Comedian Abish Mathew Faces The Brunt Of Netizens For His Old Tweet On Former UP Chief Minister Mayawati

Popular stand-up comedian Abish Mathew has now gotten himself embroiled in a controversy after his old tweet on former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati resurfaced on the internet. The tweet by the comedian directed towards the politician was highly derogatory in nature. After the tweet went viral, netizens called for the comedian to be punished for his sexist and derogatory statement against Mayawati.

The Comicstaan host had tweeted in the year 2012 stating, "Mayavati is so ugly...the only thing can erect are statues." (sic) Many netizens are now criticizing and trolling the comedian and demanding for him to be punished for this tweet towards the former UP Chief Minister. While one of the users also stated that the comedian should not be bashed now considering that the tweet was 8-year-old, others are heavily lashing out at Abish. Take a look at some of the tweets.

However, there has been no official statement from Abish Mathew on the ongoing fiasco. According to a news report in OpIndia, there is no formal complaint registered against the comedian. For the unversed, Abish is well-known for his work in the comedy YouTube channel AIB's videos. He also rose to fame as the host of his comedy series Son Of Abish and Journey Of A Joke.