Host and actress Pearle Maaney recently expressed her stance on the student protests, for which she faced mixed reactions. Following the backlash on her post, she took to her Instagram Stories to slam the people criticising her for getting triggered at her statement. She even took a jibe at a ‘failed filmmaker,’ seemingly Sibi Malayil, for writing on her statement. However, a few hours later, Pearle deleted the statement and disabled the comments section.
What did Pearle Maaney post?
In the now-deleted story, Pearle Maaney wrote, “My post should have come with a trigger warning I guess! It has made a lot of people uncomfortable! It has triggered so many people that I want peace safety and non violence. I wonder who these people are. A failed filmmaker now writing a 10 page script about my 4 page post. Adding chili powder and ajinomoto to make it as unhealthy as possible.”
The Ludo actress further added, “Some are asking sarcastically if my 2 kids are safe now. Reminding me that they are girls. Well I know they are girls so? Oh! Blackmailing me to change my statement? U have to first touch their momma bear for that. You are messing with the wrong person. U don’t have to give me freedom of speech, I already have it and will use it. Not ur usual puppet. I am Pearle Maaney. And yes my favourite colour is saffron! I think I love it the most on our Indian flag.”
Sibi Malayil’s son reacts
However, the Malayalam filmmaker’s son Joe was in no mood to take insults about his father. He later took to his Instagram Stories and called out Pearle. Sharing a screenshot of her story, he wrote, “Hey momma bear that ‘failed filmmaker’ is my father. Check properly before who you are dealing with. How lazy must you be to read 7 slides? You expect 5.7 million followers to read your half cooked diplomacy and 7 slides is too much for you? Since you made this personal, let the games begin. ‘That failed filmmaker’ didn’t raise a son without a spine, unlike your father who raised a coward. PS his name is Siby Malayil. Go ahead. Do your best.”
Notably, Joe had earlier shared a statement criticising Pearle’s comments amid the student protest. He even called her advice for students to go back home ‘peak stupidity.’
The actress disabled the comments on her post and wrote in the caption, “The comments section is a reflection of my Freedom of Speech.”
Student Protest: Pearle Maaney calls Sibi Malayil 'failed filmmaker', son reacts
