Actor Alia Bhatt minced no words in criticising a section of news media that had published reports claiming she had undergone a botched Botox procedure.
The actor took to Instagram Stories on Friday morning to post a long note addressing these rumours and also schooled her critics about body-shaming.
Alia Bhatt on Botox rumours
Alia wrote in her note that she did not judge anybody who ‘chooses cosmetic corrections or surgery’. Still, she added that a ‘random video’ claiming she had Botox gone wrong was ‘beyond ridiculous’. She further wrote, “To the random video floating around literally claiming I’ve had Botox gone wrong (and to the numerous clickbait articles) – I have a “crooked smile” and a “weird way of speaking,” according to YOU. This is your hypercritical, microscopic judgment of a human face. And now you’re confidently tossing around “scientific explanations, claiming I’m paralysed on one side? Are you kidding me?”
The actor added that these were serious claims and had been made without proof. “These are SERIOUS claims being casually thrown out there with zero proof, no confirmation, and absolutely nothing to back it up. What’s worse, you’re influencing young, impressionable minds who might actually believe this garbage. Why are you saying this? For clickbait? Attention? Because none of it makes sense,” the note further read.
Alia, 31, who became a mother to daughter Raha two years ago, added that women are so often judged for their bodies and even pregnancy bumps that it has become normalised. “Let’s take a minute to address the absurd lens through which women are judged and objectified on the internet-our faces, bodies, personal lives, even our bumps (!!!) are up for critique. We should be celebrating individuality, not tearing it apart under a microscope. These types of judgments perpetuate unrealistic standards, making people feel like they’re never “enough.” It’s damaging, and it’s exhausting,” she wrote.
