the sheer amount of homophobia towards karan johar is insane

so i work in a digital agency and recently we worked on a podcast series, and one of the guests was karan johar. now, we knew karan is a polarizing figure, he has his flaws, the whole nepotism thing, whatever. but the reaction to that episode? we were not prepared.

the amount of sheer, blatant homophobia in the comments was unreal. like, i knew people didn’t like him, but the level of hatred? people weren't even talking about his work, they were just spewing the most vile, disgusting slurs at him. i'm not even going to repeat them here. we had to heavily monitor the comments because it got so bad. and you know what's worse? his own team reached out to us to thank us for doing it because they deal with this all the time. it's literally their normal.

and that's the part that's really f*cked up. people can critique his work, his nepotism, whatever. fine. but attacking him at such a deeply personal level, just because of who he is? calling him disgusting names that have nothing to do with his work? it's so insane. and the worst part is, this isn't just about karan johar. it's about how so many people still feel completely comfortable being outright homophobic in public spaces. no shame, no hesitation.

i've seen bad comment sections before, but having to sit there and monitor this one regularly just made me realize how deep-rooted this hate is. and for what? a man existing? it's honestly sickening

edit1: some people lack comprehension skills so i'll spell it out, karan johar doesn't need defending, is there a conversation to be had about his ways and the way he has portrayed the community on the silver screen? yes but does that mean it's okay if he's subjected to vile and disgusting homophobic remarks? no, some of you think bigotry is okay if it's against someone you don't like, peace

edit2: some of you are really outing yourselves and it's so funny to watch