Several celebrities, including Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor were invited to attend The MDL Beast Festival that took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. And now people are furious about the actor’s response to the festival, and for not acknowledging the fact that women were sexually harassed in the crowd.
She was called out by the Instagram account, DietPrada for saying that she was treated well as a brown Hindu girl, the account tagged her in the videos shared by a harassed brown girl. It also called out celebrities for taking paid trips to improve the public image of a country with famous human rights violations in their bag.
This tourism event aka concert is being heavily criticised for the excessive amount of sexual harassment and groping that took place in the crowd. Several women have come forward with their experience at the festival, stating that they will stop going to concerts.
The festival is yet to issue an official statement regarding the allegations made.