Priyanka Chopra Blasts Body Spray Ad 'Romanticizing Gang Rape'... WTF?!?
07.06.2022 - 04:59
/ perezhilton.com
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Priyanka Chopra made her voice heard after seeing a “disgusting” commercial for a body spray brand called Layer’r Shot — and she and other Indian stars speaking out seem to have made a difference!
Here is one of two ads for Shot, reposted on Saturday by Upsala University Professor Ashok Swain, who accused the company’s jokey ad of “romanticizing gang rape”:
For those who can’t stomach watching, a woman bending over while shopping notices four men behind her. One says:
As the woman gets more terrified, one replies:
She turns in terror — only to realize they aren’t staring at her but at the last can of Shot on the shelf, causing her to sort of laugh at herself.
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The other ad is even worse. In it, a young man and his girlfriend sit on the bed in his room, when four of his friends come in and block the doorway. The leader says:
The young woman is horrified as the first man approaches the bed — but then grabs the can of Shot on the nightstand.
See? Everything is A-OK. Only it isn’t…
The ads came out amid a national conversation about the prevalence of rape culture in the country. Apparently up to 90 rapes are reported a day. The controversy comes just a week or so after a national story about a 17-year-old being sexually assaulted by a gang of five men.
Hindi film star Richa Chadha blasted the ad as purposely courting controversy, tweeting:
Bollywood filmmaker Farhan Khan said:
Priyanka added her own voice to the choir, blasting on Saturday:
Yes, that very day India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting called for the ads to no longer be played, saying they were “detrimental to the portrayal of