Man sneezes at Vir Das, threatens to slap him for not wearing mask. But I'm at home, says comedian

Vir Das' 73-year-old neighbour sneezed at him and threatened to slap him because apparently the comedian was not following the social distancing protocols.

On Sunday night, Vir Das took to Twitter to talk about his 73-year-old neighbour who shouted at him, tried to sneeze at him and threatened to slap him because apparently, the comedian was not wearing a mask while standing at his own doorstep and not following the social distancing protocols.

The actor tweeted the details of the entire incident. His first tweet read, "Lockdown neighbour. I was giving my friend Kavi who lives three houses down from me, some dinner. We were waiting for it to get cooked 15 feet away from each other. Me on my doorstep, him out. This happened."

Giving the details on the incident, the comedian wrote, "This is one crazy evening. I live on the ground floor. We've got a little sit out. At 10 pm a neighbour came by because we had cooked dinner for them too. We do that with them and also some of the others within the complex. We gave him a chair fifteen feet away, fully socially distanced. My neighbour had a can of coke from his house, a mask on, which he had pulled down to have a smoke. I was on the outdoor sit-out area of my house, neighbour was in the complex, fully socially distanced. Five minutes later, this happens. (sic)"

He continued, "This man is not my landlord, he lives on the first floor of the annexe building. He is upset because my landlord inherited the house I live in and he didn't. This man does not own my doorstep, my sit-out or my house. I am not sure if an old man threatening to assault me, or sneezing on me, or asking his dead parents to haunt me qualifies as harassment. But this is a little ridiculous. And before this turns into him going to the media, as he has done before, and I've sat through it quietly, I'm not normally one for drama, I'm sorry this crossed the line. How's your lockdown going? (sic)"

He also wrote that the man has previously gone to the media to get articles written about Das before, "To be clear. Uncle has previously gone to tabloids to get articles written about me and my family. I let it go quietly multiple times before. I have posted this here because at least then the truth is out there before seedy articles. Tonight crossed the line. Hope you understand. (sic)"

Vir Das' tweet also read, "We weren't having dinner. Just FYI. We made a parcel for Kavi to take home. Was waiting for it and having a smoke fifteen feet away from each other on a chair we pre set for him. I'm not sure why I'm continuing to explain why a dude sneezed at me...but anyway. Done. (sic)"

Vir Das shared the video of the entire incident. In the clip, the 73-year-old man can be seen shouting at the Hasmukh actor and asking him to wear a mask while he is standing inside his home. All this while, Das politely asks the man to maintain 6-feet distance from him.

At one point in the video the man even says that he will slap the actor and call the police. The man also imitates sneezing on the actor. In the entire video, Vir Das can be heard saying that he will not be bullied by the man. After a while, you can also see the man almost charging towards the comedian in an attempt to slap him.

Bollywood also came out in support of the comedian and expressed their views on the thread.