Stop adding fuel to fire: Kangana Ranaut slams Hrithik Roshan amid viral trend

The online exchange between actors Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut has taken a fresh turn, with Kangana Ranaut hitting back at Hrithik Roshan and asking him to "stop adding fuel to the fire and embarrassing your partner."Kangana's response came hours after Hrithik reacted to the viral "We Need to Apologise to Hrithik" trend and said people should not be swayed by social media narratives.Hrithik said he would wait for the facts and the right context before taking a position, even as many social media users linked the trend to his 2016 public feud with Kangana. Kangana then shared a news post about his reaction on Instagram Stories and accused him of failing to speak against those she said were trolling and harassing her using his name.In her note, Kangana said she was happy that Hrithik had found love with Saba Azad and wished the couple well. She also urged him not to “tease” her through such remarks and said his comments were adding “fuel to the fire”. She wrote, "Dear Hrithik I am happy that you have found your perfect match, Saba Azad and you both look great together, you are in a committed relationship and it doesn’t suit you to tease a woman like this, instead you should condemn all those who are harassing and bullying me using your name, stop adding fuel to fire and embarrassing your partner, hope better sense prevails and you stop making unreasonable comments (sic)."Earlier in the day, Hrithik had responded to an Instagram post shared by Freddy Birdy that read, "The world owes an apology to Hrithik Roshan (sic)." Referring to changing public opinion, Hrithik wrote, "My friend, siding with ‘A’ just because you don’t like ‘B’ anymore is a small part of the larger systemic issue plaguing our society. I’ll wait, for when the context to it is the right one, and motivated by facts. That would be fair. But then again, who cares anymore right (sic)?"The latest round of online discussion was sparked by Kangana’s remarks on student protests, which led to a public exchange with Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Saurav Das. Responding to the actor-politician, Das quipped that his friends had joked she may have been targeting him because he looked like a younger Hrithik.He said, “My friends told me, ‘You look like a young Hrithik Roshan. Maybe that’s why Kangana is attacking you.’”Hrithik and Kangana’s long-running dispute dates back to 2016, when the actor referred to him as her “silly ex” during an interview.Hrithik publicly denied they had ever been in a relationship, triggering a legal and public battle marked by exchanged notices, conflicting statements and allegations involving emails, among other claims. Their latest online exchange has once again brought that feud into focus.- EndsPublished By: Anurag BohraPublished On: Aug 1, 2026 23:45 IST