The old video of Akshay Kumar in which he says that "Toronto is my home" becomes viral after his statement on Canadian citizenship

A day after Akshay Kumar issued a statement on the controversy surrounding his citizenship, an old video of the Bollywood actor became viral on social media, in which he calls Toronto. The star of "Khiladi", ambbadador for Canada's tourism brand in India in 2010, published a statement on her official Twitter account on May 3 about her Canadian citizenship and said that he did not understand negativity and "unjustified interest" around the subject.

The old video, which had also surfaced last year as a result of films on patriotic and social themes in which he had been playing, was shared by a user on a background of copyright statements. Akshay Kumar. This showed him that he was addressing the crowd at an event in Canada: "I have to tell you one thing: it's at home. Toronto, it's at home." After my retirement from the film industry, I will come back and stay here. "

"Toronto is my home, after my retirement, I will settle in Canada" pic.twitter.com/Ypet1U0oBJ

– Taricti Anwer (@tanwer_m) May 3, 2019

While some social media users have defended the actor, some have described it as "hypocritical" and "fake nationalist." Some even questioned him in possession of a Canadian pbadport. A user tweeted: "You live in India, work in India, earn in India, wear in India and only swear by India." What made you want to not have a Indian pbadport? "

His absence from the polling station made the netizens think that this was due to his alleged Canadian citizenship. In 2017, Akshay Kumar told a television channel that the Canadian government had granted her honorary citizenship, which gives her Canadian citizenship. He said in interviews that he would split his time between India and Canada after his retirement.

Akshay, who recently made headlines for his "non-political" interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was widely criticized for not voting this way. year. The actor has featured in many films such as "Kesari", "Baby", "A soldier is never absent" and "Airlift", with the theme of patriotism.