The Kick actress Jacqueline Fernandez is now facing the wrath of netizens who are slamming her left, right and center for wasting a sanitary napkin by promoting on social media Akshay Kumar’s Friday-released film PadMan.
The 32-year-old actress accepted the PadMan Challenge and attempted to be thoughtful while doing so. She was seen holding a pad in her hands with a note (written possibly with a red marker or lipstick) that read “promote the pad” to make it look like a blood-stained pad in an attempt to destigmatize menstruation.
However, her actions are not appreciated by millions of her followers on social media. Users began trolling the Race 2 actress and asked her to donate the pad to the needy rather than wasting it and falling for the film’s marketing gimmick.
Users advised the actress through comments that the PadMan team had thrown the challenge in order to promote their film, but it is doing nothing towards the social issue or women’s empowerment.
“It’s only drama and commercial no one cares shame on Bollywood for wasting so many pads which could have been used by someone else,” an enraged user stated on her post.
“You just wasted one pad and are urging others to do the same. I wish you had used some brains and promoted this campaign a bit more sensibly,” another angry user said.
Akshay Kumar-starrer PadMan released on 2,750 screens in India and 600 overseas (worldwide total: 3,350 screens) on February 9.
The movie has opened to mixed reviews from critics and viewers alike. With no big release in competition, PadMan is expected to rake in some good moolah on the first day of its release.