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Richard Gere kisses the wrong Pretty Woman

April
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Protesters in India burned effigies of the Pound Ridge actor after he kissed a popular Bollywood actress, Shilpa Shetty, at an Aids awareness rally in New Delhi. Public displays of affection and sex remain major taboo subjects in the country and many Indians were apparently offended by Gere’s theatrics. Some protesters have even chanted for Shetty’s death.

The protesters say Gere insulted Indian culture, according to the BBC, by kissing Shetty on her hand and face multiple times. Shetty has defended Gere’s off-the-cuff action, which was acted out to entertain the audience.

“I understand people’s sentiments, but I don’t want a foreigner to take bad memories from here. I understand this is his culture, not ours,” she told Indian news outlets. She added that Gere has apologized profusely to her for the incident and the reaction it caused.


(AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 at 1:22 pm by Suburbarazzi.
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One Response to “Richard Gere kisses the wrong Pretty Woman”

  1. THEKIISFMCASTER

    Richard Gere, I think is a terrific actor bout he needs alittle work on his kissing technique. Do you think that his breath stinked when he kissed Shilpa Shetty, I’m not sure. Take a closer look at the video and if you can smell it. I think it might be scratch and sniff. lol. Just Log On!!! http://www.kiisfm.com/main.html

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