Actress Kangana Ranaut may have made some stunning red carpet appearances at Cannes 2018 this year but she also did something that hasn't gone down well with netizens. The actress attended the after-party with Jim Sarbh who cracked a rape joke that has left Twitter fuming. A video clip of the same is going viral where Jim is heard saying, “I’d rather be raped by 12 prostitutes than touch alcohol and the Punjabi says ‘Me too, I didn’t know that was an option’.”

As soon as he completes his ‘joke’, Kangana is also seen laughing along with the rest of them. What comes as a hge shock is that someone like Kangana, who has always taken a stand for what's right and is known to be a feminist, partook in this 'joke'.

Watch the video here:

Users were left disgusted after the clip went viral on social media. While one user wrote, “Rape is not a joke. If you tell or laugh at jokes about rape you are a part of the problem,” another said, “Kangana laughs as Jim Sarbh jokes about rape at a Cannes event. Interesting thing was she once bashed popular star for using this word “Rape” and called that insensitive.”

Later, clarifying his stand on the same, Jim said in a statement to Hindustan Times that his comments were taken out of context. “It is unfortunate that my comments were taken out of context. I do not now nor have I ever condoned any form of sexual violence. This has been picked out of context without a prelude where I am actually enacting parts of a play which is a dark satire.”

Kangana, however, has not commented on the issue as of yet.

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