Sona Mohapatra Recalls Preity Zinta's 'Sweetu-MeToo' Comment From 2018, Calls Her 'Minion Of Patriarchy'
Singer Sona Mohapatra was enraged by a netizen's comment on MeToo movement. A part of the Twitter user's insensitive remark was reportedly first said by actress Preity Zinta in an interview in 2018
Singer
Sona
Mohapatra
was
enraged
by
a
netizen's
comment
on
MeToo
movement.
A
part
of
the
Twitter
user's
insensitive
remark
was
reportedly
first
said
by
actress
Preity
Zinta
in
an
interview
in
2018.
Sona
went
on
to
slam
the
actress
and
called
her
'minion
of
patriarchy'.
Reacting
to
Sona's
tweet
about
the
latest
developments
in
the
MJ
Akbar
defamation
case,
the
user
had
written,
"Let
the
court
speak
up
...
Sweetoo
sweeto
can't
be
metoo
metoo
after
break
up
by
man."
@mjakbar
case
let
the
court
speak
up
...
Sweetoo
sweeto
can't
be
metoo
metoo
after
break
up
by
man...
—
Reservation
Economy-No
Cast
Based
(@Dwarkadhish5)
January
27,
2021
Quoting
the
tweet,
Sona
revealed
that
the
comment
was
first
used
by
Preity.
Sona
wrote,
"This
disgusting
line
was
plagiarised
by
this
moron
from
an
interview
given
by
the
silly,
dim-witted,
minion
of
patriarchy
Priety
Zinta,
yesteryear
decoration
in
films
when
asked
about
the
@IndiaMeToo
movement
last
year.
The
effect
of
celebrity
culture
&
its
sorry
influence."
This
disgusting
line
👇🏾
was
plagiarised
by
this
moron
from
an
interview
given
by
the
silly,dim-witted,minion
of
patriarchy
Priety
Zinta,
yesteryear
decoration
in
films
when
asked
about
the
@IndiaMeToo
movement
last
year.The
effect
of
celebrity
culture
&
its
sorry
influence.
🤮
https://t.co/qKVnrVnEP5
According
to
reports,
Zinta
in
a
2018
interview
with
Bollywood
Hungama
was
asked
whether
she
had
ever
experienced
harassment
at
the
workplace.
The
actress
had
said,
"No,
I
haven't,
I
wish
I
had.
At
least
then,
I
would
have
had
an
answer
to
tell
you...
No
and
that's
what
I
am
saying
that
this
is
a
very
relevant
question
because
people
treat
you
the
way
you
want
to
be
treated." She
reportedly
also
said,
"Aaj
ki
sweetu,
kal
ki
metoo
ho
sakti
hai,
haha
(Your
sweetheart
of
today
might
just
accuse
you
of
sexual
harassment
tomorrow)."
After
Zinta
was
called
out
by
netizens,
she
had
claimed
that
the
interview
was
edited,
"to
trivialise
and
be
insensitive."
Reacting
to
the
tweets,
she
had
said,
"Not
everything
is
traction
&
as
someone
being
interviewed
I
expected
decency
&
maturity
from
a
journalist
@iFaridoon.
I
did
25
interviews
that
day
&
only
yours
turned
out
edited
like
this
#dissappointed."
The
#MeToo
movement
in
India
began
in
2018
and
many
actors
and
filmmakers
were
called
out
by
victims
including
actor
Tanushree
Dutta,
who
reiterated
her
earlier
allegation
that
co-star
Nana
Patekar
harassed
her
on
the
sets
of
Horn
Ok
Pleassss
in
2008.
Recently,
Jiah
Khan's
sister
accused
filmmaker
Sajid
Khan
of
sexual
harassment.