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Indian-origin British TV star faces racist
taunts
Monday June 25, 2012 06:55:48 PM,
IANS
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London: Indian-origin
British television actress Shobna Gulati has said she was forced
to quit micro-blogging website Twitter after suffering a stream of
racist abuse.
Internet users mutilated photos of the 45-year-old "Coronation
Street" actress and posted them online with "sick comments", The
Sun reported Monday.
One user wrote: "You're not British, you're foreign", while
another tweeted, "You have got to be the ugliest f***** I've ever
seen".
One post read: "I'll always be here to bother you."
Gulati, who plays the character Sunita in the TV soap, said:
"Being racially abused on Twitter really shook me up. It felt like
going back in time to the 1970s."
"It put me in mind of a psycho - like a horror movie. I just
decided enough was enough. I tried to ignore it but it started to
affect my confidence. Violent, vitriolic hatred gives people their
moment in the spotlight. It beggars belief," Gulati said.
Gulati, born in Oldham to Indian parents, spoke out after "Towie"
star Lauren Goodger was also targeted by internet users over her
weight.
"I know how she (Goodger) feels. It's just bullying," she said.
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