Actor’s rant comes after her public showdown with a reporterat the press meet of her film ‘Judgementall Hai Kya’

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has released two videos inwhich she targets journalists, claiming that some are “termites”,“pseudo-liberal”, “treacherous” and “attend press conferences only to get freefood.”

While many people had been expecting an apology, the Queenstar only added fuel to fire. “I beg to you please ban me, because I don’t wantyou guys to make money out of me. It’s the biggest favour you can do for me,”she says in the videos sent out via her sister and manager Rangoli Chandel’sTwitter account.

This comes in the wake of the Entertainment Journalists’Guild of Indian announcing that a ban on Ranaut would be active until sheapologised for a public row with a reporter during the press meet of her latestfilm, Judgementall Hai Kya. The Twitter posts come just a day after EktaKapoor’s banner Balaji Telefilms expressed regret over Ranaut’s behaviour andapologised for the same.In the video, accompanying a tweet saying she issuffering from a high fever, Kangana starts off by saying that there are bothgood and bad people in media, and that she has found good friends and those whohave had a role in her success. She then goes on to say that a section of themattack the country’s pride and integrity. “They spread false rumours,treacherous views and are anti-national. They all sell out, yet there’s nopunishment for them inspite of them being a threat,” she added.

In her rant, she also referred to the Press Trust of Indiajournalist with whom she had a showdown at her film’s press meet: “Thisjournalist makes fun of my serious campaigns such as me speaking against animalcruelty and on plastic ban. He also ridiculed my film [Manikarnika, based onthe life of Rani Lakshmibai] that was about a patriot for the country.”

Ranaut also claimed that some journalists don’t have anyrelevant comments or arguments to make, and are devoid of any journalisticidentity. “They have no work to do, how can they call themselves journalists?If I call myself an actor, I should have some work. They just come to pressconferences to eat free food. These people have suddenly formed a guild thatisn’t even recognised to ban me! Even Rs 50-60 is enough is buy them out.”