Manoj Bajpayee Issues Statement On His Viral ‘Fake Video’ Endorsing Political Party: ‘No Association Or Allegiance…’

Manoj Bajpayee recently broke his silence on his viral ‘fake’ video ahead of the Bihar elections. In the video, he can be seen endorsing a political party, which is actually a ‘patched-up’ version of an old advertisement that he did for Amazon Prime Video. The actor slammed the fake video and told his followers to stop spreading distorted content. He also clarified that he is not associated with any political party. Here is what he said in the recent tweet.

Manoj Bajpayee wrote on X, “I would like to publicly state that I have no association or allegiance with any political party. The video being circulated is a fake, patched-up edit of an ad I did for @PrimeVideoIN. I sincerely appeal to everyone sharing it to stop spreading such distorted content and urge people not to engage with or encourage such misleading content.”

His followers also reacted to his statement and shared their thoughts on it. A user said, “This is why celebrities are moving courts to protect their ‘personality rights’.” Another wrote, “In today's digital age, deepfakes and deceptive editing are a genuine threat to every public figure's reputation. Relying on such manipulated content to assign party allegiance undermines the very foundation of informed political discourse. We must be better than that.” A tweet read, “Yahan bhi ghotala Abhi to sarkar me aaye bhi nahi.”

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This year, several Bollywood celebrities have taken legal action to protect their personality and publicity rights. Most recently, Hrithik Roshan, Karan Johar, Suniel Shetty, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Akshay Kumar have secured their personality rights.

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Talking about Manoj Bajpayee, he has always been firm about his decision on how to handle the negativity around him, especially online trolling. In an old interview with Bollywood Hungama, the actor once said, “Responding gives them undue attention. Trolls are often attention-seeking individuals. I just block or ignore and focus on my work and the people who appreciate it.”

Manoj Bajpayee was last seen in the Netflix original movie, Inspector Zende. The film was about the Inspector, who caught the most wanted criminal, Charles Shobraj, twice in his career.