Bollywood celebrity Salman Khan just lately lashed out at trolls for body-shaming and age-shaming him and known as them out for abusing actors just because they didn’t like their work. A number of celebrities, together with Varun Dhawan, Neha Dhupia and filmmaker Rohit Shetty, cheered for him as he took a stand in opposition to on-line trolling. Now, actor Vivek Oberoi has additionally backed his stance on trolls.
Vivek Oberoi reacts to Salman Khan’s fiery bashing of trolls
On Tuesday, Vivek was noticed spending time with kids battling most cancers at an occasion organised by the Most cancers Sufferers Assist Affiliation (CPAA). In a chat with Bollywood Chronicle, when the actor was requested about his response to Salman Khan calling out trolls on Bigg Boss 20, Vivek mentioned, “Kuch nahi yaar, mujhe lagta hai trolling wagera karna bhi nahi chahiye. Trolling is a really adverse factor, and there are a variety of constructive issues to do in life kya adverse mein padhe ho (Nothing, yaar. I really feel folks shouldn’t troll others both. Trolling is a really adverse factor, and there are such a lot of constructive issues to do in life. Why get caught up in negativity?).”
What did Salman Khan say?
Over the past Weekend Ka Vaar episode, Salman expressed his anger over celebrities being trolled over their seems on social media. The host revealed that he, too, had confronted such trolling, together with being known as “budha” on social media, whereas some customers additionally mocked his new bald look.
Salman additionally hit again at these trolling Katrina Kaif over her post-pregnancy weight achieve. He mentioned, “Everybody places on weight after getting pregnant. When she returns to movies, she is going to get again in form. She needs to spend time along with her household.”
The actor additionally gave a fiery response to trolls who had body-shamed him by eradicating his T-shirt and displaying off his toned physique. He revealed that his new bald look was for his movie and in addition linked it to the latest demise of certainly one of his shut pals. Salman additional criticised trolls for earning profits by placing others down and known as them “parasites”.
For the unversed, Vivek and Salman’s feud dates again to 2003 and was linked to Vivek’s reported relationship with Aishwarya Rai, who had beforehand dated Salman. On April 1, 2003, Vivek held a press convention the place he alleged that Salman had repeatedly known as and threatened him over his affiliation with Aishwarya. Salman denied the allegations.
The controversy turned certainly one of Bollywood’s most talked-about superstar clashes and was adopted by a troublesome part in Vivek’s profession. Vivek has since acknowledged that holding the press convention was a mistake and has spoken about its skilled and private impression. In 2025, he mentioned he now considered his response on the time as immature and that he had moved previous the bitterness surrounding the incident.
Vivek Oberoi’s upcoming movie
Vivek will subsequent be seen in Ramayana, directed by Nitesh Tiwari. The 2-part epic stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Sunny Deol as Lord Hanuman, Ravi Dubey as Lakshman and Yash as Ravana, together with Lara Dutta, Sheeba Chaddha and others in key roles.
The movie is reportedly mounted on a finances of ₹4,000 crore. The primary half is scheduled to launch in theatres on Diwali 2026, whereas the second half is slated for Diwali 2027.