{"id":66208,"date":"2024-03-01T13:31:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T13:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/i-was-not-bragging-khaqan-shahnawaz-offers-clarification-on-viral-good-looks-statement\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T13:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T13:31:03","slug":"i-was-not-bragging-khaqan-shahnawaz-offers-clarification-on-viral-good-looks-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/i-was-not-bragging-khaqan-shahnawaz-offers-clarification-on-viral-good-looks-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I was not bragging&#8230;&#8217;: Khaqan Shahnawaz offers clarification on viral &#8216;good looks&#8217; statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>Rising actor Khaqan Shahnawaz has finally addressed his viral statement about the \u2018privilege of having conventional good looks\u2019 and shared how it was taken out of context from an interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Appearing at a recent podcast of his close friend and YouTuber Shahveer Jafry, actor Khaqan Shahnawaz offered clarification on how his previous statement was blown out of proportion to sound completely different than what he actually meant.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI was asked during an interview, \u2018Do you think you get all the roles because you are friends with Danyal Zafar or is it because you are supremely talented?\u2019. To which I said that \u2018I\u2019m actually a very lucky person \u2013 checking up on my privilege \u2013 that there are people out there, who are much more talented than me, but [I get these roles] because I look a certain way, as per the set standards of a good looking person in our society, given my fair complexion, tall physique and green eyes.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t like I was bragging that I\u2019m special a being [to have all of it], but I confessed being lucky to have it and then even more to be friends with the people from the industry, to get auditions that got me the work,\u201d added the <em>\u2018Sukoon\u2019<\/em> actor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C39xzfPorFY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is what I said and I don\u2019t think I was bragging,\u201d Shahnawaz clarified.<\/p>\n<p>On the work front, Khaqan Shahnawaz is currently being seen in ARY Digital\u2019s drama <em>\u2018Sukoon\u2019,<\/em> co-starring Sana Javed, Ahsan Khan and Sidra Niazi.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble supporting cast of the play features Qudsia Ali, Laila Wasti, Usman Peerzada, Adnan Samad Khan, Asma Abbas and Ahsan Talish.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Sukoon Episode 41 | Digitally Presented by Royal | Teaser | ARY Digital\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fRdFgN7oNoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Helmed by the celebrated drama director Siraj-ul-Haque and written by Misbah Nausheen,\u00a0<em>\u2018Sukoon\u2019<\/em>\u00a0airs every Wednesday and Thursday in prime time only on ARY Digital.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/how-sidra-niazi-is-related-to-khaqan-shahnawaz\/\">Are Sidra Niazi and Khaqan Shahnawaz actually siblings?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising actor Khaqan Shahnawaz has finally addressed his viral statement about the \u2018privilege of having conventional good looks\u2019 and shared how it was taken out of context from an interview. Appearing at a recent podcast of his close friend and YouTuber Shahveer Jafry, actor Khaqan Shahnawaz offered clarification on how his previous statement was blown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/khaqan.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}