Chennai April 20 (IANS) Under all-round attack actor-turned-politician S.Ve.Shekhar on Friday apologised for forwarding a message that was defamatory of women journalists on his Facebook page.
In a statement issued here the noted comedian and a former legislator who is now with the BJP said he had forwarded a message on his Facebook page without reading it.
He said when a friend pointed out the content of the post to be abusive the post was removed.
"I do not endorse the views expressed in it. I come from a family that respects women and the women journalist " he said.
However he said he was surprised at how people are spreading the screenshot of the deleted message without finding that offensive.
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