The Kaun Banega Crorepati host Amitabh Bachchan is under the radar of Netizens. They are questioning the actor over his remark for Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund.
In the recent episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, host Amitabh Bachan asked a question related to Gita Gopinath, “The economist seen in this image has been the chief economist of which organisation since 2019.” He also praised Gita by adding, “Itna khoobsurat chehra inka, economy ke saath koi jor hi nhi sakta.”
Gita Gopinath tweeted about this incident saying, “Ok, I don’t think I will ever get over this. As a HUGE fan of Big B @SrBachchan, the Greatest of All Time, this is special!”
While BigB humbly replied to her tweet saying, “Thank you Gita Gopinath ji .. I meant every word i said about you on the show .. said in utmost earnestness…”. Netizens started slamming BigB for his remark and some of them even called the remark s*xist.
One of the comments says, “I didn’t like the comment about linking beauty with brains. Stupid of Mr. Bachchan to suggest that beautiful women can’t be economists.”
Another wrote, Another user wrote, “How s*xist the comment was, why can’t a beautiful face be not associated with economy? Beauty & brain can be together & need not be mutually exclusive!”