Shilpa Shetty Criticised For Son’s Birthday Celebration, She Has A Classy But Fitting Reply

They say when you share your sorrow, you reduce it by half but when you share your joy, you double it up. I only understood this when my parents took me to an orphanage once to celebrate my birthday. I spent the day playing outdoor games with the kids and feeding each one of them some cake.

It’s not just me, I’ve heard innumerable stories of people celebrating their big days at orphanages or old age homes. Because the joy received from sharing it with them is beyond comparison.

Shilpa Shetty Kundra, the veteran Bollywood actress, celebrated her son’s sixth birthday at an old-age home on Monday, i.e. 21st May 2018.

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21st May 2012 😇A new me was born. 6yrs today..The dichotomy of wanting you to be my baby forever and excitement of seeing you grow up and your achievements in this life..Difficult choices!! Want to hold you in my arms for longer today, like when you were a baby.. the toddler is gone ,now there’s a little boy and tomw there will be a young man in his place .. but you will always be my baby.. Happy birthday my son, love you more than you would ever know😘😇#unconditionallove #birthdayboy #6 #gratitude #blessings

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She shared a video from their time with the residents of the old-age home simply to share her happiness about it. She even mentions that it was her family’s tradition to go there, started by her father himself.

“Keeping up with the tradition of dinner at the #littlesistersofthepoor, an old age home. They have very few visitors and the joy on their faces when someone comes and visits them is priceless. Nothing more powerful than to start my sons birthday with Blessings…Thank you for all your blessings and wishes as well instafam.”

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Keeping up with tradition of dinner at the #littlesistersofthepoor ,an old age home . They have very few visitors and the joy on their faces when someone comes and visits them is priceless.Nothing more powerful than to start my sons birthday with Blessings..Thankyou for all your blessings and wishes as well instafam🙏😇Loads of #gratitude #happiness #blessings #love #unconditionallove

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Shilpa Shetty can be seen peeling a banana and helping a visually challenged old man to have it.

However, the thing about celebrities being or showing philanthropic sides of themselves is always looked at as a publicity stunt. While some trolls were outrightly mean and rude, one, in particular, made a pretty nasty comment.

She said that Shilpa Shetty was distributing the ‘cheapest fruit’ and then showing off on social media.

Several others made similar comments and I think it was really uncool to say such things.

Shilpa Shetty, however, was not going to take it lying down. She had a polite yet fitting reply for these people.

For all you know, she must have chosen bananas because it is easier for older people to chew and digest.

Anyway, whether it was an expensive fruit like mangoes or a ‘cheap fruit’ like banana, it is not the cost of it that counts. It is the emotion and intent of sharing it with people. And she did it with a good heart.

We’re with you on this one, Shilpa!