Shah Rukh Khan said that he will never make fun of any brand he has once endorsed, taking a sideswipe at Amitabh Bachchan's recent 'poison' comment on Pepsi.
"Having worked with someone, should I ever deride it? No. I have been an employee of someone," the film star said on Monday. Khan's comment comes just about a month after Bachchan said that he stopped endorsing Pepsi after a girl asked him why he was promoting something her teacher had termed as "poison".
Speaking to ET at the sidelines of a brand event in Mumbai, Khan said, "People sometimes even question why we are endorsing XYZ product. My logic is, if it is legal, if it is available in the market, then there is nothing wrong in endorsing that particular product."
At the same time, Shah Rukh Khan said that being a professional actor, he sees no issues with endorsing competing brands at different times. "I was endorsing the brand you just mentioned (Pepsi), now I endorse Sprite, and now I do Frooti. You have different considerations. The accountability of a celebrity is as much as you know about the product," Khan said.
"Having worked with someone, should I ever deride it? No. I have been an employee of someone," the film star said on Monday. Khan's comment comes just about a month after Bachchan said that he stopped endorsing Pepsi after a girl asked him why he was promoting something her teacher had termed as "poison".
Speaking to ET at the sidelines of a brand event in Mumbai, Khan said, "People sometimes even question why we are endorsing XYZ product. My logic is, if it is legal, if it is available in the market, then there is nothing wrong in endorsing that particular product."
At the same time, Shah Rukh Khan said that being a professional actor, he sees no issues with endorsing competing brands at different times. "I was endorsing the brand you just mentioned (Pepsi), now I endorse Sprite, and now I do Frooti. You have different considerations. The accountability of a celebrity is as much as you know about the product," Khan said.
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
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