Twitter calls out Shahveer Jafry for a Prank with his Wife

There’s a fine line between making people laugh and being disrespectful, and last night, actor and YouTuber Shahveer Jafry stepped over it with a video that minimizes domestic abuse. Shahveer has been criticized by Twitter for doing a baseless prank on his wife.

In the video, he is seen “jokingly” choking his sleeping wife before realizing that he has been pressing the pillow on the wrong side of the couch. At the end of the video, Shahveer Jafry gives his wife a peck on the cheek before walking out.

The video has already been removed, but not before numerous people used screen captures to criticize the YouTuber for his “insensitive” viewpoint. He was criticized for following a “foreign trend” without first researching his target market.

Twitter is flooded with serious and bashing tweets regarding the prank shahveer did with his wife.

In a country where thousands of women are killed every year from domestic violence – famous YouTubers find it “funny” to make a reel around choking your wife. #ShaveerJafry pic.twitter.com/O555xSMXwr

— Kanwal Ahmed (@kanwalful) April 17, 2023

“People seeing that Shahveer video and saying it’s all good fun and should be taken as dark humor, need to understand Shahveer’s core audience isn’t dark humor enthusiasts or people who even understand it. He’s a person whose videos are sent in WhatsApp family group forwards,” wrote a user, adding how triggering the video can be for actual victims and survivors of domestic violence.

People seeing that shahveer video and saying it's all good fun and should be taken as dark humor, need to understand shaveer's core audience isn't dark humor enthusiasts or people who even understand it he's a person whose videos are sent in WhatsApp family group forwards 1/n

— Hussaina (@H_antaria) April 18, 2023

People did not find it funny at all. A user said, ‘41.3k likes on a video in a country where domestic violence is rampant, where women actually get killed by their husbands! My blood is boiling.’

https://twitter.com/nishat218/status/1647986630966353921?s=20

There are a lot of people who are totally against the stunts done by Shahveer.

Idc if shahveer's wife consented to everything it basically means both of them have 0 braincells such stunts are extremely insensitive considering the type of country we live in and especially for someone who has so much influence smh

— 🇵🇸 (@delulug1rlll) April 17, 2023

Talking about the social responsibility of content creators with a mass following, he said, “Sure, there’s demand for these kinds of jokes but if you keep supplying, there can’t be changed. Shahveer is an intelligent person. I hope he feels that he’s much better than this.” Kazi also shared a podcast link to explain why men behold to such kind of humor and opt for violence and fractured masculinity.

that video of shahveer was wrong on so many levels, ik you're an intelligent man but making these type of content in a society where domestic violence is all time high so you should be very aware when posting this type of content in the name of humour.

— kumail (@stfukumail8) April 17, 2023

never have i ever seen before men calling out other men publicly for putting a shitty and disgusting video. osama, kazi, and bilal are the allies we need to fight the likes of shahveer jaffery’s pathetic content

— Sarah Ahmed (@sarahahmed_) April 17, 2023

Another user tweeted,’ Imagine someone going through domestic violence on daily basis and seeing this can trigger them and will make them feel more helpless.’

They are not facing something like this or ever have to, jokes like these should be called out and it was rightfully so, maybe content creators need think before posting stuff as they do have the medium to bring change 3/4

— Hussaina (@H_antaria) April 18, 2023