(via CNN.com): MUMBAI, India (AP) — Five months later, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is still feeling the effects of a kiss from Richard Gere.

Immigration officials at Mumbai airport briefly detained Shetty, saying she was still wanted for obscenity charges filed in the wake of the public kiss with the Hollywood star, her publicist, Dale Bhagwagar, said Thursday.

Shetty was in tears late Wednesday after being stopped at the airport while on her way to Berlin where the musical “Miss Bollywood” opens this weekend, said Bhagwagar. Shetty plays the musical’s lead role.

“She called me in the middle of the night and was in tears,” said Bhagwagar, adding Shetty was finally permitted to join her dance troupe after prolonged questioning.
“I can understand something like this if I’d committed a criminal offense. But what was my offense, when I’m just an actor, going to perform a musical on foreign land,” Bhagwagar quoted Shetty saying.

Gere embraced and kissed Shetty on her cheek at a public AIDS awareness event in New Delhi in April, sparking an outcry among conservative hardline Hindus, who claimed the pair had violated the country’s strict anti-obscenity laws.

Now, when I first read the headline “Bollywood actress still hurting from Gere kiss” it made perfect sense. Then I read the story and remembered the real events. But, I mean, come on… having Gere’s kiss leave you in physical pain for months on end is something I could believe in.

On the other hand any law that says a kiss on the cheek is obscene… well maybe they’re based in Staten Island. I mean have you been to the mall there with the families and the kisses on the cheek and… all right I can start to see their side in this whole fight.

Also it could just be that a kiss from Gere, anywhere, is considered obscene.

Then again, it didn’t hurt any when I slipped Gere some tongue that one time. Or was that a dream? Or a nightmare? Or just the result of pepperoni before bed?

I can never remember.

I also need to question Cindy Crawford. She was married to the guy for 4 years - does it still hurt? Show me on the supermodel where he touched you! Show me!

I need more caffeine.