Samantha pens strong note on actors being crucified for their opinion and cancel culture

Samantha Akkineni in a recent reel emphasises the importance of actors being entertainers and not fact-checkers and the culture of being cancelled out for having an opinion.

On Tuesday, Samantha Akkineni took the What Did She Say? challenge to speak her mind about media scrutiny where actors are assumed to have an opinion about everything that is happening in the world and the coercion to speak it out loud. And when the actor chooses to say mum on the topic, people usually take offence towards them and begin trolling them on social media platforms. Hi Happy Ugadi to you all Yesterday I had a false positive COVID test during a routine testing activity that we do on sets upon further testing and inspection it was confirmed by doctors that I DO NOT have COVID and so I’d be resuming the shoot with all precautions in place In the video posted by the actress, the song Whatcha Say by Jason Derulo is playing in the background. The first part of the reel shows Samantha in front of mics where she is being asked to share her opinion on an important topic. In the next frame, she is grooving and her curt reply is, ‘Wondering when did actors’ opinions matter so much.’