So there are two possibilities of what might have happened here. Either Kapil Sharma really lost it and went on a foul-mouthed rampage on Twitter or his account was hacked along with the Indian Defence Ministry’s website. Though no Chinese characters have appeared on Kapil Sharma’s Twitter page - the tweets in question were simply deleted.
The TV comedian, whose latest show Family Time with Kapil Sharma hasn’t exactly flown off the charts, took to Twitter on 6 April afternoon to support Salman Khan. He wrote that he has seen many royal-like people brag about killing tigers, and Salman is a good man who helps a lot of people. It’s the system that is “ghatiya”.
Then Kapil went on a rampage - accompanied by a lot of abusive language - against a media house saying that the press shouldn’t only create negative and fake news. He also added that if he was the Prime Minister, he would have hung people who spread fake news.
He deleted the tweets shortly after.
Here’s a screenshot of the tweets:
According to IANS, Kapil Sharma later said that his account had been hacked.
"Hi all, please ignore the previous offensive tweets as my account was hacked. Apologies for the inconvenience caused. Love and regards to all," Kapil tweeted late in the afternoon. This tweet too was later deleted. Kapil then tweeted saying his account was not hacked.
Kapil Sharma has reportedly not been keeping well and battling depression, among other things. The once highly popular TV comedian saw his stardom spiral after a very public brawl with colleague Sunil Grover last year.
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