Lot of eyebrows were raised when Salman Khan was announced as the as the India’s Goodwill ambassador for Rio Olympics some one-and-a-half months ago. However, after maintaining silence over the issue for quite sometime, the Bollywood superstar has finally opened up on the controversy and said the media should have done the same thing (criticised the other goodwill ambassadors) when Sachin and Rahman were roped in.

Talking to Hindustantimes, Salman said, “After me, who all have been made goodwill ambassadors? Sachin (Tendulkar), AR Rahman and Abhinav Bindra, right? So, did that (the news of them being roped in) start off well or mine? The media should have done the same thing (criticised the other goodwill ambassadors) when Sachin and Rahman were roped in. Why didn’t that happen? Why did the media not give them the same kind of coverage they gave me? In their case, too, while one isn’t a sportsperson, the other one has only played one sport.”

He added, “Does Rahman need a state-level certificate or a national-level medal to be called a sportsperson? In fact, are all kids, who have tried out certain sports but haven’t won a medal, not sportspersons? Aren’t all the kids or other persons, who like and follow a particular sports sportspersons? If they are, then why just pick on me?”