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Richard Gere kisses Shilpa Shetty and sets off protests in India

by Wendy on April 16th, 2007

Uh, and this was at an AIDS awareness rally? Shouldn’t they be getting their knickers in a twist about, you know, AIDS?!?!?

Actor Richard Gere has sparked protests in India after kissing Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty at an Aids awareness rally in New Delhi.

Demonstrators in Mumbai (Bombay) set light to effigies of the Hollywood star, while protesters in other cities shouted "death to Shilpa Shetty".

The protesters said Gere insulted Indian culture by kissing the hand and face of the Bollywood actress.

Public displays of affection and sex are still largely t

Oh, by all means, let’s throw a fit about a peck on the cheek and ignore the fact that AIDS is killing millions of people in India due to ignorance. MMMMMM!

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2 opinions for Richard Gere kisses Shilpa Shetty and sets off protests in India

  • Nina
    Apr 18, 2007 at 14:10

    This was no kiss on the hand or peck on the cheek. He was mauling her like a bear. If he acted like that in a room full of people, I hate to see what he would have done if he had her alone. He was completely disrespectful to her, almost to the point of sexual harrassment. I think at one point he even had his hand on her butt. This was inexcusable.

  • Scott
    Apr 23, 2007 at 00:11

    For a society that has been deeply damaged by colonialism can one think of a more offensive image of a white guy grabbing a daughter of India and forcing himself upon her? It is so symbolic. It is right in line with the image of the white colonist forcing himself upon a country and just taking whatever he wants.

    Richard Gere should pay the ultimate price for this.

    What bothers me however is those who would blame Shilpa Shetty for this.

    Too often women victims of rape in India are blamed for what happened like they wanted the rape to happen or it was their fault the rape happened even when the truth might be that the rapists brutalized them and they couldn’t stop the rape from happening.

    While of course Richard Gere didn’t actually rape Shilpa Shetty, I still see this whole “Blame the Woman Victim” dynamic in place. From what I saw from the video Shilpa Shetty did nothing to cause Richard Gere to act the way he did, and was in fact as shocked as everyone else was that he would act in such a disgraceful manner.

    We need to defend this daughter of India, not blame her for this white man’s assault upon her.

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