I've stopped watching this show, so I don't know what happened actually. But Om was always like this and has shown this shade in IB too, so there is no character butchering here in this scene I guess. He's no gentleman when he's angry. He almost pounced at Ishana and Riddhima when he came to know about their truth, but Shivaye and Rudra stopped him. So him nearly slapping Gauri is not surprising at all. He can actually slap Gauri when he'll come to know about Chulbul truth.
You know the saying "Still waters run Deep" that's exactly wat Omkaara is... He is a very nice soul but when Om gets angry then he can turn into this lion and eat you alive... Infact Omkaara is the worst of all the Oberois men when he looses his temper... This side of him has already been explored in IB... I don't think it's anything new...
If you guys remember he almost pounced on Ishana ( on the last confrontation scene )and was stopped by Rudra & Shivaay ... With Riddhima he was worst... Riddhima was his steady girlfriend for almost 3 yrs but he just asked her to get lost... He even almost went to hit her in the last breakup scene of there's and that time Shvaay and Rudra had to stop him again... Shivaay Infact asked Riddhima to leave seeing Om loosing it completely...
We have already seen Om attacking Tej ( one of Kunals best performance )...,
So that the way he is... Omkaara is very complex in nature... He is intense, quit but at the same time irrational at times... It's hard to understand Om...
So yesterday he almost slapping Gauri was not new...
But still I agree to the fans saying they have Defiantly changed Omkaaras character in DBO... This is still not the same Om whom we saw in IB and whose individual love story we demanded to see...
They even have changed Oms look in DBO... In DBO not once have we seen Om painting or Sculpting... Even am missing his Shayries...
I just now pray to the Cvs that they give us our old artistic Omkaara back... With his old hairstyle and looks...
Hoping once Omkaara and Gauri journey starts in a week they try and bring the old Omkaara back...