Twinkle Khanna penned a column on the unfair tendency to vilify the wife in every situation. She pointed out how baseless theories about Kareena Kapoor Khan surfaced after Saif Ali Khan was attacked.
Twinkle Khanna pointed out how baseless theories about Kareena Kapoor Khan surfaced after Saif Ali Khan was attacked.
Twinkle Khanna recently wrote an article for a newspaper, in which she wrote about ‘missus blaming’. She cited several examples, and pointed out how the women (especially wives) are blamed in every situation or problem that men face. She highlighted how Anushka Sharma is blamed when Virat Koli gets out. She also shared a recent example wherein ‘ridiculous’ rumours surfaced about Kareena Kapoor Khan after her husband Saif Ali Khan was stabbed by an intruder in their residence.
In her column for Times Of India, Twinkle Khanna wrote that she double-checks the window locks before going to bed, and that a sense of vulnerability has taken root in homes everywhere, in the wake of Saif Ali Khan’s stabbing. Further slamming the rumours involving Kareena Kapoor Khan, Twinkle wrote, “While Saif was in hospital, ridiculous rumours swirled that his wife hadn’t been at home or had been too intoxicated to help him during the assault. The absence of any sort of evidence did nothing to stop these dumb theories. People just enjoyed shifting the blame onto the wife — an all-too-familiar pattern.”
Twinkle Khanna Points Out Anushka Sharma Gets Blamed Whenever Virat Kohli Gets Out
She further shared instances wherein the blame is unfairly shifted on wives. She pointed out that when the Beatles spilt, people blamed John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono. “When Virat Kohli gets out, then Anushka gets booed. When Beckham could not bend it on the football field, fingers were pointed at Victoria,” she wrote. She said that the wife-blaming is not just restricted to couples in the public eye.
In the same column, Twinkle Khanna wrote that during an interview, she was asked what it’s like being a ‘star wife’. “While my first instinct is to bite the reporter’s index finger, I reply, ‘I am not sure that an entity like ‘star wife’ exists, unless, in the way that Manglik women marry trees, because of some Rahu Ketu ka dosh, you end up marrying Sirius or worse, Halley’s Comet’,” she wrote.
She further added that she is also often asked about, and blamed for, the difference in political views between her and her husband Akshay Kumar. “It’s almost like people believe he isn’t my husband but a toddler who will listen to me when I say, ‘Beta ji, please walk on the left side of the road, and I will give you a Frooti,’” she wrote.
About Saif Ali Khan Attack
For the unversed, Saif Ali Khan was stabbed by an intruder who allegedly broke into his Mumbai residence on January 16. The actor suffered multiple injuries, including one near his spine and another on his neck. He was rushed to Lilavati Hospital, where he underwent surgeries, and was discharged from the hospital after five days.
