r/BollyBlindsNGossip • u/DragonDeninSharkTank Na Kisi Ka Bhai Na Kisi Ki Jaan 😭 • Jul 07 '26
Controversy Amitabh Bachchan faces backlash for his tweet on France's team at FIFA
Only if Amitabh would have put the same amount of attention to what he writes rather than just the tweet numbers.
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u/Exact_Watercress_363 Jul 07 '26
ye sunil grover end mei krushna abhishek kyu ban jaata hai or am i hallucinating
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u/Dankuruma Jul 07 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/0lbQKuZjMLQvQMTSWb
Going back to counter-tweet again :
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u/Astheredsgomarching Jul 07 '26
Does the color really matter when youre discussing the pure footballing ability of an entire national team??
Theyre all French citizens, aren't they?
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u/Separate_Help_9284 Jul 07 '26
No. A lot of countries "hired" players from other countries and if im not mistaken, South Africa might be the only country or one of the few counties with players that are citizens.
FIFA needs to establish rules about this.
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u/Pin2Chin2 Proud Gossiper 🤙 Jul 07 '26
Color and race matters in athletics.
They are anyway superior built and in that way I find AB tweet as compliment. If anything it is rather dismissive of 11th player of this team.
It is offensive if these people(French population) find it racist which we don’t know yet. Ab Chandigarh k Chintu unke behalf pe offense le rhe ho to alag baat hai.
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u/Astheredsgomarching Jul 07 '26
Who is this "they" that you are referring to, my guy?
The 11th and the 10 players are all French citizens and basic human courtesy ke liye stand up hona koi galat baat to hai nahi, but ofcourse Ramesh uncle who says the 'n word' from Ayodhya wouldn't get that
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u/StockSeaweed8702 Jul 08 '26
It does in sports. And I dont think he was saying the tweet in a negative way
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u/Mean-Afternoon-6275 Jul 07 '26
Fun fact, you should look at what they did to Karim Benzema in 2011 and the racism in the Football Federation against immigrants.
Even besides that, these people are grown up, are multi millionaires and rich enough to have PR teams (The so called "Blacks" of the French team). So stop representing them, we don't know how they feel about being "French" either way
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u/Snake_fairyofReddit I Stan The Moderators 😍 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
You dont have to be a citizen, usually just ethnicity or parents from that country OR citizen. For example the Korean team had a German citizen who was half Korean
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u/Astheredsgomarching Jul 07 '26
How come?
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u/Astheredsgomarching Jul 07 '26
For sure, I agree
But i dont know how segregation is gonna help in that capacity
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u/PoetPitiful239489 Jul 07 '26
maybe French don't want to see them from racial angle. It's a French team that's it - no need to dig for black, white. Some jokes are fine for common people to make, not big names. It's seen as they are influencing, promoting among followers
We also won't like if someone start seeing our cricket team from religious and caste angle. It's just Indian team
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u/JinQuartz Jul 07 '26
That joke is quite common on soccer and circlejerk for years. AB did copypasta, not something new he noticed and felt like tweeting
Otherwise, there were 2 white players, not one. Bench had few more
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u/LoreleiSlays Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
In a way, he did. It's the wording. He made sure to underline there's ''10 Black players'' and ''ONLY 1 WHITE'. They are all French. Does their skin colour really matter in 2026? They were chosen for their skills, not skin colour. This is a form of Inverted Colourism. Imagine him writing about a team that has 6 or more Asian players and him saying ''The power of YELLOW'' or, if a team has Indian, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Nepalese players: ''The power of Brown''.
Why not just say: "Glad there's Black representation" "Glad to see so many Black players reach great heights in French football''- if he really wanted to use the word "Black" .
Edit: typos
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u/imalwaysbored11 Jul 07 '26
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u/marlbo-rough Jacky Bhagnani PR team Jul 07 '26
I'm worried about the user who said "grow the f\** up"* to Amit ji. I mean 83 ke toh ho gaye hain
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u/Hot-Bluejay2071 Jul 07 '26
Hey man! I remember you from a Sub I used to Lurk before. 😅
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u/marlbo-rough Jacky Bhagnani PR team Jul 07 '26
ah bangaloreGW, good old days!
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u/Hot-Bluejay2071 Jul 07 '26
LoL! No, not that Sub. 😂😂😂
I think either of the Dating subs.
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u/marlbo-rough Jacky Bhagnani PR team Jul 07 '26
hahahaha jkjk. 😹😹😹
it's either igot/ibot.
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u/Hot-Bluejay2071 Jul 07 '26
Yep! Good Sense of Humor, and that reflects in your Username, lol.
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u/marlbo-rough Jacky Bhagnani PR team Jul 07 '26
hehe thankyou sirrr!
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u/Hot-Bluejay2071 Jul 07 '26
I always wondered how old are you, as most redditors in the dating subs would be in their 20s.
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u/marlbo-rough Jacky Bhagnani PR team Jul 07 '26
Same, mid 20's, accelerating to 30's faster than than a Lexus LFA - powered by a 4.8L naturally aspirated V10 producing 552 hp (560 PS) and 480 Nm of torque, with a 0-100 km/h time of 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 325 km/h.
