Katrina Kaif defends Salman Khan for his statements against Priyanka Chopra

Salman Khan took a dig at Priyanka Chopra after she quit Bharat and got slammed, now Katrina Kaif has come out in his defense. She says...

Salman Khan recently made headlines after he took at a dig at Priyanka Chopra for walking out of his film Bharat. He had termed her quitting the film an 'embarrassing thing', and during an interview with Bollywood Hungama he went on to say, "Over Bharat, she chose USA in the ‘nick’ of time. She has worked all her life so hard and when she got the biggest film of her life, she dumped the film and got married. Hats off! Usually people leave the husbands for this."

Soon after Salman's statements went viral, netizens were quick to slam him for taking a dig at PeeCee for walking out of his film. Singer Sona Mohapatra too bashed the superstar and Tweeted, "A showcase & poster child of toxic masculinity. Low brow dig at not only a woman who was not in the room but a disgusting disregard & contempt for the woman & colleague sitting next to him in the same room. Unless we call out such serial bad behaviour, nothing changes, #India"

Expressing her support towards Priyanka she had posted: "Cus Priyanka Chopra has better things to do in life, real men to hang out with & more importantly, girls to inspire with her journey."

Now, Katrina Kaif who is busy promoting Bharat with Salman, has come out and defended his statements the ones where he took a dig at Priyanka. In an interview with Rajeeev Masand, the actress went on to clear, "You have to take everything that Salman says with a big bucket of salt. I think we all know that by now. He just says it for effect, he does not mean it. Sometimes, in interviews I am biting my tongue like 5 times in a day, but it’s all in good fun. I don’t take it seriously."

Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Bharat brings the trio of Ali, Salman and Katrina Kaif after Tiger Zinda Hai from 2017. Apart from them, the movie also stars Disha Patani, Tabu, Sunil Grover, Nora Fatehi, Jackie Shroff, Sonali Kulkarni, Shashank Arora and others in pivotal roles. Bharat will also see a cameo by young star Varun Dhawan.