Terence Lewis addresses viral video of him allegedly touching Nora Fatehi inappropriately

Choreographer Terence Lewis opened up about a viral clip in which he allegedly misbehaved with Nora Fatehi. The incident allegedly happened on the sets of ‘India's Best Dancer’ a few years ago and a video of the same was widely shared on the internet, stirring a controversy. Now, the choreographer, who featured on Maniesh Paul’s podcast, has refuted all the allegations.

Terence explained that veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha and his wife appeared on the programme, and Geeta Kapur wanted them to greet the guests with a complete namaskar. That week, Malaika Arora had skipped judging the show as she had COVID, and Nora had filled in for her.

Nora and Terence did namaskar out of respect, but Geeta wanted them to do more. Therefore, they all complied with her requests. He said he doesn’t even remember if his hand touched Nora.

Terence Lewis added that two weeks before the alleged incident, Nora had appeared on the show and requested him to dance with her. He then questioned why would he do something inappropriate, when there are four cameras around.

As per the choreographer, he called Nora after the video went viral, only to learn that both of them were receiving calls.

‘I’ve already danced with her in close proximity, and when you’re in the middle of it, you are not thinking in that zone. We are so focused, you cannot be in two worlds, and you need a lot of guts to do something like this,’ he said on the podcast.

In 2020, Terence had claimed that the video was clearly morphed. Nora had also shared an appreciation note for him for remaining ‘poised and dignified’ throughout the controversy.

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