Just last month, Alia Bhatt had raised the issue of invasion of privacy when two photographers clicked her inside her home. Many celebrities had also came out to support her in her case. Now, a few days ago, Saif Ali Khan also snapped at the paparazzi. They entered his building premises while clicking him with wife Kareena Kapoor.
Soon after, certain articles started floating that said Saif Ali Khan was firing his guard and taking legal action against the paparazzi. In response to that, the actor has issued a statement clarifying his stance. He shared as to what exactly happened at 2 am on March 2 as well.
Saif Ali Khan issues statement
Saif Ali Khan says, “The building security guard is not being sacked, it is not his fault and neither is anybody taking legal action against the paps because that is not how we want to do things. However, the fact is that they did barge inside private property through the gate, past the security guard and completely invaded our space and put 20 cameras and lights on us as if it’s their right to do that, and this is wrong behavior and everyone needs to be in limits.”
He added, “We cooperate with the paparazzi all the time and we understand but outside the house, outside the gate, otherwise, where does one draw the line? That is why I made the comment about the bedroom because they had already crossed one line, so how many lines does one have to cross before it’s utterly ridiculous.”
The actor also mentioned the instances of young children who belong to the industry getting papped. He said, “The paps shooting the children, while they are doing extra curricular classes or any class, all this is not required, paparazzi cannot come inside the school, there are lines drawn. and that’s all we are saying and the rest of the noise and chatter is because no one knows what the truth is and everyone wants to sell something but this is the truth. and that’s all I have to say, thank you.”
The conversation around paparazzi being too intrusive has gathered a lot of steam in the last one month. First it was Alia who spoke about it, and now Saif Ali Khan has also given his opinion on the same.