{"id":274555,"date":"2020-08-10T11:47:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T06:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=274555"},"modified":"2020-08-10T11:47:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T06:47:46","slug":"zhalay-sarhadi-now-says-we-misunderstood-her-slap-on-the-face-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/zhalay-sarhadi-now-says-we-misunderstood-her-slap-on-the-face-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhalay Sarhadi Now Says We Misunderstood Her &#8216;Slap on the Face&#8217; Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhalay Sarhadi has received criticism for her latest comments against Esra Bilgic, where she said,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have short term gains. If you have chosen Halima and made her a brand ambassador over here, its a slap to our faces. It\u2019s an actual slap to our faces. Why are you borrowing a star from another country?\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, she has now come forward to clarify her comments in the face of that backlash. Her controversial comments were part of an interview that took place after Esra was appointed as the brand ambassador for Qmobile and then also became the face of national telecommunication network Jazz.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/zhalay-sarhadi-says-hiring-esra-bilgic-is-a-slap-on-our-faces-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zhalay Sarhadi Says Hiring Esra Bilgic is &#8216;A Slap On Our Faces&#8217; [Video]<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In her previous comments, Sarhadi had also gone on to support Yasir Hussein who has been quite vocal against the influence of popular drama Ertugrul and the role of its stars in the Pakistani industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the backlash her comments received, the Pakistani actress took to Twitter to defend her statement, saying that it was \u2018our very own people\u2019 she was being critical against and she had no problems with Esra or Turkish content as a whole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In this air of immense misunderstandings let me say my piece. I have nothing against any nationality let alone our brothers and sisters of Turkey! I love Turkey, Turkish heritage and their dramatic productions. They are far ahead of us in every way!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; zhalay sarhadi (@Xxhalay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Xxhalay\/status\/1291384683662577668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, she continued to defend her previous statement of it being \u201cthe slap to our faces\u201d [sic] because of faults within our own industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Which has resulted in our awaam being inclined towards better quality programs, having outsourced it from our very own Turkey. I said and will say \u201cthe slap to our faces\u201d is not because we have the sublime <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/esra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#esra<\/a> as a brand ambassador, it is because we failed to see our own.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; zhalay sarhadi (@Xxhalay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Xxhalay\/status\/1291386700971888641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with Sarhadi, Yasir Hussein has also been a vocal critic of the Turkish drama. Following the Turkish\u2019s star\u2019s appointment as Qmobile brand ambassador, Hussein took to Instagram to express his disappointment and wondered why brands couldn\u2019t hire Pakistani actresses instead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-274556 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--561x997.jpeg 561w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--1122x1995.jpeg 1122w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--364x647.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--728x1294.jpeg 728w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--608x1081.jpeg 608w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--758x1348.jpeg 758w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra-.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--27x48.jpeg 27w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yasir-hussain-insta-story-against-esra--54x96.jpeg 54w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actress Reema Khan was also part of the voices that initially criticised the drama\u2019s influence on Pakistan and then was later forced to clarify. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/reema-khan-backtracks-on-dirilis-ertugrul-comments-after-public-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khan had previously criticised PTV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for broadcasting the Urdu dubbed version of the famous show as Ertugrul Ghazi. According to her, the move was harmful to local artists who were also taxpayers. After being forced to clarify her comments she said\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAll I said was that if this is being broadcast on our national channel there should be a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018barter system<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018. Barter system means our archives have olf PTV content if that were dubbed and aired in Turkey or this should be discussed with their government, then the revenue from that would boost our production.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s interesting that so many artists have voiced out such emotional statements following the rise of the Turkish drama, and almost all these statements have been controversial or unclear enough to later have to be clarified.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarhadi and Khan both seem to twist their words a little bit in their clarifications. And even if that\u2019s not the case, there\u2019s a clear trend that Pakistani stars feel threatened by the new show\u2019s popularity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s an interesting stance to take given that Pakistani TV has recently come under fire for its lack of diverse storylines and awkward portrayals of unhealthy romantic relationships. Maybe it\u2019s time our stars look inwards into their own influence before criticizing others?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zhalay Sarhadi has received criticism for her latest comments against Esra Bilgic, where she said,\u00a0 \u201cWe have short term gains. If you have chosen Halima and made her a brand ambassador over here, its a slap to our faces. It\u2019s an actual slap to our faces. Why are you borrowing a star from another country?\u201d Since then, she has now [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/zhalay-sarhadi-now-says-we-misunderstood-her-slap-on-the-face-comment\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":274557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1293,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-274555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lollywood","8":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"Here's what she actually meant.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/zhalay-and-esra-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/zhalay-and-esra-758x377.jpg",758,377,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/zhalay-and-esra-e1597039686536.jpg",1000,497,false]},"author_name":"Anmol Irfan","categories_name":["Lollywood","Social Media"],"title_text":"Zhalay Sarhadi Now Says We Misunderstood Her \u2018Slap on the Face\u2019 Comment","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1293,1291&exclude=274555","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274555"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=274555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}