Twitter slams Amitabh Bachchan over racist FIFA tweet....

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, the persona that he is, has always been in news doing wonders in his 70s. Super-active on Twitter, Big B has been constantly updating us about his life events. But this time he has tweeted something that has been raking a lot of negative comments against the star.

It's not a hush-hush how big a fan Sr. and Jr. Bachchan are of football. Post watching the finale yesterday, Big B took to the micro-blogging site and tweeted something bizarre that wasn't expected from a veteran actor like him.

T 2868 - Thats it then ... AFRICA won the World Cup 2018 !!!

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 15, 2018

This implied that he was referring to the black players of the French team. No, his account wasn't hacked!

And to say that the people did not receive it well, would be an understatement. As soon as this ‘racist’ tweet saw the light of social media, Twitterati exploded with comments about how this was uncalled for.

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Have a look on what the people had to say to Mr. Bachchan:

1. Notice how he put a smiley? That’s a sweet knife.

Wrong sir. :) France and it’s diverse team did.

— Aditya Sengupta (@isbushka) July 15, 2018

2. Looks like Amit ji has really disappointed people this time.

Didn’t expect this Tweet from Big B. If a nation could integrate their immigrants to the mainstream of society so successfully, it’s a huge credit to them.

— Sougata Banerji (@BanerjiSougata) July 15, 2018

3. Science defending diversity. Nailed it boy!

With all due respect to you, that was an uncalled for statement. May be their forefathers were African, but they all were FRENCH.

Scientifically even our forefathers were AFRICAN as that's where Homo sapiens evolved 300,000 years ago.

Thanks,

A big fan of yours.

— Kshitij Mohan (@MohanKshitij) July 15, 2018

4. And law joins science!

France has taught idea of nation and nationalism to whole world, better we don't teach France what nation means. Nationalism is no more tied to Birth, rather its tied to citizenship, a voluntary subscription to a code of rules i.e Citizenship.

— Valmiki (@dude_bachcha) July 16, 2018

5. Some think Big B was drunk while tweeting. Um…

Sir ji ?? pic.twitter.com/2DHeYwX4rB

— ?Droga Happu Singh?⚽️ (@HappuDroga2) July 15, 2018

6. India Sports TV is not happy.

Not Africa exactly, African identity won the World Cup. France provided them resources & they accepted France for better life. Would you say same about colored American Athletes when they win Olympic Golds?

— India Sports TV (@IndiaSportsTV) July 15, 2018

7. Lost all respect?

Sigh. ? I used to have a deep respect for you sir

— Sanjay Nath (@mynameis_sanjay) July 15, 2018

8. Fact on point!

You too sir ?? Same comment. Whyyy..??? It's a country with diverse people. Like India. Next time we will also say it's Assam who won the gold not India. Because hima belongs to Assam and tht is our mentality. Tweet Not appreciated

— anisha (@Anishakapoor90) July 15, 2018

9. THE FRENCH TEAM WON! Not their individual ancestral roots!

It's wrong for you to be saying this. There are several other players born in France with roots in African countries who went back to play for their own country.

They won as a team, lost as a team. They're French,not Africans.

— Ameya Raje (@ameyaraje) July 15, 2018

10. Let sports be secular.

They could only win because they consider France as their nation. Why r we dividing them ?? Let us keep the spirit of game and not these divisions .....

— anisha (@Anishakapoor90) July 15, 2018

11. I am in total support of this guy. Well-worded.

pic.twitter.com/Z9IPf1oLOx

— Faraz Ahmed Jan (@FarazAhmedJan) July 15, 2018

12. Wow. That is a strong statement.

Lets not make another INDIA.. by such comment...

In india politicians already doing this from years and thts y our growth is slower than it should b

— Ashish Khuntwal (@ashishkhuntwal) July 16, 2018

13. They’re French by law and by heart.

Sorry @SrBachchan sir. Do you think if those players had migrated to India, we would have won the WC? They didn’t migrate just months before the WC started.

— Sanat Chowdhury (@Sanat_Chowdhury) July 15, 2018

14. Immature much?

This is the reason why India will never develop. A superstar like you have such an immature thinking.

— Ashok gurung (@ashokkka) July 15, 2018

15. Not funny.

Cheapness and nothing else but cheapness. Sorry that racist tweet was not necessary. Humor can be in other forms also.

— #RespectWomen (@tweeting_giant) July 15, 2018

Those were some really strong tweets, weren’t they? Although the silver lining here is that, even though it was from a superstar like Amitabh Bachchan, that did not change the kind of reactions it received if it had been posted by a commoner. It shows that people are finally seeing and embracing the world for all its diversity.

As for Mr. Bachchan, we hope all these reactions were enough to give you answers for the inappropriate tweet. We need not say anything further, it’s all there!