Bigg Boss 11: Season 10 finalist Bani J supports friend Gauahar Khan, slams Hina Khan

Mumbai: Hina Khan may have earned much love and appreciation for playing one of Indian TV’s iconic bahus – Akshara – in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai – for over eight years, but her Bigg Boss 11 stint isn’t helping her extend her fan base. After drawing flak from Karan Patel, Kamya Punjabi and a number of other actors, Hina has now irked Bani J, Bigg Boss 10 finalist and a very close friend of Gauahar Khan.

Bani took to Twitter to indirectly respond to Hina for her comment on Gauahar Khan’s social media fan following vis-à-vis her popularity in the virtual world.

The VJ tweeted: “Umm I’m not watching this season as y’all know but I keep hearing about it +I just wanna take a moment to say smthng we all already know, you can’t touch @GAUAHAR_KHAN. You can’t reach where she’s at. So don’t bother hating, just sit back and appreciate. Spectate don’t speculate (sic).”

Umm I’m not watching this season as y’all know but I keep hearing about it +I just wanna take a moment to say smthng we all already know, you can’t touch @GAUAHAR_KHAN. You can’t reach where she’s at. So don’t bother hating, just sit back and appreciate. Spectate don’t speculate.

— Bani J (@bani_j) 1 December 2017

Model-turned-actor Gauahar, who has worked in a number of films, took to Twitter to thank her dear friend Bani for such amazing words.

She tweeted: “ Bani J ........  these words  most special.. thank you (sic).”

Bani J ........ these words most special.. thank you https://t.co/tnvLGds09m

— Gauahar Khan (@GAUAHAR_KHAN) 1 December 2017

For the uninitiated, Hina had taken a dig at Gauahar - a former Bigg Boss winner, Sanjeeda Shaikh and Sakshi Tanwar.

Gauahar had reacted to Hina’s comments on Sakshi Tanwar by tweeting: “Acchaii aur tameez toh seekhi nahi, math karna seekha hota toh aaj jhoote ghamand me aake kahi gayi baat pe log itna haste nahi..Lol!!! Allah sabko tarakki de.... Ameen!! Ghamand be aaj tak kisi ka kuch bhalaa nahi kiya.. sakshi tanwar u are beautiful (sic).”

This didn’t go well with fans of the actress and a number of people from the TV fraternity. They took to Twitter to give a befitting response to Hina, who is now one of the 9 remaining contestants in the house of Bigg Boss 11.

From calling South film actresses fat to not speaking up when her friend Priyank body-shamed Shilpa Shinde and Arshi Khan—Hina has been at the receiving end.