Adnan Siddiqui has said that he regrets being on Aamir Liaquat’s show and has apologised to Sri Devi and Irrfan Khan’s family on behalf of the host.
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In a detailed note posted to social media, Adnan said, “I don’t know how to explain what I’m feeling right now or what to say. But this needs to go out.”
He said that he was invited on Liaquat’s live chat show where the anchor joked how Adnan worked with Sri Devi and Irrfan Khan and both passed away.
“You worked in Mom and Sri Devi died, you worked with Irrfan Khan as well and he passed away,” Liaquat had remarked on the show.
He had further said, “You were offered roles in Mardaani 2 and Jism 2 but you declined, so the actors of those movies [Rani Mukherjee, Bipasha Basu] owe their life to you.”
Adnan wrote, “The anchor joked about something extremely sensitive. Not only were they both close to me but also as a human, it was wrong on so many levels. I cannot even call it ‘hitting below the belt’.”
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Adnan stated that Liaquat comments were very callous and showed him and the country both in bad light. The actor then proceeded to apologise to the families of both the late actors. He said that he felt very uncomfortable with Liaquat’s comments and regrets being on the show.
“I’ve learnt my lesson and I promise I will not tolerate such an act in future,” he added.
Meanwhile, following the backlash on social media, Aamir Liaquat also issued an apology.
“Sometimes you lose control over your words,” said Liaquat in a video. “That happens in a live show. At the time it didn’t seem like a big issue but later when I thought about it, I realised my comments were inappropriate. So I’m really sorry. Keeping humanity in mind, this should not have been said. I made a mistake.”
He added that if he doesn’t want to hurt the people of his country and wants to apologise to all those who were hurt by his comments.
