“Attractive in a Gutka way”: The internet replies to Ekta Kapoor’s uncalled for jab at Radhika Apte in a flashback video.

News Mania Desk / Piyal Chatterjee / 16th December 2024

Remember when Radhika Apte and Tusshar Kapoor appeared to be romantically involved? That wasn’t real. Radhika starred in Krishna DK’s Shor in the City in 2011, when she was still a relatively unknown personality in the business. Around the time the film was released, rumours circulated that Tusshar and Radhika had a love relationship. Later, in an interview with Mashable India, Radhika admitted that it was simply a marketing gimmick in which she had no involvement: “I had gone to London to study contemporary dance. Saibo became a huge hit so they called me back for promotions. Then they only spread some link-up rumours about me and Tusshar. It obviously wasn’t true. I didn’t know. Initially, I was very entertained, because I got an article that I was apparently in Goa celebrating Valentine’s Day with Tusshar Kapoor, and I was studying for my exams in London”, she shared.

Regardless, Radhika and Tusshar’s ‘relationship’ drew a lot of attention at the time, thanks to a statement made by Ekta Kapoor during her joint appearance with Tusshar on Karan Johar’s ever-controversial show Koffee with Karan. Ekta spoke Radhika’s name with an unappreciable twang while attempting to entice Tusshar, whom he was seeing. The producer even went so far as to describe her as “attractive in a horsey way” while Tusshar clearly tried to shift the topic away from her. Despite being more than a decade old, the video has just reappeared on the internet, with fans reacting to the uncalled-for insult.

Taking cue from the ‘horsey’ line, one comment in particular read: “Yeah Ekta, I mean you’re also attractive in a Gutkha way”. Other comments to the tune read, “I thought tushar was pretty decent and almost trying to save Radhika in this interview. Ekta was being bitchy for no reason :|”, “So tasteless and then they call themselves classy”, “No amount of money can give you class”, “That condescending attitude towards a Marathi surname while working in Maharashtra” and “Girl idk if this is scripted or what but that is truly unclassy behavior regardless. Miss Ma’am, calling someone ‘horsey’ just because you’re ‘jealous’ is such a looser behavior”.

As far as reacting to the statement, Radhika, during an appearance on Neha Dhupia’s chat show said, “When that happened, I was in London studying dance. I still really don’t know why this was said” also pointing out how Ekta had otherwise been nice to her in person. Radhika just had her first child, a girl, with her British musician husband, Benedict Taylor. The couple have been married since 2012.