Bollywood actress Esha Gupta has apologised for her comments.
Esha Gupta, an Indian model/actress and Arsenal ambassador, has apologised after she shared a screenshot of a text message in which she and her friend made racist comments about Arsenal player and Nigerian internatonal Alex Iwobi.
Following Arsenal’s 3-1 loss to Manchester United in the FA Cup on Friday night, Gupta shared a Whatsapp conversation between her and her friend, in which she referred to Iwobi as a “gorilla”.
The uploaded picture of the conversation has since been deleted.
She has since taken to Twitter to apologise to anyone who “thought it was racist”.
https://twitter.com/eshagupta2811/status/1089554196267978754
She also said that it was said out of frustration during the game, and that she herself has been a victim of racism before, and that what has happened is not something that she is proud of.
https://twitter.com/eshagupta2811/status/1089567069908160517
Iwobi, a 22-year-old Arsenal academy graduate, has not responded publicly to what was said.
