The privacy of celebrities is something that has been spoken about at length in the past. Not just the general public, the media, and the paparazzi have been invading their privacy even after repeated requests.
Earlier when Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma gave birth to their daughter, they sent paparazzi luxury gift hampers requesting privacy for the baby.
Recently, Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor also welcomed a baby girl into the world.
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Everyone wanted to get a glimpse of the little munchkin. And in the rush to attract eyeballs and gain likes and followers online, the media went crazy and chased Alia’s car to get a picture of the baby. Their unethical behaviour was later slammed by people online.
Now, a popular entertainment portal, ETimes, crossed all boundaries when they climbed to the terrace of Alia’s neighboring building to zoom into the actor’s living room and click her photos.
They were quick to post pictures of Alia on Instagram chilling in her home.
The publication zooming into her living room and invading her privacy got the worst of her. Reposting their post, the new mommy slammed ETimes for being an intruder.
Tagging Mumbai Police in her post, she wrote:
“Are you kidding me? I was at my house, having a perfectly normal afternoon, sitting in my living room when I felt something watching over me. I looked up and saw two men on the terrace of the neighbouring building with a camera right at me. In what world is this okay and is this allowed? This is a gross invasion of someone’s privacy. There’s a line that you must not cross, and it is safe to say that all lines were crossed today.”
On seeing her condemn this act, several Bollywood celebs joined her in calling out this behavior.
Anushka Sharma recalled the time when they also called out the media for doing something similar when their daughter Vamika was born.
“This is not the first time they are doing this. About two years ago we called them out for the same reason! You’d think it would have made them more respectful of people’s space and privacy. Absolutely shameful! They were also the only guys posting photos of our daughter despite repeated requests.”
Arjun Kapoor wrote that it was absolutely shameless.
“Absolutely shameless. This is crossing all limits if a woman isn’t feeling safe in her own home forget if she is a public figure or not for a second any sane person who takes photographs of public figures for a living needs to know that this is pathetic conduct & these are people in the media we have trusted and shown implicit faith in believing they are here to do a job not to make women feel unsafe or invade one’s privacy. This is nothing short of stalking @mumbaipolice.”
Janhvi Kapoor said that the same publication has repetitively done things like this when she was working out in a gym.
“This is disgustingly intrusive. This publication has repeatedly done things like this. Including, despite my continuous requests, photographed me unaware; inside the gym I go to while working out through the glass door. In a space that is supposed to be private, where one does not anticipate to get photographed.”
Taking to his IG stories, Karan Johar also came in support of Alia and wrote:
“There is no justification to this absolutely disgusting invasion of privacy. Everyone from the entertainment industry is always for the media and the paparazzi and are accommodating … but there HAS to be a LIMIT…. This is about anyone’s right to feel safe in their own homes! This is not about actors or celebrities it’s a basic human right!!!!”
Alia’s sister Shaheen also raised her voice against this.
On receiving so much backlash, the publication deleted the original post. They were also slammed by people online.
This is so pathetic and indeed out of line. People and the media should start taking classes on how to respect other people’s boundaries, including celebrities and public figures.