Overview
- On Saturday, speaking to Elle India, Bipasha Basu said she faced “major, major” online trolling after the birth of her daughter and blamed insensitive paparazzi photos for amplifying the abuse.
- Basu recalled that people expected her to return to a twenties’ body despite being in her forties and described the pressure to “bounce back” as unrealistic and unfair.
- She said paparazzi took “really bizarre” pictures after Devi’s November 12, 2022 birth, and those images fed rapid public scrutiny of her postpartum body.
- Despite the harassment, Basu told the magazine she remains confident, controls her own fitness timeline, and will not let outside noise dictate her recovery.
- The interview renews public attention on India’s paparazzi culture and the wider social demand for immediate postpartum weight loss, a debate that could increase calls for kinder media coverage of mothers.