Salman Khan, who is back in Mumbai after the shooting of Ek Tha Tiger in Cuba, on Friday came out in support of Saif Ali Khan, saying that the media should have waited for his version.
"Even the press yesterday was all for the other guy. They didn't even bother to ask what happened to Saif. Did Saif got whacked first or not? We should have waited for Saif to come out and say what he had to say," Khan told reporters after he was aksed to comment on the incident.
"We are actors and we have been in the industry for the longest time. Saif has been in the industry for 18 years. We knew the guy," added the actor.
Saif was involved in a scuffle early on Wednesday with South Africa-based Indian businessman Iqbal Sharma. The latter alleged that Saif abused and assaulted him and his father-in-law and filed a complaint at the Colaba police station. The actor said he was provoked to do so.
According to Sharma, Saif called him an "idiot" for complaining about the actor's loud conduct at the restaurant. He said he and his family had requested the restaurant manager to ask Saif and his friends, which included Kareena, Amrita Arora and Malaika Arora Khan, to keep their voices down.
Khan said: "If you have gone into a restaurant, you are not there to manao matam [mourn]. You are there to have dinner and drinks. My family was there, everybody was there. I am sure he [Sharma] might be right, but my point is that find out the entire thing and then come on TV."
The actor, who has been involved in hit and run case, and scuffles, says the blame always comes to actors.
Khan said: "Always the actors have been blamed, why so? It has always been us."
