Ushna Shah’s remarks to a pizza delivery guy has Twitter outraged

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October 14, 2019

Ushna Shah tweeted that she passed ‘demeaning’ and ‘sexist’ comments to a pizza delivery guy

Ushna Shah’s remarks to a pizza delivery guy has Twitter outraged

Actress Ushna Shah is having a hard time explaining herself. A post-midnight story she posted on Twitter has landed her in hot waters, as social media calls on her to apologize to a terrified delivery guy.

It all began as Shah tweeted that she passed ‘demeaning’ and ‘sexist’ comments to a pizza delivery guy at 2:30 a.m.

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According to the actress, she told the man that “mard banein” (be a man), “aap ek chaar saal ki bachi nahee hai”, (you are not a four-year-old girl) and “mardaangi peida karein” (try to be manly). The delivery guy, she wrote, was scared of her growling pitbull dog.

Twitter was not having it and asked her to apologize to the employee.

Others reminded her that her comments were elitist.

In response to the outrage, Shah tried to defend her tweets: “To everybody crying about my rant to the pizza guy. I was holding the dog. He refused to come in.”

She added: “None of that encouragement worked. But as soon as his masculinity was challenged my pizza was inside. Says more about society then it does me [sic]."

She further penned extensive notes to clear the controversy saying: “I’ve never been good at masking truths and pretending to be something I’m not,” she said adding that “I do not condone using the “be a man” card. It was something I was not proud of that I resorted to at a desperate time.”

“The fact that it is the only thing that worked made me want to discuss it publicly and create conversation about masculinity and patriarchy (why else would I tweet it, look at my track record of discussing gender roles and generally the public stances I’ve taken for women, LGBTQ and the breakdown of stereotypical gender roles),” she added.

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