Vivek Oberoi tweet Aishwarya Rai's meme; Sonam Kapoor, Jwala Gutta lash out at actor

The joke didn't go down well with Twitterati.

By ET Online | Updated: May 21, 2019, 10.31 AM IST

Clockwise (from left): Vivek Oberoi, Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor and Jwala Gutta

NEW DELHI: After a month-long struggle with his film 'PM Narendra Modi', actor Vivek Oberoi has courted another controversy, this time on Twitter.

The actor was slammed by celebrities for posting a meme, mocking Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan and her relationships. He captioned the image, "Haha! creative! No politics here....just life (sic)".

Haha! �� creative! No politics here....just life �� Credits : @pavansingh1985 https://t.co/1rPbbXZU8T
— Vivek Anand Oberoi (@vivekoberoi) 1558338786000

The joke didn't go down well with Twitterati.

While actress Sonam Kapoor found the meme 'disgusting', badminton star Jwala Gutta expressed disappointment with a reply to the tweet.

Disgusting and classless. https://t.co/GUB7K6dAY8
— Sonam K Ahuja (@sonamakapoor) 1558346168000

@vivekoberoi @pavansingh1985 Extremely absurd of you to tweet this!! Disappointing!
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) 1558343251000

@vivekoberoi @dhaval241086 @pavansingh1985 Brother with all due respect.... this is not Good, delete it ryt now....… https://t.co/1dgaMMAWrx
— Rohit Jaiswal (@rohitjswl01) 1558345133000

@vivekoberoi @pavansingh1985 Best delete this @vivekoberoi. It may not have occurred to you at the time of posting… https://t.co/Kt87SLlXtD
— Papa CJ (@PapaCJ) 1558351262000

Many fans found the tweet crass, and requested the actor to delete the post.

From the time of upload, the post has got over 6000 retweets and 24,000 likes.

Although it was never official, the rumours suggested that the 'Saathiya' actor and the former Miss World were in a relationship in 2003. It was around the same time Rai and Salman Khan had broken up.

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