Cem Yilmaz's joke about '38 years old' in his CMXXIV show aired on Netflix stirred up women on social media. As the reactions escalated, his ex-girlfriend Necla Karahalil also took a subtle jab at Yilmaz with a suggestive post. Now, Iclal Aydin has joined the fray. Sharing a photo of herself at the age of 38, Aydin expressed her outrage, stating 'This is not funny at all.'
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The joke made during the show, 'I'm dating someone who's 38, they say 'he's found a young one'; 38 is near death,' particularly drew the ire of female viewers. In a short time, thousands of posts were made on X, escalating the controversy.
The first celebrity to join the debate was İrem Derici. Defending Cem Yılmaz, Derici retorted to critics by saying, 'I'm 38, I'm in great shape, and I'm in the most energetic period of my life. This is called humor.'
Karahalil, on his social media account, shared a news story stating that 'female frogs play dead to escape from males,' and added a note below saying, 'Even pretending to be dead can bring a man to the stage, my frog brother.' This post was interpreted as a dig at Yilmaz and sparked a lot of conversation.
Aydin shared a photo of herself at 38, with the following comments:
'This is a photo of me at 38, taken on a holiday evening. It's unfiltered. I hadn't even reached the halfway point of my life, my transformation, my growth. I remember thinking that year, 'I'm just getting started.'
The idea of a man, whose words are given weight, telling 38-year-old women they're 'on the verge of death'... I don't know. It's distasteful. Not funny at all. And very sad. Who laughed at this? Such 'macho-wild' men who think this way. Speaking is easy for everyone, the real task lies in 'being able to speak beautifully.''