Actor-producer Patralekhaa has called out paparazzi for body-shaming her postpartum appearance after a video of her circulated online with an insensitive caption.
The backlash began when a paparazzi page shared a clip of the actor stepping out of her car, captioned, “What’s happened to her?”, as her husband Rajkummar Rao followed behind.
Patralekhaa took to her Instagram Stories, strongly criticising the remark, addressing the realities of a woman’s body after childbirth.
She clarified that her physical changes are a natural part of the postpartum phase and urged people to be more empathetic.
“What’s happened to me!? is that I have just given birth! Yes I have gained the weight, which seems like an unnatural phenomenon to you all,” she wrote.
She further added that the weight gain was not due to overeating but a natural response to pregnancy, even as she continues to come to terms with it.
‘For God’s sake please learn to be a little kind’
In a longer note, she emphasised the physical and emotional demands she has been navigating.
“I have not sat and eaten a mountain, I just delivered a baby and produced two films simultaneously which are not easy jobs. If I could I would not be this way. But that’s how my body has reacted to pregnancy. For God’s sake please learn to be a little kind,” she added.
