Protests against Richard Gere kissing Shilpa at a public event

At ‘Seena Taan Ke’, an AIDS awareness function organised in Delhi on Sunday to bring about AIDS awarenewss among truckdrivers, dizzy looking Hollywood actor Richard Gere, to make it clear that HIV can’t be passed on through a kiss, kissed first Shilpa Shetty’s hand, then hugged her, kissed her cheek, and finally bent over the surprised actress to give her a big kiss, Hollywood-style.

While Shetty laughed it off with a poised ‘yeh thoda zyaada ho gaya’ (’this was a bit much’) to the truckdrivers, fans of the actress have expressed their ire over Hollywood actor kissing her at public event.

“It is vulgar. These things may happen in foreign countries, but not in India. He should apologise to Shilpa and the rest of the country as well,” said one of the fans.