Amitabh Bachchan admits mistake after controversial remark sparks online debate

Bollywood Shehansha Amitabh Bachchan racist remark the French team amid the ongoing FIFA world cup, led him to face backlash and in response for this criticism he made an open apology.

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The Sooryavansham movie actor has finally addressed the controversy surrounding his statement.

Taking to Tumblr, he penned, “Every day is an education .. every day is a fresh and new learning .. every day is cherished for the opportunities it gives to be able to comply with the change and the new. Learning is divine .. what was unknown and left to specialists, is good, one must have the ability to pick up whatever the ones that have the knowledge and experience, convey.. nothing like understanding the self and the meaning of it, it shall ever reflect upon YOUR understanding, reading, and your own reckoning.

“Specialists can make a mistake, find excuses for it carry on in a repair mode .. but doing it on your own reasoning and personal inputs gives you the hold on what we move on with or at least know that the mistake was ours … admitting a mistake is not wrong .. it shows character .. once you have admitted it, the burden of its non-function is better understood, and all debate on it ends … there is no harm in getting into an argument and even when the other party is uncompromising, despite your knowing that you are right, the best way to end the debate is to finally tell the other: ‘You know! You may be right.’”

The backlash erupted after the Sholay icon shared a controversial post on social media.

On his X (formerly Twitter), he penned, “T 5794: the French WC 2026 football team .. the FRENCH!! 11 players in team.. 10 Black..!! 1 whote!!? the Power of BLACK.”

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T 5794 -अब कहे देते हैं :
the French WC 2026 football team .. the FRENCH !!
11 players in team ..
10 Black .. !!
1 white !!?
the POWER of BLACK 💪 💪

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 6, 2026

On the professional front, the veteran actor is set to reprise his role in the sequel to Kalki 2898 AD.