EXCLUSIVE: Kiara Advani opens up on sexism: I was questioned when a guard saluted me, but the male star wasn’t

Trolling is the dark side of the web and celebrities have been at the forefront of receiving it. But when this trolling comes wrapped in sexism, it only gets worse. Kabir Singh actress Kiara Advani recently recalled being trolled for a situation that was misunderstood entirely and moreover, it was overlooked when it was a male actor in the same situation. Kiara sat down with Bollywood Bubble to talk about her battle with trolls and sexism in the third episode of Bollywood Bubble. Kiara recalled being saluted by an older security guard and then being bashed by trolls for the same while a male actor did not get any backlash when he was greeted by the same guard.

Kiara told Bollywood Bubble, “I remember this time- and this really got to me- I had reached somewhere and these paps again were taking their picture. They caught a moment where the security of the building opened the door and he saluted me, he was an elderly man. It was not like I asked him to salute me, he is a very sweet person, that is probably their salutation. I also acknowledged him. Now, this picture is taken, you can’t hear the conversations, but you’ve got a picture of an elderly man saluting. I have gotten trolled for that, that she is making an elderly person salute her. I’m thinking, ‘It’s not my building’ like where do people think this.”

Kiara said that another male actor was caught in the same moment but he was not rolled at all only making to believe that it is ok if it is a male actor, “And the same situation was with a male actor and there was not one off comment. So it means he should be saluted, firstly nobody is asking anybody to salute, it’s their own way. But it’s just like the way the female actors are trolled for some of these very unnecessary things. At that time I was like ‘are you serious?’. Then when other platforms pick it up, maybe I wouldn’t have even noticed, because sometimes I dont read comments, but then when other media houses pick it up and you make it headline news. I think why are you giving it that importance.”

Check out the full conversation with Kiara below:

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