Taapsee Pannu Defends Imane Khelif Over Gender Controversy
Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu recently spoke in support of Algerian female athlete Imane Khelif, who came under the radar of netizens due to her manly looks.
Imane Khelif’s participation and victory at the 2024 Olympics became controversial as many questioned her gender identity. Imane Khelif has been seeing all this online hatred and has already filed a legal complaint about it.
Now, Bollywood actress Tapsee has openly extended her support to the female athlete and cited examples of male athletes like legendary American runner Usain Bolt and American swimmer Michael Phelps to counter the haters.
Speaking about the same with ANI, Taapsee Pannu said, “I played a role in that subject. I did a film called Rashmi Rocket, which was about a female athlete being banned due to her high level of testosterone. We presented our views, and that is why I think the beauty of the kind of films I get is that I get my films to talk about the issues I personally believe in instead of making a specific statement about them.”
Continuing her points, Pannu added, “Our argument in the film was that there are so many athletes who are born with an edge over the others. Like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps, all of them were born with a certain biological edge over the others. Why are they not banned? If she has taken injections or something else that is illegal, then of course she should be banned. But if she has not, then why should she be banned?”
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