Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha has shared that he received backlash for his tweet in support of self-proclaimed critic Kamaal R Khan aka KRK, after the latter’s arrest in Mumbai.

KRK was arrested last month in connection with multiple cases. Following this, Sinha had tweeted saying the actor-critic was a victim of a conspiracy and should get justice soon. Now, in a recent interview, Sinha has clarified that he was not supporting KRK’s controversial comments about actors, but was only advocating for his freedom of expression.

“That tweet about KRK received backlash. People said nasty things about me as well as about Sonakshi (daughter and actor). I was not talking about his mistakes. We can fight his opinions with our opinions. We don’t have a personal enmity with him. Just because certain stars are against him, everyone is against him,” he said in the interview.

He added, “But will anyone support him for the way he or many people have been picked up? I think this is a little extreme. Who’s all innocent in the industry? All the wrongdoings of stars haven’t gone unnoticed by the people. We, as an industry sometimes ignore that. That’s a different thing.”

KRK was arrested by Mumbai Police and later released on bail in connection with two cases from 2020 and 2021. In a now deleted tweet, Sinha had written, “One should always remember that despite great opposition & struggle the ‘KRK’ is a self-made man, he has the blessings of the Almighty. He has made his place in the film industry, as well as society on his own.”