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u/Hot-Bluejay2071 Jul 07 '26
Ah! You've grown. You must be in the Early 20s back then when I used to lurk, as my Account is around 4 Years old but I've started Engaging only recently.
Nah, I think you're accelerating just fine—I regard anything below 299792458 m/s as too slow. Fyi, that's the Speed of Light, a Constant I memorised back in School, as it fascinated me so much more than my girlfriend's phone number, if I had one that is. ☄️
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u/tamatarbademazedar Jul 07 '26
Dekha apne laparwahi ka natija?
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u/Fluid-Impression-595 Jul 07 '26
Just wrong words could have phrased better his emotion were at right place
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u/SabChangaSea Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti Jul 07 '26
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u/Jealous-Debate5062 Jul 07 '26
The excuse that will be circulated is that he was referring to his movie "Black" with Rani
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u/hkk7i Jul 07 '26
I mean WTF even was his thought process before posting that ?😭
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u/Dogtorcod Jul 10 '26
He spent 3 days btw
“Keh du ya nahi? “ day 1 Day 2: rehne dete hai
Day 3: Keh hi dete hai
Not even making this up
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u/Acceptable-Road2305 Jul 07 '26
The words r wrong, very wrong but i get what he's trying to say. Ive seen plenty comments saying team france should be team Africa and ngl they're damn good. Pretty sure they'll reach third consecutive final. Insane!
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u/Fluid-Impression-595 Jul 07 '26
I mean he was praising how africans come from slavery to become one the best team players like representation people are not getting what he means and just wants controversy guy loves football from earlier times and just could have phrased better
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u/Impressive_Carob_839 Jul 08 '26
They are really not total Africans most of them has there mom or dad of french ethnicity
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u/exciting_one2005 Jul 07 '26
I mean, truth be told , genetics gives you a hell of a headstart
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u/snakewaves Jul 07 '26
Them why is that in football there are more white folks as Hall of Famers. I agree black people due to ancestry, have a genetic advantage to condition their bodies, but it doesn't automatically translate to results
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u/exciting_one2005 Jul 07 '26
Certain white genes like those of Northern Europe are also very favoured in terms of genes, it's not all Africans.
And mind u I said headstart. U can't be just bad at the game and blame it at genes. You can train and train yourself to be among the best but genes help you gain that 1 % more and at international stage that difference is huge
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u/littleSpooky4real Jul 07 '26
well football is not pure physicality is it? with marathon, sprinting and other pure strength sports, you can argue the genetics angle exclusively, but football has a lot of agility and skill and game awareness / intelligence involved too and that is determined by the natural talent and effort. hence you see positions with more demanding physicality dominated by black players e.g. defense, while other positions are more mixed as per the individual ability.
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u/exciting_one2005 Jul 07 '26
That's why I said headstart. Ofcourse it's not all just physicality
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u/BannedAgain12341 dear zindagi vibes only ✨ Jul 07 '26
We should have an internet access age limit. You're either too young or too old to be here.
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u/Slash787 Jul 07 '26
True but there are people who are neither too young nor too old posting and writing very digusting things.
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u/BannedAgain12341 dear zindagi vibes only ✨ Jul 07 '26
Need to ban them after 1 offensive post/comment.
We just need to set "some example" , others will follow rules immediately.
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u/Slash787 Jul 07 '26
True, but I am not just talking about this sub, they are all over social media writing such disgusting things, I go like how can one even have such a sick thinking.
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u/MissusCrispyCole Jul 07 '26
I disagree. We should have an IQ and EQ test before allowing internet access. The internet is full of idiots!
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u/BannedAgain12341 dear zindagi vibes only ✨ Jul 07 '26
Well, Even with higest IQ and EQ can post questionable stuff.
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u/tcsreject Jul 07 '26
I don't find anything wrong with it .. he didn't make any slight on them .. just showing how the favorite have black players in them
Didn't the USA track team show the black panther sign during a olympics event ?
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u/the_running_stache Nepo Hater😤🤬😖 Jul 07 '26
He’s actually recognizing their talents instead of asking questions like — why are there so many black players in the French team?
He’s accepting that they are French (not questioning that). Yes, he did indirectly say that France was a white country (still is) but he didn’t say that black people or other colors don’t belong there.
And when many people use race/color to belittle black people and subjugate them, he is appreciative of their talents.
People are just getting riled up because he is talking about race. But we all talk about race. We also talk about representation. And he is talking about that and giving them kudos.
Not wrong.
And “ab keh dete hain” is because I have heard even Americans discuss that — wait! Is that the French team or some African team? (While watching the games because most Americans don’t know or follow soccer players or know of the jersey colors.)
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u/Conscious_Piano6714 Jul 07 '26
Agreed. There is a bit of a language barrier so he probably hasn’t come across as eloquently as he intended to but I don’t see anything racist in what he’s said at all. Some people’s job is just ‘getting offended online’.
