Rakul Preet Singh on Virat Kohli-Avneet Kaur Instagram Controversy: "That Was Too Sad..."

Virat Kohli's like on Avneet Kaur's bold picture made the headlines, leading the cricketer to issue a clarification regarding it. Now, Rakul Preet Singh has reacted to this controversy. She pointed out that everyone who knows Avneet's Instagram followers increased after Virat's like is ‘jobless'.

Rakul On Virat Kohli Liking Avneet Kaur's Post:

She recently made an appearance at Shubhankar Mishra's podcast. She was asked about a couple she looks up to, and she quickly named Anushka Sharma and Virat. Calling them an ‘inspiring couple', she commented on how the ‘whole country' looks up to them.

When the chatter around Virat and Avneet was brought up, she replied, “Too sad yaar. That is too sad. Hum bohot vele hain (we are so jobless), that we even know that his like increased 2 million followers for her. How does it matter if he liked or didn't or it happened by mistake. It often happens on Instagram that you unfollow friends by mistake. It's so sad that just because he's a celebrity, what he likes, doesn't like turns into news.”

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"It Was A Personal Decision..."

She, however, refused to chime in about Virat's explanation of how Instagram's algorithm mistakenly registered an interaction and how there was ‘no intent behind it'. Rakul said, “It's a very personal decision, I don't think I have the place to comment on (why he explained). Everything comes under the scanner when you're a celebrity. We waste so much time on social media, it's not needed.”

Virat Kohli's Accidental Like Explained:

Earlier this month, Virat's official Instagram account registered a like on an Avneet Kaur fan page. While the post was later ‘disliked', the fan page posted screengrabs of the interaction on their Instagram stories, which caught on like wildfire. Eventually, Virat posted a clarification about it, blaming the algorithm. Avneet's official Instagram account gained over a million followers since then, with digital marketing platform BuzzCraft noting that the value of her posts increased by 30% from ₹2 lakh to ₹2.6 lakh.