In the latest webisode of Ishq FM’s Calling Karan, KJo tackles the difficult subject of body-shaming and the subsequent bullying that follows it.
A self-confessed “over weight” girl talks to Karan Johar about her parents asking her to settle down with a man who might be older and a little on the heavier side. Taking no prisoners, Karan tells her that nobody should force her to settle for anything less than what she deserves and she should be proud of who she is.
Like we said, Karan is not one to mince words.
Karan also got a surprise caller in the form of celebrity, Arjun Rampal who asks if he will get love without the designer labels and Dolce and Gabbanas. Karan assures him that designer labels have nothing to do with love.
Continuing with the theme of the show, Karan spoke about the perceptions about body-shaming. He said that it’s not just over-weight people who struggle with the way they look. “People also comment if you’re very thin, if you’re dark or you’re tall or very short”.
Opening up about his own weight issues growing up, he said,
Karan also spoke about feeling responsible for Alia Bhatt being obsessive about her weight because he was the first one to ask her to lose it. Watch what he said in the webisode here:
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