Hasbulla is one of social media’s biggest superstars. However, he recently came under fire after a video of him hitting his pet cat went viral online. Hasbulla received a lot of hate online, but he has now issued a response regarding that incident in a post on Twitter.

The 20-year-old Dagestani native is known for his small stature and his association with UFC Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov, which prompted his nickname, ‘Mini Khabib’. He rose to fame after his entertaining videos received overwhelming responses from netizens worldwide. But recently, he garnered attention for all the wrong reasons.

What happened to Hasbulla and his cat?

In a recent viral video, Hasbulla was seen playing with his cat. But the video shows him pulling his cat’s ear, which looked painful from the viewer’s perspective. His cat moved away from him after he got his ears pulled and decided to go back to a makeshift cardboard bed.

As soon as the cat reached his bed, Hasbulla followed and appeared to be giving threats to his cat. The video clip ends after Hasbulla hits the cat in his head. Fans on social media were upset with ‘Mini Khabib’ as they let opinions known. But Hasbulla has responded to the backlash and issued a response of his own.

‘Mini Khabib’ shares a response by explaining the incident

The Dagestani social media influencer explained the whole situation in a video posted on his Twitter account. He said, “Those brothers who think that I was beating the cat pulled the ear, this and that, I pulled the ear gently.” Hasbulla added that he knows that people will jump on him at every wrong step he takes. He said, “I know that people are waiting for the moment if I write something wrong, to attack me like this, like ‘You do this, you do that.”

He told his followers that his cat wasn’t behaving properly, so he had to do what he did. Hasbulla said, “She [his cat] was misbehaving, and I just pulled the ear and that’s it. I love my cat more than you. If I didn’t love the cat, I wouldn’t have it at home. The most lovely animal is a cat and when she disobeyed me, I scolded her a little and you are attacking me for nothing.”

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Hasbulla has mentioned that he isn’t happy with the way people perceived the incident and that he pulled the cat’s ear only because he wasn’t obeying his orders. We will have to wait and see how people perceive his explanation for the incident.

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