Fans call Sonam Kapoor ‘hypocrite’ for supporting Rajkumar Hirani on #MeToo allegations

Sonam Kapoor is one of the Bollywood celebs who strongly supports #MeToo movement and who has always been outspoken on such matters. However, she has refused to believe sexual harassment allegations on director Rajkumar Hirani.

Hirani was associated as a co-producer of Sonam’s recent release ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’ but his name was dropped after an article in HuffPost India claimed that he had sexually abused an assistant on the sets of ‘Sanju’.

Sonam too was part of Hirani’s ‘Sanju’. Speaking about allegations against him, she said, "I am a huge supporter of the #MeToo movement and this is a very important question. In the MeToo movement, I always believed a woman. But in this case, we need to reserve our judgment”.

“I know Raju Hirani very well, I have known him for many years and I have huge respect for him as a filmmaker and as a man. I think we all should reserve judgement and be very responsible before we say anything more on this subject. Because we don't need to derail this movement,” Sonam added.

After her statement, she has been receiving a lot of criticism from the fans about her feminist stance. People have been accusing her of hypocrisy and double standards.

Ha! As long as it doesn't rock your boat, the crew are your veeres, but the moment it does... #bollywoodhypocrisy #feminism #SonamKapoor #metoo https://t.co/dMGadNKrZf

— Tresa Sherin Morera (@moreratresa) January 31, 2019

.@sonamakapoor hypocrisy is coming out .... AGAIN 🤣🤣🤣
This women is cancelled ffs.
Selfish, pathetic LOSER #EkLadkiKoDekhaTohAisaLaga #SonamKapoor #rajkumarhirani #MeToo @IndiaMeToo https://t.co/42fnhrhCek

— VARUN (@Bollywallah) January 30, 2019

Sonam Kapoor's "feminism" is flakier than the chicken puffs sold in Malad's bakeries. At least those puffs can be enjoyed with evening tea.

— Neerja | ????? ✨ (@neerjadeodhar) January 31, 2019

Sonam Kapoor saying she believes all women, just not when they're accusing the producer of her new film, and especially not when the film is as important as the movement, and anyway, the woman's probably lying https://t.co/SQvVaZ439T pic.twitter.com/92zwI0zdAs

— Uday Bhatia (@yooday) January 30, 2019

Sonam kapoor should understand... That taking Mr Hirani's side won't give her films... I'm waiting to see what rk has to say... https://t.co/GbKxGkHl42

— GullyBoy📢14th ko🤘AYEGA🎤 (@RanveerandRowdy) January 31, 2019