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Published 19:53 IST, May 28th 2020

Samantha's fans trend #PoojaMustApologise after Pooja Hegde's 'hacked' account's post

An offensive meme of Samantha was posted from Pooja Hedge's IG & the actor claimed that her account was hacked. But fans of Samantha asked Pooja to apologise.

Reported by: Anushka Pathania
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Pooja Hedge shared with her fans that her account had got hacked and she had to seek support from her technical team to retrieve it. The actor further said that anything that was posted, or any messages sent, would be removed automatically. However, Twitterati has been trending a hashtag where they are demanding Pooja Hegde to apologise.

When the actor’s account got hacked, an unusual post was uploaded on her Instagram stories which was a hit at her contemporary actor. The post was an offensive statement against Samantha Akkineni. The offensive meme, which has been circulating on social media, was a picture of Samantha Akkineni. In the post, which was put up on Pooja’s account, the caption said, “I don’t find her pretty at all”.

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Even though Pooja Hegde clarified that her account had gotten hacked, fans of Samantha were outraged. Despite Pooja explaining that her account has been hacked, they started trending sharing posts saying that Pooja must apologise to Samantha. This has led to the hashtag #PoojaMustApologiseSamantha trending on Twitter.

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Earlier today, Pooja posted that she was informed by her team that her Instagram handle has been hacked and her digital team is helping her with it. She urged people to not accept any invitation or pass out any information to the person asking for it. She thanked her fans for their cooperation.

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However, after some time, she posted another tweet in which she informed her fans that she has got her account back. In the posts, she shared that she spent the previous hour stressing about the safety of her Instagram account. She thanked her technical team for their help at that hour. She further wrote that any message, follow back or post in the previous one hour from her account will be undone.

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Spat between the fans of the two

However, fans of Samantha refused to buy the story. Some of her fans were of the opinion that Pooja was making an excuse and she was the one who posted the meme. They started trending the hashtag #PoojaMustApologizeSamantha. But fans of Pooja came in her support and said that she had nothing to do with the meme.

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Amidst all this, fans of Pooja came in for her support and said that she had nothing to do with the meme. They started posting tweets in her support. All this with the hashtag #WeSupportPooja.

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Updated 19:53 IST, May 28th 2020

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