Katrina Kaif's Shameless Audacity: She Has Dared To Be Human

Hey there, gossipers! It’s Gossip Gal here, back with some hot tea starring Bollywood starlet Katrina Kaif. Kat is currently being attacked by keyboard warriors with the most cliched question in the misogyny playbook: why is she not catering to male pleasure anymore?

Katrina Kaif's pictures

For a little context, word on the street is that on August 29th, when Katrina Kaif and her husband, Vicky Kaushal, stepped out for the solemn occasion of filmmaker Kuku Kohli’s funeral to pay their respects, paparazzi photos of Katrina in a white salwar kameez quickly went viral.

And the reason behind the backlash isn’t just about not looking red-carpet-ready in camera-friendly makeup and a bedazzled outfit (mind you, they were attending a funeral); but also about not having lost her postpartum weight since giving birth to baby Vihaan.

​I have a confession: I thought trolls could get creative with their reason behind insults, but as of 2026, same old. The insults include every common tactic, including calling her ‘rasgulla’, ‘buddhi ho gayi ho’, and posting the recurring question: ‘What happened to her?’ 

So let me tell you what “happened” to her. She stopped existing to please your gaze. She grew a whole human being inside herself for 9 months, birthed him, and is now navigating the chaotic highs and lows of postpartum recovery.  This reality has a name, dimwits, and it is called “motherhood.” Sound familiar?

​And here is what people fail to understand about women's bodies during postpartum recovery: they are not squash balls that must bounce back when hit with the heavy racket of bringing a human being into the world.  Also, as ‘getting back in shape’ or 'losing fat' has become the only yardstick of recovery for many, let's not forget that healing is not just about winning a 30-day weight loss challenge. It is about giving some grace to every woman as they navigate their health and motherhood at their own pace. 

Shivaleeka Oberoi

​But fear not, because if there are keyboard warriors with their digital pitchforks, there are also outspoken women who stand with other women, adorning their wit and courage like a graceful crown. And no, that person is not just me, your monthly gossip buddy, but actor Shivaleeka Oberoi, who recently took to social media to support Katrina and shut down the body-shamers, perfectly articulating what we’re all thinking: "This is what normal postpartum recovery looks like – the good, the bad, the bloating, the exhaustion." And kudos to her for not only speaking up, but taking an empowering stance.

​Katrina is not the first one to have her postpartum body become a target of unfulfilled online trolls. Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu, Swara Bhasker, and many more actors have been targeted post-childbirth. So Katrina isn’t the first and unfortunately not the last mother to be harassed, unless people drop their unrealistic expectations and start seeing women as humans. Reiterating Shivaleeka’s point- as a society, we need to stop glorifying a version of motherhood that simply doesn't exist. Frankly, the pressure on women, particularly those in the spotlight, to constantly maintain a perfect image is not just toxic and detrimental, but also very last season.

So, here is to Katrina, normalising a real postpartum body by simply existing in the public eye, and to Shivaleeka for calling out toxic beauty standards. And to the ones who demean celebrities for their postpartum bodies: sex education is cheap, and kindness is cheaper. But if you were to keep this up, a phone screen is the closest you will ever get to really knowing a woman, and that couldn't do your educationally challenged self any favours now, would it?

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