Preeti Zinta was in the news yesterday for her controversial remarks on the Me Too movement in which she reportedly stated ""I think it is important that this MeToo movement has started but it is important that women use it for the right thing, because there are men and women who would use their position of power for their advantage but I do feel bad when women are using it when it is not that serious, or for personal vendetta or for publicity. There is a very small percentage of women who are using it and they are diluting the movement but then there are also women who have gone through all of this and me being in the industry I have heard so many stories and if you want to acknowledge that there is a problem, you have to first admit that at least there is (one) and then you solve the problem,"

The interviewer then asked her if she had any such bad experience to which she replied "“I wish I had, then I would have an answer to tell you...And that’s what I am saying that this is a very relevant question because people treat you the way you want to be treated." adding " Yes, if there are dodgy people, well, there are bad people everywhere. And there is nothing you can do to change the world and the only thing you can do is to change yourself. So if you go there, saying ‘I'll do anything’, then you will be stupid to ask me not to do anything. But if I am coming here and saying that I am going to work really hard, I will do anything to work hard and I have no other nonsense to entertain, you will not (face anything)... If you feel that I am good at what I am doing, you are going to be like ‘theek hai (okay), you work.’ And I am a walking example of that. So I don't believe any of the other things people have to say,”

There was heavy backlash on social media for Preity Zinta allegedly demeaning women and the Me Too Movement prompting the 'Dil Chahta Hai" girl to retract on twitter "Really sad 2see how the interview Is edited to trivialis& be insensitive. Not everything is traction & as someone being interviewed I expected decency & maturity froma journalist @iFaridoon. I did 25 interviews that day & only yours turned out edited like this #dissappointed (twitter post not spell checked).