shah ✨ (@dhruveshshahz16) May 17, 2018