Actress and Arsenal supporter Esha Gupta was slammed on social media for making racist remarks against Nigerian footballer Alexander Iwobi on Sunday. The social media was abuzz as soon as a snapshot of a Whatsapp conversation was shared by Esha on her Instagram stories. The conversation criticised Iwobi for his performance.

In the conversation, Esha's friend called Iwobi a "gorilla" and said that "evolution stopped for him". He even said that the footballer did not change from "neanderthal to man". To that, Esha laughed and replied: "Haha... I don't know why they don't bench him more."