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Joining the growing industry-wide pushback against online harassment, Parineeti Chopra has strongly spoken out in defense of Katrina Kaif, calling the persistent scrutiny and mockery of women's postpartum bodies "bizarre, uneducated, and devoid of basic human decency."

Speaking during promotional interactions for her upcoming psychological thriller series Shaque: Trust No One (premiering September 24 on Netflix), Chopra was asked about the recent wave of online trolling aimed at Kaif following her public appearance at the Ambani family's Ganpati celebrations, as well as Salman Khan’s fiery defense of expectant and new mothers on Bigg Boss 20. Chopra, who revealed she was pregnant while filming Shaque in Himachal Pradesh, dismissed the commentators as attention-seekers and urged a fundamental cultural shift in how society views the physical reality of childbearing.

“Why Is Making a Human Life Seen as Negative?": The Viral Comparison Addressing how the public routinely celebrates other bodily transformations while stigmatizing postpartum recovery, Chopra drew a direct, logical contrast: “When somebody comments on a postpartum body, I find it uneducated. Like, you get a haircut, your hair is going to be shorter. You go for a vacation, you are going to come back with a tan. You go to the gym, so you are going to make abs. You fall down and break a leg, you have a cast—that's evidence of what happened. There is going to be evidence of what you did on your body, and all that is celebrated.

But making a human life, a baby—growing a whole entire human being for nine months—that evidence on the body is not celebrated? How is it negative? It is a sign of superhuman strength. I would look at a woman and say, 'Oh my god, I see a stretch mark. Did you grow a baby? That's so amazing. How is your baby?' That's how I look at it. Especially something as stupid as weight? They clearly don't have lives, education, or basic human decency.”

Digital Detox & Dismissing the Noise Explaining her own coping mechanism with social media toxicity, Chopra revealed that she consciously stays disconnected from online discourse:

Insignificant Noise: “I don't even know the trolling that is happening around me or around people, because that's how insignificant I feel it is. It’s really a waste of time. Are these people trying to make a career on social media? Are they trying to get attention? Are they trying to get followers? What is the problem?”

Shooting 'Shaque' While Pregnant: Chopra shared that the film industry itself has become far more accommodating and professional than external social media commentators assume: “I’m in rooms every single day where I’ve never been asked about my motherhood or my looks. I speak about the work that is being offered to me, knowing who I am or what my talent is. Actually, the industry doesn’t do so much of it; it is more the media and outsiders who talk about it.”

Soni Razdan Echoes Support: Calling Out Double Standards Veteran actor Soni Razdan, who co-stars alongside Chopra in Shaque, also stepped in during the conversation to challenge systemic ageism and body expectations in modern media:

The Aging Dilemma: Citing Sarah Jessica Parker’s viral comments regarding visible aging, Razdan questioned the cultural impulse to freeze female actors in amber:

“What is this society we are living in that starts to question, point fingers at, or make fun of women who have had a baby or who are aging? Women who don't look the way they did when they were 25, now they are 45. There is such a thing as growing old, having a baby, and real life.”

Media & Cultural Verdict: Parineeti Chopra’s candid, articulate defense builds directly upon the watershed moment initiated by Salman Khan over the weekend. By reframing postpartum physical changes as badges of physiological endurance rather than aesthetic flaws to be hidden, Chopra has added authoritative female solidarity to a long-overdue reckoning—turning the tide against toxic paparazzi angles and invasive social media commentary ahead of her major OTT debut on Thursday.