Pakistani actress Alizeh Shah has refused to simply accept an apology from fellow actor Zarnish Khan, reigniting a long-standing dispute over remarks made three years in the past.
The controversy stems from Zarnish Khan’s look on the digital present in 2022, the place she was requested who would win a contest for being extra disrespectful. With out hesitation, Zarnish Khan responded, “It doesn’t matter who she [Alizeh Shah] is up towards, she’ll win.”
The remark resurfaced after Zarnish Khan not too long ago reached out to Alizeh Shah through Instagram, expressing remorse over her phrases. In a personal message, which Alizeh Shah later made public, Zarnish Khan admitted that her remark was made within the spur of the second and apologised for any damage brought about.
“Hey Alizey, I do know that is out of the blue, however I’m extraordinarily remorseful for saying one thing foolish within the spur of the second on OVM. Please forgive me,” Zarnish Khan wrote, providing to apologise publicly if that will make a distinction.
She additional prolonged an apology to Alizeh Shah’s mom, acknowledging that her remarks had affected her as properly. “I actually need to apologise to your mother. She was actually damage by it,” Zarnish Khan added.
Nevertheless, Alizeh Shah firmly refused to simply accept the apology. In her response, she wrote, “It gained’t repair the harm you probably did. I DO NOT forgive you.”
She accused Zarnish Khan of selecting to criticise her regardless of having acquired kindness from her household, stating, “They weren’t paying you to speak badly about me, however you continue to did.”
Alizeh Shah additionally revealed that her mom had personally referred to as Zarnish Khan after the incident in 2022, crying and asking why she had made such a comment. In accordance with Alizeh Shah, Zarnish Khan had assured her mom that she would launch a video clarifying her assertion however as a substitute blocked her quantity shortly after.
“Khuda sab dekh raha hai (God is at all times watching),” Alizeh Shah wrote on her Instagram tales, including, “No, I can’t forgive you! I nonetheless bear in mind how helpless my mother felt that day. Her voice was trembling on that decision, and also you blocked her so she wouldn’t ask you to apologise once more?”
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The change shortly went viral on social media, sparking debate amongst followers and trade insiders.
Some consider that Zarnish Khan took duty for her previous feedback and Alizeh Shah ought to have accepted the apology, whereas others argue that Alizeh Shah had each proper to reject it, given the emotional influence on her household.
The controversy has as soon as once more positioned each actresses within the public eye, reviving an previous feud that had largely been forgotten.