Sahar Khan, a rising actress associated with the Pakistan showbiz industry, came under fire after using the wrong term for autism in a recent interview, however, she apologized to her fans after realizing the mistake.
Recently the actress gave an interview to the website, during the interview she talked about her career, the popularity of the drama Fairy Tale and her personal life.
During the interview, the actress was asked what kind of role she wants to play?
Answering this question, she referred to Indian actress Priyanka Chopra’s film ‘Barfi’ and said that she likes to play the role of a psychopath, crazy girl like Barfi’s character ‘Jhalmal’ and wants to play the role of a crazy girl. Be offered the role of
As soon as the above video clip of Sahar Khan’s interview went viral on social media, she was severely criticized. Many social media users tagged the actress and said that Jhalmal was not crazy or a psychopath in the movie Barfi, she was not suffering from depression. Rather, he had autism and the correct term for him is ‘autistic’.
After coming under severe criticism from social media users, the actress issued a clarification statement on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
She wrote that during a recent interview, I made a slip of the tongue, saying that I wanted to play the role of a mentally challenged person. I should have collected my thoughts before answering the question to express myself better.
Sahar Khan further wrote that mentally disabled and special people are an important part of our society and I respect such people from the heart, so if I have hurt anyone unintentionally, I am sorry.
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