{"id":2742,"date":"2007-04-17T23:04:32","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T23:04:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-04-18T00:04:58","modified_gmt":"2007-04-18T00:04:58","slug":"Shilpa-Shetty-s-publicist-on-the-Richard-Gere-debacle--Highlight-AIDS-awareness-not-innocent-kisses--","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=2742","title":{"rendered":"Shilpa Shetty&#8217;s publicist on the Richard Gere debacle: &#8220;Highlight AIDS awareness, not innocent kisses&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/41943727@N00\/464543572\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/193\/464543572_47114e8000_m.jpg\" alt=\"200704_Shilpa_Shetty's\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>Just before going on stage, Shilpa Shetty was discussing with Richard Gere his movie &#39;Shall We Dance&#39;. When he went onstage, he tried striking an impromptu dance pose from the film. She didn&#39;t realize what he was doing. He later told her that since he cannot speak Hindi, but wanted to communicate with the truckers, he tried to do something entertaining for them&#8230;  in a Bollywood song and dance way. <\/p>\n<p>Shilpa has always stood for her dignity and is very proud of her culture and to be an Indian. If anybody would have over-stepped the boundaries with her, she would have reacted there and then. <\/p>\n<p>And what&#39;s the big deal about the kissing? Haven&#39;t we seen anyone being kissed on the cheeks on television? People are over-reacting because the channels have been showing the clippings over and over again. 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