Under Fire, Rishi Kapoor Retracts Weight Joke About Huma Qureshi

Actor Rishi Kapoor had to retract a Twitter post directed towards Huma Qureshi after courting the ire of users of the microblogging platform for joking about her weight.

On her 29th birthday on July 28, Mr Kapoor was among the many celebrities who wished her. The 62-year-old actor had reportedly tweeted along with a funny image which read, “The more you weigh, the harder you are to kidnap. Stay safe. Eat cake!”

The post attracted a lot of flak, which made the Do Dooni Chaar actor apologise and then retract his tweet. He then tweeted:

Apology. It was my personal joke with Huma on her birthday. If people took umbrage to it and some abuse just for the sake,I retract the same

— rishi kapoor (@chintskap) July 28, 2015

But Huma, who has worked with him in D-Day, was in favour of the actor and clarified that she did not take offence at all. She posted on July 29:

Thank you to one of my fave costars the ever amazing @chintskap for bday wishes and love.. Guys , it was a joke … take a chill pill yaar

— Huma Qureshi (@humasqureshi) July 29, 2015