Ever since India lost to Australia in the World Cup semi-finals, jokes targeting Virat Kohli’s girlfriend Anushka Sharma have been going viral and it seems that this has not gone down well with Bollywood celebs, who took to Twitter to stand by her and lambast all those blaming Sharma for India’s loss.
Priyanka Chopra took to Twitter to write, ''So horrible to c a supportive girlfriend being lynched for a game she just watched!!Stop with the disrespect!''
Bipasha Basu said, ''Whole nation can support the team but a team member's girlfriend can't ?!?!?! Really!!!''
Madhur Bhandarkar: ''The venom with which Anushka Sharma is being targeted after India's defeat is not only shocking but also disgusting. Guys, get a life.''
Sujoy Ghosh said, ''blame a critic for film flopping, blame a girlfriend for losing a match, blame the other half for splitting up - any excuse but the truth''
Dia Mirza wrote, ''It's ok to be disappointed or critical. BUT these comments about Anushka are DOWNRIGHT disgusting.''
Esha Gupta wrote, ''Very easy to blame a girl,it's a game by the end,some win some lose.stop with the mediocre thinking from the medieval period.idiots.''
Sophie Choudry wrote, ''One min she is Lady Luck, the next panauti! Pathetic! Truth is the better team won today..But most people can't handle the truth!''