Mumbai: Bipasha Basu has opened up about the harsh trolling and body-shaming she faced after giving birth to her daughter, Devi.
The actress recalled how insensitive paparazzi interactions made an already challenging phase more difficult, admitting that she went through “major trolling” over her post-pregnancy appearance.
Bipasha also spoke about the lack of sensitivity surrounding women’s bodies after childbirth and the unrealistic pressure new mothers face to quickly return to their pre-pregnancy shape.
During the conversation, she candidly addressed the expectations placed on women after giving birth.
“The conversation around women’s bodies is quite bizarre even now. Magically, when you give birth, you are supposed to get back into the shape of your twenties even when you are in your forties. What’s expected of a 20-year-old is expected of a 40-year-old. And if you’re not bouncing back, they’re going to troll you. They’re going to be massively brutal,” she said.
She further added, “I went through major, major trolling. A few insensitive paps took really bizarre pictures of me. They don’t see how much effort the woman must be putting in, how much they have to do with a baby, with their life, with their lifestyle and also their personal pressures. Nobody really cares. Everybody expects you to bounce back. I’m an extremely confident person, so no kind of trolling can break me. I know what my journey is, I know what work I need to put in, when I need to put it in, and I will go with that. Outside noise does not really matter.”
On the work front, Bipasha was last seen in Vikram Bhatt’s web series Dangerous, which also starred her husband Karan Singh Grover.
