Earlier, at the press meet of his upcoming film Romeo, actor-musician Vijay Antony was asked whether his film is promoting drinking. Replying to the same, he said that the drinking habit has been around for thousands of years and even Jesus drank wine. His statement has led to backlash from a certain section of the Christian community. The actor has responded to it with a statement posted online. In the post, Antony said that he didn’t mean it in a bad way and would never demean Jesus.
He wrote, “In a recent press meet, I told that wine is not something that was found recently, and it has been in use for the past 2000 years. It has been used in churches and by Jesus Christ.”
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Vijay Antony added that he made the statement in reply to a question by a journalist. “It is saddening that my statement was taken out of context and has hurt some of you. I never said anything in a wrong way, and I request you all to not misunderstand it. Even in dreams, I can’t portray someone like Jesus Christ, a person beyond religion, who shed blood and sacrificed himself for people, in a bad light.”
Earlier, at the press meet, Antony was asked about the poster of his film Romeo, which has the heroine Mrinalini fixing a drink on the first night. A journalist asked the actor whether his film is promoting drinking among women when everyone is striving to get rid of alcoholism altogether. The actor replied, “Let’s not demarcate that alcohol is only for men. Drinking is for everyone. If men can drink, women too can. I am not promoting drinking. Just saying everything is common for both men and women. If we are to say it is wrong to drink, we should tell it to both genders.”
He was then asked if the film is trying to claim that the IT revolution has made women drink. Antony said, “Nothing like that. We have been drinking for a long time. We used to drink ‘sarayam’ (now banned in Tamil Nadu). Now, we drink different things. Two thousand years before, even Jesus (Christ) drank wine.”
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