In last few months, veteran actress Jaya Bachchan has made multiple headlines for treating paparazzi in rude and unfriendly manner. Few days back, a video of her went viral in which she can be heard telling paps, “I hope you double and fall.” Unsurprisingly, several of netizens have slammed Jaya for her unprofessional attitude and in a recent statement, Jaya tried to explain the rationale behind her behaviour.
Speaking at her granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda’s podcast, Jaya said, “I hate it, I despise it, I despise the people who interfere in your personal lives and fill their stomachs by selling those products. I am disgusted with such people. I always tell them, ‘Aapko sharam nahi aati?’ (Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?)”
She further added, “I don’t mind if you talk about my work and say she is a bad actor and she has done this film badly, she is not looking nice because it is a visual medium. But the rest, I do mind. You have no business to sit on personal judgment of my character. You are interfering in my life. I am walking somewhere and you are taking my picture, why bhai, am I not a human being?”
Jaya concluded by saying, “The thing is they edit. What they take and what they put are different things. So, you have the freedom to do it, what about my freedom?”
