BOLLYWOOD STAR AND ARSENAL FAN SLAMMED FOR MAKING RACIST REMARKS ABOUT IWOBI
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Arsenal fan and Bollywood actress Esha Gupta has been slammed online after sharing racist remarks towards Alex Iwobi on Instagram, describing the Nigerian as a ‘gorilla’.
Gupta is a well-known Arsenal fan, having been spotted at the Emirates watching games in the past, and was reported to have been dating Hector Bellerin at one stage.
However, after the Gunners’ FA Cup defeat to Manchester United on Friday night, the 33-year-old posted a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation on Instagram.
The image showed a conversation between herself and Varun_Gupta17, with one of the messages reading: ‘Solves our winger issues.
I can’t see that gorilla faced Iwobi running down the flank again. He’s so bad ya.’
She replied: ‘Hahahahahaha I honestly dunno why they don’t bench him more.’
Varun_Gupta17 added: ‘It’s like evolution stopped for him. Didn’t change from Neanderthal to man.’
Gupta quickly deleted the screenshot from her profile but eagle-eyed fans had managed to screenshot their own version.
After coming under fire on Twitter, she issued an apology. Gupta wrote: ‘Guys I’m sorry you thought it was racist. Was bad on my part, being a sports love, Wallah meant it. Sorry guys forgive the stupidity.’
‘Well it was my fault. So gotta own up to my s***…sorry. It was us discussing our frustration during the game. Sorry as I didn’t realise it was directed towards racism.
‘Laughed over spur of the moment, which was the games result guys. Been victim of racism myself before. But this is not something I’m proud of. It was a fault, sorry guys.’
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