Published 12:21 IST, March 3rd 2019

‘Sorry that this hurt you and others, not what I was trying to do’, clarifies Comedian Trevor Noah after he was called out for calling India-Pak conflict ‘most entertaining war of all times’

Actress Swara Bhasker reacts after comedian Trevor Noah apologises for his India-Pakistan joke.

Reported by: Chetna Kapoor
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A few days back, a US-based comedian, Trevor ah, chose to st a show out of military confrontation between two countries — India and Pakistan, making a mockery out of a 'war'.

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political satirical comedian scripted his show calling this ' most entertaining war of all times' and furr pounded it with stereotypical and racist jibes. But for ah, grieving Indians called him out for his insensitivity and downright racism towards brown skinned. 

comedian was trolled extensively on social media.

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And w, a few hours back, Trevor ah took to his Twitter to share how he uses 'comedy to process pain and discomfort' and apologised for hurting sentiments of people with his India-Pakistan joke.

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He wrote: "Actually if you watch my stand up you'll see that I did make jokes after my mor was shot in he. As a comedian I use comedy to process pain and discomfort in my world but I am sorry that this hurt you and ors, that's t what I was trying to do."

And in next tweet he furr clarified, "It's amazing to me that my joke about conflict in India and Pakistan trended more than story of actual conflict itself. Sometimes it seems like people are more offended by jokes comedians make about an issue than issue itself."

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above tweet didn't go well with netizens and y again trolled him for being arrogant. 

Swara Bhasker retweeted his tweet and reacted by saying that he should 'drop his America centric condescension. She wrote -

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12:05 IST, March 3rd 2019