Sonu Nigam alleges sexual harassment by senior journalist
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 In an exclusive interview with Zee News, Sonu Nigam
dramatically spilled the can of dirty worms of our entertainment
fraternity that is well known for it’s homosexual connections.
Fed up with continuous lewd calls and mobile text
messages, Nigam came in front of the television cameras and named a
renowned senior entertainment journalist, Subhash K Jha, who is a
well-known figure in the Bollywood circle.
Sonu Nigam said, “He used to harass me with his homosexual desires to
an extent that my family was affected. We all know that the film
industry consists of many gays and homosexuals. Even I have many gay
friends but they have never tried to come close to me because they know
that I am not interested in it. But in this case, he used to send me
weird messages and talk nonsense on the phone.”
Elaborating about an incident that took place when Nigam was a part of
the Indian Idol judge panel, he said, “He was calling Farah Khan and
Anu Malik during an Indian Idol show. I was a little busy so I didn’t
receive his call. Later, Jha called me up again and said that he loved
me a lot, so I should pick up his call.”
Talking about the usual film industry struggle, Sonu accepted that many
young actors and musicians are asked to go through different favours.
He said, “During my struggle days, I used to meet many song composers
but luckily nothing like this happened with me. Young actors and models
do go through all these favours.”
Speaking about a particular incident when Jha proposed him, Nigam said,
“In 2001, he proposed me and said that he loves me. He even misbehaved
with me after getting drunk but later apologised in the morning. I even
told him that you are Lataji’s friend and elder to me so please don’t
talk such things with me as I’m not gay. But he still continued
harassing me with his calls.”
Nigam blasted in front of the media today and said, “I’m not a fool
that I don’t understand his intentions. I’m not a villager that I don’t
know whatever is happening. I even told him about my girlfriends but
slowly and slowly when he did not get any positive response from my
end, he started criticising me in his articles and his feelings got
bitter towards me.”
When asked about his last text message, Sonu said, “He messaged me 3
months back and stated that he missed me. He also wrote that he was
impressed with my audacity on which I asked him to meet me if he wants
to see my audacity. The way he wrote was sexual harassment. People in
our country should know that such things also happen here. A man can
also bother another man like this. I just want him to stop bothering
me. He is gay, I have no problems, it’s his life but I’m not like him
and he should stay away from me.”
Sonu’s anger was visible as he said, “I started avoiding his calls
because I was troubled by him. On top of that he wrote an article
against me that was titled, ‘The King of Ego’. I have many journalist
friends and they have all have been nice people. On the one hand
today’s journalists are slogging hard and doing an amazing job for the
country and on the other hand, people like Jha are tarnishing
journalism. Jha is the same person who praised me after the release of
my film “Love in Nepal” but after getting no response from me, he
started criticising me. He always gets drunk with everyone and
misbehaves in the night and then calls up in the morning to apologise.”
Sonu Nigam’s allegations against a senior entertainment journalist are
one of the few man-to-man celebrity sexual harassment cases that have
hit the limelight in India. Homosexuality is prevalent in the glamour
world but such a serious allegation against a known figure speaks
volumes about ‘favours’ in the glamour world. The Casting Couch
Syndrome can also victimise men and not women alone.
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