Netizens Are Angry After Pakistani Media Made Racist Remarks About Neena Gupta & Sir Vivian Richards

Under Babar Azam’s leadership, Pakistan’s cricket team’s eagerly awaited 2023 Cricket World Cup appearance proved to be unsuccessful. During the league stage, they performed poorly, winning just four of nine matches. Losses to formidable opponents like Australia, South Africa, and India revealed deeper problems within the team.

However, former player Abdul Razzak took this criticism in a different direction. While criticizing the team’s efforts, he made offensive comments about Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. This took the focus off of the team’s troubles on the field. Razzaq’s indirect criticism of the Pakistan Cricket Board led to widespread condemnation on social media. Many star cricketers condemned his comments and even criticized those who clapped on his comments.

While this fiasco is not going to calm down anytime soon, another similar kind of controversy erupted on the internet. However, this time, it is related to the relationship between Indian actress Neena Gupta and West Indies cricketer Sir Vivian Richards. The video of a Pakistani news channel going viral on the internet in which anchors and guests were seen making disrespectful and racist jokes on both stars.

The video soon went viral, and netizens asked media houses for a proper apology. Since then, the matter has been dominating the internet, with many people trying to know more about it.

Pakistani media channels disrespected Neena Gupta and Sir Vivian Richards on air

As everyone is aware, Neena Gupta and West Indian cricket captain Vivian Richards developed a romantic relationship in the late 1980s, even though Richards was married. Neena got pregnant, but marriage was never an option. Despite societal pressures against having a child out of wedlock, Neena chose motherhood and had her daughter, Masaba Gupta.

While much time has passed, people are still discussing their relationship. Many people started taking it as normal; others are still making fun of it. And sometimes, this fun-making was done on national television. A similar incident happened on Pakistan’s national television, and its video has been going viral on the internet recently.

It all started when, on the X platform, a cricket enthusiast user posted a snippet of a video of the Pakistani TV show. At first glance, people might think that on the show, the host and guests would be discussing cricket because the show is about cricket and former PCB chief Ramiz Raja is a guest.

However, what shocked everyone was that the host and Ramiz Raja were shamelessly cracking jokes about the love lives of Neena Gupta and Sir Vivian Richards. What is more shocking is that they were seen making racist remarks about Sir Vivian Richards, and the whole audience was laughing and cheering on them.

Have a look at the video of the incident

So everyone is calling out Razzak, Gul, and Afridi for that Aishwarya Rai saga, and that’s a good thing, but nobody paid attention to this, this channel was making fun of Nina Gupta, and they were passing racist remarks on Sir @ivivianrichards (1/3) pic.twitter.com/H9qmiJfqL3

— The Crik Guy (@Thecrikguy) November 14, 2023

I hope @MasabaG and Neena ma’am see this, and make that racist @iramizraja and this channel apologize.

— The Crik Guy (@Thecrikguy) November 14, 2023

Ramiz Raza was laughing at it, and he is freely working in India. wow! double standards for different people. Only if Neena was famous like Aishwarya! @StarSportsIndia, @ICC, and @BCCI letting such racist work during such a Big Event.💔 (2/3)

— The Crik Guy (@Thecrikguy) November 14, 2023

Nevertheless, the internet fumes over the video as soon as it went viral

Many people took to social media to ask the channel for a proper apology for it. Many people even ask them for their ban

Sir Vivian is my favourite. My greatest of all time. Audacity of these dwarfs to even mention his name, leave alone racism? Chhee

— GameFame (@kgyur14) November 14, 2023

I used to think Pakistanis have good sense of humour. This is sick @iramizraja

— Zitin (@TheGvs0) November 14, 2023

These are worst people and international cricketers instead of condemning are laughing for insulting a greatest cricketer ever.

— B.V.Manohar (@b_v_manohar) November 15, 2023

These people are not worth or in a capacity to make fun of Indian artists.

— Bagheera (@a_dewase) November 15, 2023

Bahut choti soch hai.
Disgusting.

— Peeps (@VerBubbly) November 14, 2023

Hope @iramizraja apologises. Anyway that’s too much to expect from a Paki. These rascals should not be given visa ever to India. How dare these third rate guys comment so vulgarly about Hindu women????

— CS1975 (@CS1975Ind) November 14, 2023

The matter is becoming more and more serious as time passes. What do you think about it? Comment with your thoughts on it in the comment section.