From Renu Desai to Kaushal Manda; Times when TV celebs hit back at trolls and cyber bullies

Telugu celebrities have been battling negativity, trolling and online abuse from various quarters besides all the fame and attention they enjoy on social media. Here's a quick look at instances when these Telugu TV celebs slammed trolls and cyberbullies without a second thought.

The Drama Juniors 5 judge, who helped the needy on social media during the COVID-19 crisis, has given a befitting reply to a netizen who accused her of helping only the rich.

The netizen complained that Renu has been ignoring the middle class community and rather helping only well off people who are in need. Renu shared screenshots of the netizen's array of comments and wrote, "Guys please understand that I am trying my best since 10-12 days to help as much as possible!

I am not a politician or your elected representative to question me!

Please go question the politicians who you have voted for!

I have been getting such rude and hurtful msgs demanding help that it breaks my spirit sometimes���� If I miss out on your msgs please msg again because my inbox is full with non stop help and spam msgs☹️

( Someone please help translate in Telugu and post it in comments����) (sic)"

The Jabardasth host Anasuya Bharadwaj tops the list as she has been battling cyberbullying for a while now. She was recently trolled on social media for her outfits on the show.

She gave a befitting reply to a netizen who called her out on her latest outfit from the show. Replying to the netizen who questioned her intent behind posting such pictures on social media instead of grieving the surge in COVID-19 cases, Anasuya stated that she is trying to 'bring in some entertainment and hope' amid these trying times.

Eminent playback singer Chinmayi Sripada, who judged a season of the Telugu reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in 2018, often shares stories of sexual harassment survivors. However, a netizen questioned her stance against famed Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu who faced sexual harassment allegations by many including Chinmayi. Citing the case of a popular song sung by Chinmayi which was penned by Vairamuthu in Tamil, a netizen asked why Chinmayi sang penned by Vairamuthu if he was a sexual predator.

If #Vairamuthu is an offender , why were those women silent? Knowing this, why did you @Chinmayi sang his songs lik… https://t.co/qyrS2n64th

— ⚡️Ashmika⚡️ (@SunShine_SS7) 1539068271000

Chinmayi hits back with a befitting reply in no time. Elaborating on the same in one of her replies, the popular singer and TV reality show judge said, "I was famous from the first song. I refused to sing in an event he wanted me to sing in. My principles are in the right place. Also can you please stop asking me to stand up for justice as a 17 year old? (sic)."

The actress-TV judge, who is currently judging the dance reality show Dhee Kings vs Queens, recently gave a befitting reply to a netizen who asked her to share her nude pictures. "Ask your sister or your mom earlier than me to share such a photograph. Then I’ll put it too (sic)," read Priyamani hit back at the netizen in no time.

Mom-to-be Sameera Sherief needs no introduction to the telly world. She has announced pregnancy recently and continued doing videos online on the same.

In her recent Instagram stories, Sameera has hit back at netizens who suggested against wearing makeup, mehndi and even dying hair during pregnancy. In the video stories, Sameera said that she wears makeup only when required and the mehndi that she puts on is completely organic. Sameera added that she consulted her doctor about wearing hair dye and dyes without ammonia as an ingredient. She further urged them to 'grow up and break the old myths'. In the video, she added that 'times have changed, life has evolved and we need to adapt to the change'.

She lashed out at an internet user who criticized her saying the latter has no time to take care of her husband (actor Anwar). Sameera shared a screenshot of the same and wrote, "Sadly, we still have such low thinking ppl in the society"

The ace TV host took to her Twitter handle to back her show and hit back at the netizen, who questioned the novelty of the skits played in the show.

"Sir there are many number of skits in which women have been shown to be rebel’s and have not taken crap and most of the skits are on current issue

problem being showing a girl two Timing men does not go well with the audience while it’s cool for a guy to do it," reads her tweet.

Bigg Boss Telugu season 2 winner Kaushal Manda, who is currently busy shooting for his upcoming Telugu movie featuring him as the antagonist, made his TV comeback to the daily soap Suryavamashan as ‘Aadhi Shankar’ after a long time.

The TV actor reprised the role he was playing before quitting the show for Bigg Boss.

However, a netizen mocked his comeback asking if he has returned to TV just because he has no silver screen offers. In a brief yet befitting reply, Kaushal said, “Acting Big or Small doesn't matter dear. your loving people seeing you every day or not is the matter.”