Overview

• In a new India Today interview, Bhasker says her comments were hypothetical and not about her personal life, noting she is married and has a child.
• The uproar followed an older Screen chat where she said people truly free to live as they wish would be bisexual and named MP Dimple Yadav as a girl crush.
• Bhasker praises Dimple Yadav as gracious and inspiring and argues that women should openly admire one another.
• She updated her X bio to include “Girl crush advocate,” which outlets reported as a pointed response to trolling.
• She urges critics to focus on alleged vote theft rather than her remarks, echoing the Hindi line quoted in coverage.