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Frieha Altaf apologises for "hurting anyone's feelings" following Insta story backlash
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Frieha Altaf apologises for "hurting anyone's feelings" following Insta story backlash

The former model was accused of bullying for taking pictures of strangers at the airport mocking their fashion sense
Images Staff
07 Feb, 2018

Frieha Altaf has landed herself in trouble after her latest Insta story went viral on social media.

The former model was at the airport earlier this week when she snapped photos of passengers and judged their sartorial taste.

According to one Insta user, Frieha "made a video of the woman in red while walking behind her saying 'So it's been a long time since we've seen a waistcoat on anybody. Except a Qawwal.'"

She messaged Frieha, calling her out for bullying others and using her power irresponsibly, especially given her fan following, and wrote: "for people asking why this is an important issue to address, ridiculing comes under bullying and as a victim of bullying I know its harmful lifelong after effects. We do not consider bullying an issue worth fighting for but in reality it's absolutely important to address it and curb it. If an influencer with a following of plus 100000 ridicules, it's sets a precedent that it's okay to do so."

The media mogul removed her story following the backlash and issued an apology on Twitter saying, "I'm sorry if I have inadvertently hurt anyone's feelings. It was not my intent."

Frieha also clarified that the pictures of the woman on her Insta story were not meant as an invasion of privacy as she "took a selfie" with her.

Do you feel Frieha's apology is substantial? Tell us in the comments below!

Comments

Citizen Feb 07, 2018 07:04pm
applogy may be accepted
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ga Feb 07, 2018 07:24pm
What was your intent if not to hurt people's feelings ? Even a child taught in good Western elementary schools know this much. You're obviously not as polished.
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najjee Feb 07, 2018 07:24pm
What you expect from a media personality whose professional prime is on the decline.
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ga Feb 07, 2018 07:29pm
I just hope if was just a case of a good person making a bad judgement that day. I don't know you but we are all allowed one such mistake I suppose for its human to err.
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Khurrum Ahmed Feb 07, 2018 08:22pm
Please be respectful of others and learn how to apologize properly.
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hmmm Feb 07, 2018 08:25pm
So someone takes a selfie with you and you post their picture, making fun of their clothes?! What does that say about you Farieha?
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Uzi Feb 07, 2018 09:38pm
Celebrities being rude to people is norm, not an exception. Not really newsworthy.
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Secularist Feb 07, 2018 10:11pm
These are hardened, privileged who leverage their minimal talent to lord over the rest of the society. Apology? No it isn't. Where is the contrition? It is just sheer damage control, to protect her business, her brand etc. I can almost hear her mumbling to herself: "let's get these gnawar uncouths off my back' if it just an apology that it takes".
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BlackSmith Feb 07, 2018 10:11pm
Then what was your intent. You live in Pakistan and follow the culture of West. You need to be educated and respectful
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Dorej Ji Feb 07, 2018 10:42pm
Imagine how Feriha would have reacted if someone made fun of the tons of makeup she regularly paints on her face? It's her choice innit? so why make fun of someone else's?
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Haider Feb 07, 2018 11:22pm
disappointing, especially because she identifies as an activist.
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Skkk Feb 08, 2018 02:06am
Its good to apologise for mistakes. People do mistakes and should be accepted and not over criticised.
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Nomi Feb 08, 2018 03:53am
Life is short he said she said let go we are human beings and learn from mistakes.
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Lahore--- Feb 08, 2018 03:56am
No wonder. These people are so phony. Wearing western cloths and trying to speak English with twist of tongue can't change you inside. When you speak the word fashion then expect anything and respect what you see. Fashion belongs to the person.
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Josephina Feb 08, 2018 05:00am
@hmmm Agree with your comment. How entitled does she think she is? She probably didn't tell the person that that the intent behind taking a selfie is to make the photo public with her rude opinions. Photographing unaware people and making these photos public without their knowledge or consent is very unethical. I cannot believe that at her age she cant tell what's right what's wrong. It was probably an attempt to get a rise out of people perhaps because no one pays any attention to her anymore these days. Must be hard to accept that it's over.
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asad Feb 08, 2018 09:27am
When you know people get hurt then why you do it, if you do it purposely then what for your apology?
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Zubair Feb 08, 2018 09:29am
In my view, it would have been ‘ok’ only if she wrote with the original post that the persons whose pictures are being published have explicitly agreed and given her the rights to do so. I believe that is what reality show producers also do after video graphing people on the street, that is, tell them they were videotaped and ask for their permission to air it. Without it, the post was a clear act of bullying and invasion of privacy. Should never ever be done. Celebrities should be educated about it. Having said that, she’s got a point about the fashion sense
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Jade Feb 08, 2018 09:39am
Freiha is gracious enough to accept her mistake unlike many of other Pakistanis. However, her action reflects the mentality of a common Pakistani who is looking for negativity everywhere. Imagine Frieha taking photos of random people and praising them for their fashion sense in a country where people don't care much about fashion??!!
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Kamran Feb 08, 2018 09:48am
A wise man once said that fashion is a form of ugliness which is so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
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Nasir Askar Feb 08, 2018 09:58am
I don't see any apologetic tone in her posts. Rather they are clarifications.
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Sami Feb 08, 2018 10:33am
These people have a public face with all the niceties and activism and privately this is their reality
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shamsa rehmani Feb 08, 2018 07:40pm
Frieha their is a difference between commenting and ridiculing . u have no right whatsoever to make fun of others just because of how they look or what they wear . tbh at times i find myslf lauging out loud on the way u dress up and act so cool ..did it hurt ? well it was meant to so that u could feel the pain u cause others by opening that mouth of urs
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Ahmad Gul Feb 09, 2018 04:24pm
No it's not substantial. First she judged her and then apologised when it was backfired . Had she not been criticised she would not have apologised .
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Zahid mehmood khan Feb 10, 2018 01:39pm
I like you
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shawn Feb 10, 2018 09:00pm
shameful shame on you for trying to shame others with your cheap bantter.
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