December 21, 2024:
Varun Dhawan is one of the most popular actors in Bollywood, and has gained massive popularity in the last decade. Recently, the actor opened up about some scary fan interactions where, in one situation, the wife of a powerful man barged into his home because she was catfished by someone and felt that he was going to leave his home and family to be with her.
In a new interview with Ranveer Allahbadia on his YouTube channel, Varun Dhawan, who is busy promoting his upcoming film, shared some weird fan interactions he has encountered during his career.
He revealed that once, a woman who was catfished by someone who talked with her as him made her believe that he would leave his family for her. “That lady was the wife of a very powerful man. I can’t say what position… but a very powerful man, and she was being catfished. Someone was talking to her using my name,” Dhawan recalled.
But the scary part was that she knew everything about his home in detail and came with a few people. As the situation escalated, the actor had to involve the police. He added, “She thought I would leave my family for her. She came with someone, and it became a family thing. Female constables had to be called, and they handled it.”
The Bhediya actor went on to mention that he had some fair share of troubling fan encounters, including incidents where he was kissed forcibly or touched inappropriately. He noted that some fans ran away from their home and stayed for a few nights at beaches where police had to be involved in the cases.
He recounted another incident that took place while he was shooting in Dwarka for his film October, and an elderly woman scolded him in a crowd of 1000 people to get pictures clicked with him. Dhawan also noted that he had been kissed without his consent and admitted that he wasn’t comfortable with it and felt violated.
However, such incidents made him empathize with the harassment faced by women. Varun shared, “I feel bad for the women because I straightaway put myself in their position. If this is happening with me, it must be worse with them.”
On the work front, the actor will be next seen in Sunny Deol starrer Border 2, Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari, co-starring Janhvi Kapoor, and No Entry 2, co-starring Arjun Kapoor and Diljit Dosanjh.
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