Actors playing villainous characters on screen are often subjected to hate, especially when fans forget that it’s the character they don’t like and not the face they see on television. Sabeena Farooq became the latest victim of such hatred for playing the envious lover, Haya, in the hit drama serial Tere Bin.

 Farooq penned a note on her Instagram Story to address the hate she has received, including threats which have disturbed not only her but her family as well. The 30-year-old detailed that she wouldn’t have reacted like this if the fan reactions were only in good humour. “I’ve been all generous and nice about my character in Tere Bin, joining you all in roast[ing] and memes but there is a limit to everything.

Now that you are putting fake, absurd content on YouTube and giving me threats, it really is disturbing for me and my family. It is just a character,” she asserted. She further requested the “idiots” who don’t understand the difference between a character and an actor to stop posting false content on YouTube or she’d publicly name and shame them.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 20 2023

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