Actress Shweta Tiwari has spoken out against the abusive messages she has allegedly been receiving on social media. She shared the profiles of some of the users who sent her offensive messages, along with pictures of their families.
Shweta also questioned Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray after noticing that one of the accounts appeared to be associated with his party. She asked whether such people are his supporters and whether abusing women can ever be justified.
Shweta calls out online abuse against women
Sharing screenshots of some of the profiles from her official Instagram account, Shweta said that she wanted to highlight an issue that deeply concerns her and has unfortunately become common on social media: abusing women.
She wrote that women of any age or profession can become targets of offensive and abusive language online.
Shweta said what shocked her most was that the people behind such comments are not necessarily uneducated or from troubled backgrounds. According to her, many appear to be educated and come from respectable families, with wives, daughters, mothers and sisters of their own.
Despite this, she said, they feel comfortable using some of the most degrading language against another woman online.
Shweta questions Raj Thackeray over alleged supporter
Shweta shared the profile of one user who appeared to post content supporting Raj Thackeray and his party. She said this made the issue personal for her because she has spent her entire life in Maharashtra.
The actress said her father grew up in Mumbai and that she was also born and raised in the city. She added that she had always seen people take pride in their Marathi identity.
Shweta said she believed Marathi culture valued the dignity, strength and respect of women. She therefore found it disturbing when someone identifying as a Marathi person allegedly sent abusive personal messages to a woman.
Addressing Raj Thackeray directly, she asked whether such people were his supporters and whether he considered their behaviour acceptable.
She added that simply calling oneself a Marathi maanus was not enough, and that respecting women should also be an important part of that identity.
Says trolls also targeted her children
Shweta claimed that online trolls had gone so far as to make offensive comments about her children, including her eight-year-old son and her daughter Palak.
She questioned why people felt entitled to make such personal and abusive remarks against women and their families.
Shweta finds a cockroach in online delivery
Shweta was also in the news after finding a cockroach in an online delivery.
The actress said she had ordered an energy drink from Instamart on Thursday. When she opened the delivery, she allegedly found a cockroach and was shocked to see it running around her house.
In a video shared on Instagram, Shweta said that they had ordered Red Bull from Instamart but also received a cockroach with the delivery.
In another video, she showed the cockroach and tagged FDA officer Tukaram Mundhe, who has recently been in the news over food safety-related action in Maharashtra.
Shweta asked Mundhe whether he could look into the matter and said that the cockroach had entered her home through the delivery.
Shweta Tiwari appears in ‘The Traitors’
Shweta Tiwari rose to nationwide fame with the television show Kasautii Zindagii Kay. She later participated in Bigg Boss and emerged as the winner of the reality show.
The actress is currently appearing in Season 2 of Amazon Prime Video’s The Traitors. She has also frequently made headlines for aspects of her personal life and her outspoken views on social media.
