Bigg Boss 17: From Priyanka Chahar Choudhary’s cryptic post to Archana Gautam expressing her support: Celebs react to Abhishek Kumar slapping Samarth Jurel

Abhishek Kumar, Samarth Jurel and Isha Malviya have taken the internet by storm after the latest episode of the controversial reality show Bigg Boss 17. The last two episodes showed a massive fight between the three of them after which Isha and Samarth were seen making fun of Abhishek’s mental health, claustrophobia and more. This later resulted in Abhishek not only fuming in anger but also slapping Samarth across his face. Priyanka Chahar Choudhary, Aishwarya Sharma and other celebs reacted to the same on social media, take a look.

After Ankit Gupta, Priyanka Chahar Choudhary from Bigg Boss 16 came in support of Abhishek Kumar. Priyanka, who was not just a co-star to Abhishek but also a close friend made an Instagram post showing her support for Abhishek. Reacting to the whole ‘slap’ situation, she wrote, “Ittna sataoge toh thapad hi khaoge iykyk.”

Aishwarya, who didn’t share a very close bond with Abhishek inside the BB house also expressed her take on the situation and supported Abhishek. The actress also called out Isha for being ‘paltu.’ She tweeted, “Wah #ishamalviya itna jaldi toh rottiyan nahi palatati jitna jaldi aap palatati ho ye ladki kisi ki nahi hai.. “sabne dekha aur sabko pata chal gaya”.. #chintu ke saath milke itna poke kiya ki insaan haath uthane pe majboor ho gaya.. wah wah .. itna bhi mat giro ki uth ke chal na paao Stay strong bro @Abhishekkuma08.”

Prince has constantly been following Bigg Boss 17. The reality show star has expressed his take whenever he felt like it. He penned down a long note on Instagram reacting to Abhishek slapping Samarth. Prince wrote, “With @aebyborntoshine bht ajeeb hai ye dono koi he hota yahe reaction hota maa kasam main hota is season in dono ko sone nahe deta. Yaaaar or iske ex gf keh rahe the main iske sath rahe hu ye jhoot bol raha hai same on you isha @aebyborntoshine full support.”

Neha shared an old vlog with Abhishek where he can be seen talking about his claustrophobia and how he never takes the lift. The actress said, “thank god I don’t stay on the 58th floor otherwise, he would have never come to my place. He’s so claustrophobic that if nobody is at his place, he keeps the main door open and sleeps.”

Kishwer also showered her support on Abhishek and called Isha and Samarth out. She tweeted, “Abhishek Slapped him? Agar ghar se nikalenge fot this then please do me a favour ek aur chammat maar ke nikalna #BigBoss17.” She earlier tweeted, “Mujhe dekh ke gussa aa Raha hai Samarth and Isha pe for what they doing to Abhishek, so can completely understand what Abhishek must be going through! Mera haath uth Gaya hota ab tak in Samarth .. such a bully.”

Chetna, who played the role of Abhishek’s on-screen sister in Udaariyaan came live on Instagram to address the ‘slap controversy’ in Bigg Boss 17. She mentioned how Abhishek has dealt with mental health issues and is claustrophobic. She further expressed her support for him and urged fans not to take him wrong. While sharing the live video she wrote, “jisko jo bolna hai bolo, mera bhai galat nahi hai.”

Suyyash Rai is another celeb who made it to social media and shared a post about the whole Abhishek-Samarth controversy. He wrote, “I dunno how true Abhishek's mental health issue But if it is, and the way Isha and Chintu are picking up on him specifically on that point... It's kind of sad to see that! You were once with that person... you can't be with him/her OKAY! Fair enough... but at least don't make fun of that person's condition.”

Archana shared a video of Abhishek on her Instagram story. In the video, she said, “Abhishek isn’t lying about his claustrophobia and all of us know this. His house is on the second floor for the same reason as he can’t be in a lift. May it be 50 floors or 35, he will take the stairs and never a lift.”

Virsa Riar, a close friend and co-star of Abhishek made a video expressing his support for him. He mentioned how his claustrophobia is real and he has not even been in a lift ever because of the same. He further called Isha ‘a liar.’