Reminds Me Of Richard Gere-Shilpa Shetty: Netizens REACT To Varun Dhawan’s Peck On Gigi Hadid; Actor Hits Back

NMACC Gala: American supermodel Gigi Hadid was one of the invitees at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre launch event in Mumbai. Gigi shelled out major fashion goals on both days of the event. On the second day (April 1) of the gala night, the guests were in for a treat as a small concert was organized inside the premises of the grand Jio center.

There were some super electrifying performances from Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan, and Priyanka Chopra, amongst several others. During one of the performances, Gigi joins Varun.

VARUN DHAWAN LIFTS GIGI HADID IN HIS ARMS

A video of the actor with Gigi is going viral on social media that shows Varun Dhawan lifting the supermodel in his arms, twirling her, and then planting a kiss on her cheek.

Netizens brutally slammed Varun Dhawan and called it embarrassing. Some of the trolls even compared the moment from NMACC to the infamous Shilpa Shetty and Richard Gere incident.

Check out the video.

NETIZENS REACT TO VIRAL VIDEO

A User wrote, "it remains me of Shilpa Shetty and Richard Gere." For the uninitiated,
Richard had planted two kisses on Shilpa Shetty's cheeks during an AIDS awareness campaign in Delhi in the year 2007, which was attended by thousands of truck drivers. The PDA was criticized, and a case was filed for obscenity.

VARUN DHAWAN HITS BACK AT TROLLS

Now the Bhediya star has reacted to trolls. Taking to his micro-blogging site, Varun wrote, "I guess today you woke up and decided to be woke. So lemme burst ur bubble and tell u it was planned for her to be on stage so find a new Twitter cause to vent about rather then going out and doing something about things . Good morning."

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