What made Sonakshi Sinha Defend Akshay Kumar despite him passing Lewd Remarks on her?

No one is spared from the wrath of social media and this became quiet evident from the latest Akshay Kumar's controversy where an old statement by the Khiladi sprung to life and netizens, without checking the facts, took the baton and slammed him for his past mistake! In no time, the old news piece became viral with fresh criticism pouring in from all sectors over Akki.

For those unaware, Akshay's light-hearted statement from a seven-year-old interview was dugged up by some online users who probably wanted to tarnish the superstar's image. The interview dates back to the year 2012 wherein Akshay was asked about his co-star Sonakshi Sinha, who had faced body-shaming at the beginning of her acting career.

In his response, Akshay had said that being a pure Punjabi, he likes his heroines to be chubby... "Sonakshi is a wonderful actress who has her own style of acting. She has an absolutely different figure – a typical, Indian figure and not size zero. Khaate peete gharane ki lagti hai. I am a pure Punjabi. I like heroines who are hari bhari. Chusa hua aam na lage.." read Akshay's statement from the interview.

Without even cross checking the details, people started calling Akshay's statement as highly misogynistic and objectification of a woman. But, someone had to step in and put facts straight and who better than the person herself about whom the remarks were made.

Hence, Sonakshi Sinha stepped forward and cleared the air. She slammed the trolls for unnecessarily creating an issue out of nothing. In her reply, she said that the person who was being referred to didn't have a problem at all, then why should others make an issue of it.

"Firstly, let me start by saying that trolls really have nothing better to do in life, so this is what they resort to. People have to understand that I was heavily body shamed at the start of my career, in spite of having lost 30 kilos, and what Akshay said was probably in response to something on the same lines. They also have to understand that I have a great friendship and working equation with him, so he was talking about a friend and not a random person. If anything, he was being a gentleman and defending me with no intention of "objectifying" anyone. And if I, the person being referred to, has absolutely no problem with what was said, I don't think anyone else should either. People need to start utilising their time better rather than digging up stupid things and making an issue of it," Sonakshi Sinha said while talking to Hindustan Times.

When the actress was further asked whether it harm's one's image if their old interviews or statements get misconstrued and go viral on social media, she said, "Absolutely! Once it's out there, it's out there. And everyone has an opinion on everything. As celebrities, I think being responsible with what you say or post online is a better bet."