Karan Johar apologizes for hurting sentiments of the Northeast
What's the story
A day after Karan Johar was trolled on social media for allegedly "insulting" the culture and the traditional headgears of the people of the Northeast, the filmmaker apologized today for his "purely unintentional" remarks. Karan uploaded a video clip on Instagram on November 10, shot on the sets of 'India's Got Talent', where he, along with Kirron Kher and Malaika Arora serve as jury.
Apology
It came from a place of no knowledge: Karan
After being severely criticized for his comments, Karan replied to an Assamese journalist, saying he would like to apologize in case he had hurt any sentiments. "It was purely unintentional and came from a place of no knowledge which is absolutely no excuse. I am extremely sensitive to the different cultures of our land and I am very sorry," he wrote on Twitter.
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Karan's tweet containing the apology to the journalist
You are absolutely right and I would like to apologise if I have hurt any sentiments.....it was purely unintentional and came from a place of no knowledge which is absolutely no excuse....am extremely sensitive to the different cultures of our land and I am very sorry.... https://t.co/7dgzreI90L
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) November 14, 2018
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Have deleted the Insta post, informs Karan
Also have deleted the insta post! https://t.co/oyq89NNbuh
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) November 14, 2018
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The hats Karan made fun of were gifted to them
The aforementioned clip showed Kher wearing a spiked-bamboo Arunachalee hat and Karan exclaiming, "Oh my god, what's that on your head?" To this Kher replied, "People from Arunachal Pradesh have brought it for me and they have got this for you," showing him an Assamese Japi. When she asked why Karan was not wearing the Japi, he says, "Because you have guts, I don't."