EXCLUSIVE: Manoj Bajpayee: How can I take a dig at Akshay Kumar?

Manoj Bajpayee was trolled by Akshay Kumar fans some time back after he liked a tweet that in a way mocked Akshay’s generosity for pushing his film and averting a clash with ‘Padmaavat’. The tweet in Hindi, implied that ‘due to the fear of getting crushed, you moved and then you say we gave way for others’.

When asked if he took a dig at Akshay Kumar by supporting a tweet that questioned his ‘generosity’ and decision to avert a clash with ‘Padmaavat’, Manoj clarified his stand. He revealed, “I didn’t know that this tweet was referring to Akshay and you have to take my word for it. A journalist wrote a line (tweet) without naming anybody or anything, which I thought was interesting. It made me laugh, so I reacted to it with a laughter emoji. It was purely a reaction to the tweet, which I thought was relevant to our lives. But it was turned into something nasty, and once I realised that my intention was misconstrued, I deleted it. How can I take a dig at Akshay? He knows that I have immense respect for him. We’ve worked together, it was ridiculous.”