Alia Bhatt hits back after people claim her smile is ‘crooked’ due to Botox gone wrong: ‘Such judgments perpetuate unrealistic standards...’

Alia Bhatt is one of the leading actresses in Bollywood, who has a unique sense of charm, loved by many. But a few months ago, an interview clip of the actress went viral online with many claiming that the actress had a 'botched' Botox procedure, making her smile crooked and half her face paralysed. Reacting to those claims, the actress has now shared a long note on social media, stating that ‘such judgments perpetuate unrealistic standards, making people feel like they're never "enough."’

Alia hits back at trolls for calling her face paralysed

Taking to Instagram, Alia shared a note addressing the rumours of her Botox going wrong. The actress said, “Absolutely NO JUDGEMENT towards anyone who chooses cosmetic corrections or surgery-your body, your choice. But wow, this is beyond ridiculous!”

She added that claims of her having a crooked smile and weird way of speaking are hypercritical, with a microscopic judgment of a human face. Alia 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 actress further wrote that such claims are being made without any proof or confirmation and added that such claims are influencing young, impressionable minds who would believe this. She added, “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.”

Alia went on to speak about how women are objectified on the internet almost every day for their faces, and bodies, among other things. She added that one should celebrate individuality, rather than tearing it apart under a microscope.

“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.” Alia wrote.

Alia concluded her post by writing that the saddest part of it all is that such criticism comes from other women who have become so accustomed to picking each other apart.

“And the saddest part? A lot of this judgment comes from other women. Whatever happened to live and let live"? To "everyone has the right to their own choices? Instead, we've become so accustomed to picking each other apart that it's almost normalized. Meanwhile just another day of even thorougher entertainment with scripts made up by the Internet,” Alia concluded.

On the work front, Alia was last seen in Vasan Bala’s action-adventure film Jigra, alongside actor Vedang Raina. The film did not perform well at the box office.

Alia Bhatt tied the knot with actor Ranbir Kapoor in April 2022 and welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Raha Kapoor, in November 2022.