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Pearle Maaney apologises in clarification video after backlash over post on students' protests: ‘I posted out of fear’
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Malayalam actor-TV host Pearle Maaney lost over 3 lakh Instagram followers after a post on students' protests.
She posted a 21-minute clarification video on YouTube explaining her post line by line and apologising.
Maaney said she felt pressured to post after receiving many DMs asking her to speak up on the protests.
She stated she posted out of pain and fear for the students' safety, not to offend.
Maaney addressed claims that her post was like 'spitting on the graves of freedom fighters', calling them hurtful.
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