Mukesh Khanna reacts to backlash on his sexist MeToo comments

Actor Mukesh Khanna has constantly been stirring up controversies for a while now owing to his commments about various issues and various things. Be it the objection to Laxmii Bomb title, or slamming The Kapil Sharma Show Season 2 and now, his sexist comments on MeToo saga, he has certainly and constantly been in news.

Recently, he expressed his views on how ''MeToo movement began because women started working' and that there are gender roles that should stay as it is. This had netizens bombard him with backlash and where he is heard saying in the clip, A woman's job is to manage the house and women should not try to be like men.'

Now, after receiving all this backlash, Khanna reacted to this controversy and has defender himself saying his comments were misinterpreted, misrepresented and misconstrued to defame him. Taking to his Instagram handle with a 10-minute long video, Khanna said, 'I am not against Women Working,' he stated. ' 

Further, he added, 'As I said let me show you my full interview taken by someone from which this Vivadit Bayan has been taken to malign me that I mean This which I don’t mean. I was just commenting on how Me Too can happen. You can see yourself in this interview how I respect women.'The actor also posted an old video, where he is seen talking about the Me Too movement. He captioned the same, 'I am surprised that one of my statements is being taken wrongly. I'm being told I am against women. Hardly anyone would have the respect I have for women. I am concerned about the safety of women. I have spoken against every rape case. Some people have made a noise about the clipping of one of my interviews.' 

Clearing his stance in the viral clip, Mukesh Khanna adds, 'I never said that women should not work. I was just telling how Me Too starts. In our country, women have made their way into every field, everywhere women have waved their glory. So how can I be against working for a woman?' 

He continues, 'In that interview, I was merely highlighting the issues that can arise from women working outside the home. I was talking about male and female dharma that has been going on for thousands of years. He urged people to not misinterpret his statement. 'My last forty years, my film journey confirms that I have always respected women. Every artist or member of every film unit knows that I have always respected everyone.'

He also apologized for if he has hurt someone. 'If any woman has been hurt by this statement, I am sorry that I could not put my point correctly. I am not worried that the female community will turn against me, he concluded.