The fitness studio located in Serangoon Garden has apologised & Asked for forgiveness after posting racially Insensitive vide clip on Instagram.
Deepawali is a festival of light which is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm in Singapore. On this auspicious day, fitness studio in Singapore (which is meant for physical activities) have posted an Insensitive video clip where two women were seen ‘laughing’, ‘shaking’ their heads while saying “Happy Deepavali”. One of the lady from video was heard saying “my head cannot turn” & someone in the background was laughing very loudly.
The video has been shared by thousands of people on Instagram and the post has gained more 800 comments where most of the comments have demanded an apology from the Fitness Studio. The video was first posted on WakeUpSingapore.
We’re Sorry For The Mistake :
The fitness studio has since apologised for the “Insensitive video” as soon as it went viral and people started demanding apology for their behavior in the video, in response to the video the studio said “F45 has always been a family friendly place to exercise and we do many fun videos with our members. However we have received a feedback that this video is racially insensitive”
“Our intentions were never to make fun or hurt anyone’s feelings. Deepavali is a festival of light and love. We are sorry for the mistake and hope to seek your forgiveness”.
Making fun of other’s race culture is not funny :
Many netizens have reacted to their insensitive actions, few of them said making fun of someone’s race culture is not funny & the act is unacceptable.
See how netizens reacted.