Fawad Khan was catapulted to the center of the current Pakistan-India tensions after a journalist wrote an open letter to him asking him to get out of India. The, then expectant father, was showcasing his forthcoming movie ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil‘ when suddenly the whole of South Asia started throwing shade at each other because of him.

People like Karan Johar came forth in whole-hearted support of Fawad

Karan Johar was even criticized so severely by Shiv Sena even calling a boycott of his film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil‘.

And then there were detractors like this guy

Magar Jee nahi sakte tumhare bina.. pic.twitter.com/ImJyoWUYK7

— abhijeet (@abhijeetsinger) October 4, 2016

And now, finally, Fawad Khan has spoken up:

False statements attributed to Fawad were also refuted by him:

“This is the first time I have spoken on the matter. Please disregard any other words attributed to me during this time because I have not said them”.

This is how the people reacted about Fawad’s statement:

So proud of Fawad Khan, he just made me happy with his "kind" words. Some Indian artists should learn something from him. ?

— Sumbal (@nobodycaressbby) October 7, 2016

I take back my negative thoughts against Fawad Khan (I hv never mentioned his name though) bt will never take… https://t.co/rJUkRWQDYT

— Kyem Ghosh (@KyemGhosh) October 7, 2016

Can't say anything about other Indians, I shall not watch #FawadKhan's movies.

— हीरामनH.Tiwari (@heeraman98) October 7, 2016

Fawad Khan given too much importance by media .Ignore him
More important issues can discussed on prime time !

— nitin l (@arujeh) October 7, 2016

Here’s hoping we can all finally begin to move on from idiocy over trumped up nationalism in order to focus on actually focus on making this world a better place for humanity in general.

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