The election meme shared by Vivek Oberoi early this week got the actor into controversy and he finally did have to delete the tweet and also apologize for it the following day after he was slammed by the fans, fraternity and even National Commission for Women sent him a notice. The meme carried pictures of Aishwarya with her exes Salman Khan and Vivek along with her husband Abhishek Bachchan in a collage to explain what 'Opinion Poll', 'Exit Poll' and 'Result' meant. The very distasteful tweet drew flak from actors like Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Esha Gupta, Urmila Matondkar and others. The Bachchan couple along with Amitabh Bachchan however remained tight-lipped on the matter but now latest reports claim that Aishwarya was behind the silence from the family.

WATCH: Vivek Oberoi reacts to his Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Exit Poll meme! Says "prove me wrong, i will say sorry"

Report in a leading daily claims that Aishwarya learnt about Vivek's tweet at Cannes where she was at the time it was posted.

TOI reports:

Aishwarya came to know about the episode while she was at the Cannes Film Festival 2019 and was really perplexed over Vivek's disparaging tweet. However, the actress understood Vivek's ploy to gain publicity for his upcoming film, the Narendra Modi biopic. Aishwarya Rai was quick enough to calm down her husband and give him the undue publicity.


Abhishek otherwise remains calm but we have seen how he tackles the troll often at social media and it is a given that if Aishwarya hadn't interfered, Jr Bachchan would've given it back to Vivek in the most suitable manner.

While Aishwara and Abhishek chose not to react in this matter, her ex-flame Salman Khan with whom she shares a very controversial and ugly past, did however respond to the question when a reporter asked him to give his reaction to Vivek's tweet in a media interaction post the incident.

Salman Khan REACTS on Vivek Oberoi's insensitive tweet on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan!


The Cannes Queen Aishwarya made the most gorgeous appearance at the film festival and nailed every look. Aishwarya along with other Bollywood divas Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Huma Qureshi made a splash at Cannes Film Festival this year.

Check out below:

-Cannes 2019: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a VISION IN WHITE in a ruffled gown in her second RED CARPET appearance!

-Cannes 2019! PHOTOS: Like a QUEEN! Kangana Ranaut looks breathtakingly gorgeous in a white embellished gown on the RED CARPET!

-PHOTOS: Deepika Padukone is a GREEN GODDESS in her second RED CARPET appearance at the Cannes Film Festival 2019!

-PICS: Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas look dreamy in white at Cannes 2019 as they walk the red carpet together!

-PICS: Aishwarya Rai stuns in a golden metallic fish-cut gown as she walks the red carpet at Cannes 2019!