Melbourne: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty
on Thursday said the issue of Hollywood star Richard Gere kissing
her at an AIDS charity event in New Delhi was blown "terribly"
out of proportion.
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"The Indian media kind of went overboard with that one
shot," 31-year-old Shetty, who is in Australia to promote her
latest film Metro, told Nine Network, adding "that's the
price one has to pay for being a celebrity."
"He (Gere) came on and wanted to do this impromptu jig.
He was doing this step from (his film) Shall We Dance ... he
was just being very sweet."
The incident had been blown "terribly, terribly" out of
proportion, she said.
Shetty said that the majority of Indians do not feel that
way and "it was the lunatic fringe" that took over.
The actress told the Australian Associated Press that
the scandal had been good for her new movie. "It's great
timing" and "hopefully, people will now be interested to see
what I actually do," she said.
A Jaipur court had directed arrest of Gere, 57, and
summoned Shetty following a complaint by a lawyer over their
public kiss.
Shilpa, who rose to international fame after overcoming a
racism row to win the latest British version of Big Brother,
denied reports that she would be entering the Australian Big
Brother show. "I was offered it, but I am not doing it."
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