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‘It Was Misogynistic’: Tejasswi Prakash Slams Playground 5 Contestant’s Viral ‘Faltu Ka Cute’ Jibe | Exclusive
Tejasswi Prakash addressed a viral clip from Playground season 5, calling a contestant’s remarks misogynistic. She felt he disrespected her co-mentors and used her to go viral.
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Earlier this month, a clip from Amazon MX Player’s Playground season 5 featuring Tejasswi Prakash went viral. In the reel, a contestant seemingly ignored the actor, who’s serving as one of the mentors on the reality show. When she questioned why he wasn’t talking to her, he said he hadn’t really seen her work and mostly knew her through social media reels.
He then brought up an old Bigg Boss 15 moment involving Tejasswi and Salman Khan, saying she found her behaviour ‘faltu ka cute’ in front of Salman Khan. This remark quickly spread across social media platforms, drawing heavy reactions from her fan base. Reacting to this episode, Tejasswi now highlights the misogyny she was subjected to.
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Speaking exclusively to News18, she says, “Women have to make extra effort to be taken seriously sometimes. What he told me was misogynistic but I wasn’t angry. I looked at it as an artist. We, artists, need to be welcoming of all kinds of opinion. If somebody thinks that I’m faltu ka cute, I’ve to accept it.” But there was something else about it that left a bad taste in her mouth.
“What I didn’t like is when he started talking down on all of us. That’s when I got a little defensive. I was like, ‘Bro, you’ve literally come here for an audition. Don’t speak about my fellow mentors in that way. Woh log kuch ukhaad ke hi yahaan aaye hain,'” the Swaragini and Naagin 6 actor states. For the unversed, her co-mentors on Playground season 5 are Elvish Yadav and Aarush Bhola.
Tejasswi now chooses to look at this incident through a different lens and reiterates how the contestant decided to go viral by piggybacking on a popular sensation like her. “I’ve to say this that no matter which show I’m associated with, some or the other clip goes viral. I’m not trying to show off when I say this but this is the truth,” she points out.
“The second this guy walked in, I knew that yeh apna reel katwa ne aaya hai. That reel didn’t go viral because he said something in it but because I was the person he was interacting with. Nobody even knows him or his name. His intention was to go viral. I’m happy for him now that a few people have seen him through that reel,” she further continues.
According to Tejasswi, male participants in reality shows often look down on women and have a skewed notion about them. Talking about it, she says, “Men in shows like this that are about gaming and being physically strong are very dominating. A lot of times, these guys start looking up to other men. They’ve a very different vision for a girl.”
She adds, “I’m somebody who doesn’t have a background of a regular content creator or a YouTuber. I’ve seen their circle. They’ve their own gang and friends and that’s why their relatibility quotient is higher, especially from the regions they come from. I lose on that because I’m not as active on Instagram and YouTube.”
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Ask News18The ‘faltu ka cute’ jibe originated from a contestant on Playground season 5 who referenced an old Bigg Boss 15 moment involving Tejasswi Prakash and Salman Khan, suggesting her behaviour was ‘faltu ka cute’ in front of Khan. The remark went viral because the contestant was interacting with Tejasswi Prakash, a popular figure, rather than due to the contestant’s own actions.
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