In an unfortunate turn of events, actress Kenisha Awasthi found herself in the midst of an unsavoury and vicious hureicane of cybersexual harrasment where internet goons/ fans bullied her. The whole thing started after she answered a question asking, “Who she likes more? Emiway Bantai or Raftaar.” She selected Emiway giving a context categorically explained how she shares a long standing friendship with him and how grateful she is for him to always be a supporter of hers since way before she even got famous which agitated Raftaar’s self-proclaimed fans online.
The fans started attacking her online on her social media accounts. Kenisha Awasthi did her best to control the situation and not heed online trolls until she received death and rape threats on her DM and comment sections.
We spoke on the matter with Kenisha, and here’s what she says, “I’m appalled, disheartened, and somewhat scared right now seeing how vicious this toxic fandom phenomenon can be. It was a simple question I was asked, and I selected one. I never said the other person is bad or worse. All I said was I don’t gravitate to his music. I don’t see anything wrong in it. Yet I’ve been constantly receiving death and rape threats. I mean, expressing displeasure is fine and harmless trolling is okay too but threatening on sexual and physical grounds there is simply not done. It’s why I’m moving to cyber police for help because this is a concern of safety. It makes me sad to think what women would be going through when they are bullied online.”
Kenisha did look shaken up a bit with how things spiralled up. However, as usual, her spirit and conscience were spot on to not bow down to such petty online trollers requests. Definitely, this is something others can learn from her.
