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R Madhavan addresses claims ‘he talks to young girls’: ‘My intention was not to reply to hearts, kisses and love things..’

R Madhavan shared how his reply to a young fan’s message on Instagram was misconstrued and it made him overly cautious on social media.

R Madhavan will next be seen in the film Test. (Photo: R Madhavan/Instagram)

R Madhavan and his craze among young female fans is no secret, but the actor recently spoke about an incident that was blown out of proportion on social media, with many claiming the ‘actor was replying to young girls’. The actor addressed the incident at a recent event, and shared about his frustration over how simple, kind responses to fans on social media can be misinterpreted.

R Madhavan or Maddy as his fans call him shared the incident when a young girl sent him a message on Instagram, praising his acting and had added several hearts and kissing emojis at the end. After the actor sent a polite thank you message, the fan took a screenshot and shared it as a post. This led to a few people on the internet assuming that he was replying to the heart and kiss emojis.

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Madhavan shared that his intention was to simply to reply to the fan’s message, but people only saw the emojis which led to misleading assumptions.

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“I am an actor. I have all these people messaging me on Instagram and social media. I’ll tell you a simple example. A young girl messages me. ‘I saw this movie. I really loved it. I thought you’re a fabulous actor. Well done. You motivate me.’ And at the end of it, she puts lots of hearts and kisses and love symbols. Now, when there’s a fan who is talking to me in such detail, I am compelled to answer. So I always say ‘Thank you so much. Very kind of you. God bless you.’ This is my reply to her. What she does is, she takes a screenshot of my reply to her and makes it as a post on Instagram. Now, what do people see? Hearts and kisses and love things. And Maddy is replying to that,” the actor can be heard sharing in a video posted on Bingoo Box on YouTube. R Madhavan was speaking at the launch of an app.

The actor said that he has to be overly cautious on social media for the fear of being misunderstood. “My intention was not to reply to that. My intent was to reply to a message. But because it’s a small thing you only see that symbol and say ‘Oh Maddie is talking to young girls’. If that is the fear I have… If I have to pussyfoot around every time I am putting a message on social media, can you imagine that somebody without my experience, how much trouble they’re going to get into?,” shared the actor.

He further added that he is always overly cautious and is worries about how his messages could be perceived.

On the work front, R Madhavan will next be seen Krishnakumar Ramakumar-directed biopic on scientist G D Naidu, titled G.D.N. He will play the compelling character of G.D. Naidu, who was known as the ‘Edison of India’ and the ‘Wealth Creator of Coimbatore.’

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R Madhavan also has Vijay’s upcoming pan-India psychological thriller film, a film with Kangana Ranaut and Netflix film Aap Jaisa Koi alongside Fatima Sana Shaikh. Maddy is also set to star with Akshay Kumar and Ananya Panday in Sankaran Nair’s biopic.

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