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Richard Gere sparked a huge furor in India this weekend, after he appeared with Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at an Aids awareness event, and planted some big kisses on her. Public displays of affection are taboo in India, and in reaction people started burning effigies of Gere and beating them with sticks.
Shetty reacted to the protests today, telling the Press Trust of India, "I understand this is his culture, not ours. But this was not such a big thing or so obscene for people to overreact in such manner."
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