Richa Chadha slams Randeep Hooda for making 'crass, tasteless, casteist ' joke
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Actor Richa Chadha has slammed a joke made by Randeep Hooda some years ago, which resurfaced recently online and attracted a backlash. In a series of tweets, Richa called the joke 'despicable' and 'casteist'.Tagged in a tweet along with TaapseePannu, Swara Bhaskar, and KonkonaSensharma, Richa was asked if she'd condemn the remarks made by Randeep in that resurfaced clip.
She wrote, "It's a despicable 'joke'. It's crass, tasteless, and sexist." In a second tweet, she wrote, "Yes. It's casteist too. Also, plz explain the reason why you continue to ask ONLY women to apologize for their male colleagues while you pontificate on sexism. Not holding my breath."The 43-second clip from an event organized by a media house in 2012 resurfaced when a Twitter user shared it. On Friday, it was reported that the actor has been removed as the ambassador of the Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), the United Nation's environmental treaty.
In a statement posted on its website, CMS said the organization finds the comments in the video to be "offensive" and Randeep will no longer serve as the ambassador for them. "The CMS Secretariat finds the comments made in the video to be offensive, and they do not reflect the values of the CMS Secretariat or the United Nations," the statement read. "Mr. Hooda no longer serves as a CMS ambassador," it added.
