Deepika Singh Speaks Up After Being Trolled For Posing Beside A Fallen Tree, Says 'Didn't Mean To Be Insensitive'

It was yesterday that Deepika Singh had posed for pictures in front of a tree uprooted when cyclone Tauktae struck Mumbai. Deepika had posted the pictures on social media. But, no sooner did she do that than she began to face the ire of netizens. She was called out for being insensitive. Now, in a recent interview, Deepika has opened up about it.

Talking to ETimes, she said, , "I live in a flat, which is on the ground floor. This was a tree that we had planted many years ago outside our house, which unfortunately fell during the cyclone. The tree fell on our car and so my husband Rohit and I stepped out in the rains to move it from the car. During that time my husband thought of clicking a few pictures. It was just something we did spontaneously. My husband is a good photographer, so we just clicked a few pictures."

Deepika has been called insensitive for enjoying something that has claimed the lives of many. She added, "I am sad for all those who were affected due to the cyclone and I didn't mean to be insensitive by posing near an uprooted tree. I would not encourage anyone to do something like that. The last one year has been terrible for all of us and people are going through the worst. We have also lost many people during the pandemic and the cyclone made it worse. The entire year, I have hardly stepped out and these pictures were just taken to make a memory of how we managed to save our car and remove the tree."

Well, while it is obviously okay to have pictures and keep memories, but was it right for Deepika to share it?