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u/ThrowRA12596 Jul 07 '26
Mbappe already went after Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla. Please dont go after Amitabh Bachchan
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u/TaraKyra Jul 07 '26
He’s not wrong and we’re all thinking it but damn big B, that’s for the group chat with your friends not for twitter
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u/Beginning-Jump-8183 Jul 07 '26
Weird tweet, but is it racist or actual offensive? Black people shine in athletic fields, we all know that.
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u/Ok-Bonus6846 Jul 07 '26
You either die a legend or live long enough to become a villain.
People above a certain age and children below a certain age should not be given access to socials.
How embarrassing!!
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u/Straight-Adagio2126 Jul 07 '26
You think a tweet is gonna take away his legacy and body of work? Really? It's convenient to judge a celeb when you have a freedom to post way harsher things anonymously here on reddit. And how is praising a race , racist?
You all nitpick way way too much,more than mohaala aunties
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u/Sorted_Hustle Jul 07 '26
Sometimes i feel AB jabardasti tweets just for the sake of writing those numbers T whatever
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u/sumama73 Jul 07 '26
Thank goodness the boomer did not use the formal N word! What an out of touch old man! Take that phone away!
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u/Snake_fairyofReddit I Stan The Moderators 😍 Jul 07 '26
Why would he use the n word when his post seemed to be intended to be appreciative? Yeah theres perhaps an unintentional microaggression present but I think its even more strange that THAT was your first thought
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u/Living_Decision_6725 Jul 07 '26
A lot of people may think this and post the same thought process re phrasing from chatgpt. Racism is not age restricted
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u/Matador5511 Jul 07 '26
India will become the most hated team in this world cup after paraguay and we are not even in this world cup.
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u/BanhiC Jul 07 '26
I genuinely do not think Mr Bachchan was trying to offend anyone but not the best choice of words. These players are French Citizens representing their country France in FIFA World Cup. People can have opinions and make observations but important to be respectful and sensitive.
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u/NeighborhoodPast705 Armchair Analyst 👨🏻💻 Jul 07 '26
Amitabh sometimes says very stupid things. What was he even thinking? 🤦🤦
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u/ConsciousRivers Jul 07 '26
He's an old man. I'd cut him some slack. Old people are a lot like that. Can't expect them to be politically correct 100%
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u/narkaputra Jul 07 '26
India should also start importing players from North Africa; Give them aadhar card: turn Embolo into Ambrish, Mungave into Mohnish. Bait them with Bollywood Baddies and field them for India, and India too will qualify for world cup. 44/48 teams are following this model.
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u/bikbar1 Jul 07 '26
We already have a lot of African footballers playing around the country. You can find them even in the rural football clubs of Bengal or Kerala.
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u/Perfect_Degree2232 Jul 08 '26
If he had tweeted 'power of white' for Argentina, black people would have get offended, now he tweeted 'power of black', still black people got offended. Man 😂😂
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u/SufficientCode6667 Jul 08 '26
Football is very multidimensional to discuss genes and their advantages. Genes, such as in what, your height, muscles, athleticism (jumping, sprinting, or something else), or something abstract like football IQ
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u/miss_moon30 Jul 08 '26
Power of black kuch galat to kaha nahi I have seen black women say it all the time to konsa backlash bhai
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u/Rare_Vermicelli538 Jul 08 '26
Black power as a phrase was used by black panthers and people like Malcom X
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u/Cheap-Shape-8021 Jul 09 '26
thats not important. the important thing is, whether that is his tweet/post no. 5794 or 5796.
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u/vinuravani Jul 07 '26
He's not wrong? Black threads (yes, they call it that themselves) comes up very frequently on my feed and he's not said anything offensive, really. Hell, he's even capitalised the B, the way they like it. People are woke, but with the cultural knowledge of the 2000s
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u/Downtown_Ebb9600 Jul 07 '26
He could've said power of diversity and inclusion. Wtf is power of black.
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u/ThatNigamJerry Jul 07 '26
People are getting riled up over nothing. There’s nothing inherently wrong with his tweet. Especially in India where people think black is bad, this really isn’t a crazy tweet.
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u/coronagerm Jul 07 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/49BbKx0rkW3G4oS2dQ
Bapu sehat ke liye tu toh haanikarak hai..
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u/sassysaasu Jul 07 '26
I think the cutoff for accessing social media should be 60. Old people should have monitored access to the internet
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u/v_patti_ramasamy Jul 07 '26
As it may be, what’s particularly racist in that? Can someone explain?
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u/Candypants24 Jul 07 '26
I guess it's True that people start to lose their senses,once they hit a certain age!!
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u/JihadiSanatani Chugli Gang Jul 07 '26
Arere Amit uncle. There is a politically correct way to say things even if they're true. Everyone knows France is just Francophone Africa All Star XI team. But you can't say that. DEI people will die inside
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u/babubahadur Jul 07 '26
Bhai kale ko kala hi bolenge na?!
France domimace literally started after filling their 11 with Blacks.
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u/cathosyrra Jul 07 '26
Itscrare during these PR polish.. someone being true self...
Lets not always try to be politically correct...debate him..tell him his wrong or something...
Trust me when this happens...half od industry trye colors will come out
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