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    Preity Zinta slams social media users for sharing "morphed photos" with 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi

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    Preity Zinta, co-owner of Punjab Kings, refuted viral "morphed photos" showing her hugging a 14-year-old Rajasthan Royals player, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, clarifying she only shook his hand. She expressed disappointment over news channels using the altered images. Meanwhile, Punjab Kings qualified for the playoffs, prompting Zinta to praise her team's performance and teamwork.

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    Preity Zinta
    Preity Zinta, the co-owner of Punjab Kings, fumed over "morphed photos" of her with 14-year-old Rajasthan Royals opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi after thy went viral on social media.

    The images showed her hugging and shaking hands with the youngster A user on X dropped this video and said, "Flex levels at school: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi."

    While the actor met him and greeted him with a shake hand, she slammed the now viral images showing her hugging Vaibhav. She responded to a tweet which had this image and called them 'morphed'.

    The actress took to her X account and said, "Fake news with morphed image. Am so surprised now news channels are also using morphed images and featuring them as news items.”


    The posts have now been deleted.

    Meanwhile, Preity's team has now qualified for the playoffs and the proud owner shared an appreciation post for her team. She wrote, "What a fantastic win by @punjabkingsipl. Super proud of the way the team came together & fought for this victory. Yesterday was all about teamwork, grit & leadership. Take a bow @harpreetsbrar95, @shashanksingh027, @nehalwadhera, @shreyasiyer96 & the entire team for taking us into the playoffs @rickyponting #BasJeetnaHai #SaddaPunjab #RRvsPBKS #Ting.”


    Zinta has not been a part of any movie for a few years but the she stays connected to her fans through social media. She is set to make her comeback now with 'Lahore 1947' starring Sunny Deol which is produced by Aamir Khan.


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