SHAHID DEFENDS MIRA’S WORDS
Actor says his wife’s comment about choosing to be a stay-at-home mom was misinterpreted
Actor Shahid Kapoor says his wife Mira Rajput never meant to offend anyone with her recent views about being a stay-athome mother to take care of their daughter, Misha.
In an interview on Women’s Day (Mar 8), Mira had spoken about why she doesn’t want to be a working mom, and how she does not want to play with her child for an hour, and then rush off to work. “Why did I have her then? She is not a puppy, you know. I want to be there for her as a mother,” she had said. Branding Mira insensitive, women wrote open letters to her about how her comments had hurt them.
Asked for his views, Shahid said at a recent event: “When Mira started the conversation, she said those were her personal comments. I think Mira is speaking for a section of women who aren’t being represented... women who may not be doing a job outside, who choose to be at home, have a baby, take care of that baby and consider that important enough to do... Like I took 5 months off when I was having Misha because I felt it was important for me to be with my wife and my child. It’s a choice you make out of a sense of independence.”
Shahid added that public figures getting trolled for their views has become a trend now. “Everybody gets hurt about everything. We just live in those times. What Mira is saying is relevant. What she is saying is that women should have that choice, and men should respect that,” he said.