I personally don't care if my defense is vindicated or not..Mona's life is her own..& the show is, after all, no more. BUT, everyone has a right to not only HAVE an opinion, but CHANGE their opinions. I can bet my life that not ONE person out there or even here on I-F has had the same stance on something for their whole lives. I said it before & I'll say it again using this one situation as a specific: When Mona said in an interview that she was tired of playing Jassi & then in a later one, she said she'd love to be known as Jassi for a long time to come..there is a difference. She said that she's tired of PLAYING Jassi..the CHARACTER'S ROLE..that doesn't mean that she didn't love the role or that she never wants to be associated with it. Then, once she said that yes, they should end JJKN..WHICH, by the way, EVERY cast member said..just maybe not in print..but they've def. said it to me when I've asked. Mona was the main lead..of course they're going to print her interviews more than anyone else's. And, then in another interview, she said she was so sad when the show ended. A ton of people here jumped down her throat for making a contradictory statement. THINK ABOUT IT. When they took the first interview, she couldn't have guessed how she was going to feel when the time actually came to end the show that made her a household name for generations. You can't hold someone's statements in stone..feelings change, emotions change..OPINIONS change..it all depends on WHEN you're asked & @ WHAT POINT in life. I mean, come on..the whole cast wanted the show to end b.c they saw exactly what all of us as fans saw..the show was stagnating. So, just because they didn't say anything about it..or b.c they weren't ASKED about it in print, that means it's alright for us to pounce on Mona b.c her EVERY MOVE is looked upon with a hawk eye? Use Shilpa Saklani's old interview if you want. She had said that she was willing to expose for a role..now, do you REALLY think that she'd say the same thing if she were to be asked that same question today? Are you going to crucify her for changing her stance on her personal decisions?
I will reiterate..a celebrity is a human..Mona is Mona..Mona is NOT Jassi. And YES, she has said in interviews that "I am Jassi" but she never meant that Jassi was her identity! Come on, now..she meant that certain characteristics of Jasmeet Walia were like Mona Singh..it's high time that we learned how to separate REEL life characters from their REAL life counterparts.
AGAIN..just my opinion.
Siddhi