Sunil Shetty isn`t an insecure man. He may have grouses against people for slashing his role (Firoze Nadiadwala in Awaara Paagal Deewana, Priyadarshan in Hera Pheri), he is all smiles when it comes to dealing with co-actors.

When Manisha Koirala and Urmila Matondkar backed out from their commitments to do shows for his entertainment company, or when Akshay Kumar walked away with the meatier roles in all the films they starred in, Shetty kept himself away from making any uncharitable statements that could sour his friendship with the actors.

But the joke doing the rounds is the latest remark that came from the hunky actor. "I accepted Karz only because my favourite person, Sunny, is also a part of the project," explained the Mangalorean star. His unabashed support to Salman Khan whenever the troubled actor is making news for all the wrong reasons, is being seen in the industry as some kind of a fetish for the industry`s macho men. Earlier Shetty had been heard singing paeans to Jackie Shroff and Sanjay Dutt too.A look at the list of his male friends suggests that he goes in for only the hunkiest ones. What`s with you, Sunil?