Salman has been widely slammed for comparing the gruelling shoot for his upcoming film "Sultan" to feeling like a raped woman and while his father Salim Khan has apologised, the actor recently quipped that the less he spoke, the better it is.
Bollywood has largely been silent on the issue except for Kangana Ranaut, Anurag Kashyap and singer Sona Mohapatra criticising the superstar.
When asked to respond on the controversy, Pinto, who made her debut at IIFA here, said sometimes what is said might not be "negative but it may be unconventional".
"And I am not talking about this person. I am just talking about people in general... You might want to say something and it might not be negative, it may be unconventional. But then that responsibility also comes with consequences so you have to be strong enough and bold enough to say I am sorry when you are wrong and stand by your words when you are right. I feel like there is a lot of responsibility," she added.