Poonam Pandey is facing the internet's wrath for faking her death in a bid to raise awareness about cervical cancer. On February 2, the internet sensation's team issued a statement on her official Instagram account which stated that the actor lost the battle to the deadly disease, sending shockwaves across social media. A day after the death hoax, the actor has now come forward to share that she's proud of the buzz her death news generated as everyone it helped spark conversation around cervical cancer. However, her awareness stunt has not gone well with many social media users, including Pooja Bhatt and Tahira Kashyap.
On Friday, Pooja Bhatt expressed her shock over Poonam Pandey’s supposed death, offering condolences to her family. However, she is taken aback after learning that Pandey faked her death, and Pooja Bhatt is appalled. After deleting her previous tweet in which she offered condolences, Pooja condemned Pandey's stunt and wrote, “I never delete tweets but did so in the case where I expressed my shock at the news of Poonam Pandey’s demise due to cervical cancer. Why? Turns out the news was engineered by a digital/PR team. Absolute disgrace & disservice to those battling the same included."
Tahira Kashyap, who is a cancer survivor herself, was appalled at Poonam Pandey's awareness campaign. She wrote, “Witnessed the lowest of lows today. Oscillating emotions between being triggered, angry, shocked and disbelief. What are we becoming? How important is breaking news? At what cost? So put off by the cheap publicity stunt. Not naming just because the person doesn't deserve any importance whatsoever.”
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