RJ Malishka grooves for gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, receives major backlash; netizens fume
Many twitter users found it offensive and slammed the Radio Jockey calling it a 'cheap stunt', while others chose to share memes and jokes.
New Delhi: A Radio Jockey of a well-known FM channel sparked off controversy with her virtual interview of Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra. The RJ and her team received major backlash on Twitter for making the Olympic champion ‘uncomfortable’ during the interview.
RJ Malishka Mendonsa virtually interviewed Olympian Neeraj Chopra on Red FM channel on Thursday. Soon after the interview, she shared a video clip, where she was seen putting up a dance performance for the Olympian with a few of her female colleagues.
The 23-year old Chopra, who was on Zoom call during the interview, seemed uncomfortable and awkwardly smiled throughout the dance performance.
RJ Malishka tweeted the video with caption, “Ladiesssss…Yes I got the hard-hitting, deep answers too but..Take the first 4 secs before the cam moves to the zoom call to guess who we are dancing for 
#udejabjabzulfeinteri and then tell me I did it for all of us”
Ladiesssss..Yes I got the hard hitting, deep answers too but..Take the first 4 secs before the cam moves to the zoom call to guess who we are dancing for? 😉 #udejabjabzulfeinteri and then tell me I did it for all of us? #gold #olympics #neerajchopra @RedFMIndia @RedFM_Mumbai pic.twitter.com/SnEJ99MK31
— Mumbai Ki Rani (@mymalishka) August 19, 2021
RJ sought virtual hug, Olympian replies with Namaste
In an another video clip, Malishka was also seen ‘virtually’ hugging the Olympian on behalf of the entire country. To this, an awkward Chopra replied, “Namaste… door se hi” with his hands folded in a gesture of Namaste.
Aise logo se door hi rehna chahiye, door se namastey @mymalishka ??? pic.twitter.com/mv4kGxumPw
— Naweed (@Spoof_Junkey) August 20, 2021
Netizens call it ‘cheap stunt’, taunt RJ with memes & jokes
While many Twitter users found it offensive and slammed the Radio Jockey calling it a ‘cheap stunt’, many others chose to share memes and jokes on her ‘performance’ and Chopra’s reaction to it.
Ugggh! Cringe max. So basically you are perpetuating the stereotype that the man is the real achiever and women are mere mujrewalis dancing to get his attention! How sick and sexist is this. Also, you guys can’t dance to save your life.
— Shefali Vaidya. ?? (@ShefVaidya) August 20, 2021
Sad to see you guys doing this and even sad is the fact that @RedFMIndia is allowing you all to do it.
I mean, what if the genders were opposite in this case? Had @RedFM_Mumbai allowed that too?
Very sad !
— Shashank Shekhar Jha (@shashank_ssj) August 19, 2021
— Jahazi (@Oye_Jahazi) August 19, 2021
I don’t have anything to do with this but I still want to apologize to @Neeraj_chopra1 for this.
— Ashutosh Bhatt (@roguedoga) August 19, 2021
This is too cheap.. banda awkward feel kar raha hai.. mtlb kya hi bakwaas hai… ye sab apne bollywoodiyo ke saath hi kiya karo..
— Pepper 87.58 (@Pepper_Talks) August 19, 2021
What’s wrong with her? Why is she making it so awkward for him? Ugh
— The Curry Muncher (@Paprikaashh) August 20, 2021
He must be regretting on winning Gold
— Prithvi (@Puneite_) August 19, 2021