Neha Dhupia has always voiced her concerns when it comes to women being body shamed for their pregnancy and postpartum weights. From flaunting her greys like a boss to owning her body without any apprehensions, she’s always believed in living a ‘no filter’ life. She’s often proved herself to be the flagbearer of body positivity, especially for new moms.
Neha Dhupia on being body shamed for postpartum weight
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In a recent interview, Neha opened up about not being okay with people body shaming her for postpartum weight and how it affects her. She told Pinkvilla.com, “Okay, first thing, once you have a baby, you don’t have time to check the internet. So it’s fine, but one of the times that you do it’s not nice. You know people don’t realise as a mother and as a child you go through the most important phase in your life that is the post trimester. It is the hardest and it is tough enough what we do as moms. It’s tough that you don’t wake up looking even half like this. You are in shambles. You are falling apart to come out even though I don’t even know between inside and outside 80 stitches so be kind to this person.”
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Commenting on how online trolls only believe in ridiculing women based on their looks and ignoring the power of a woman to give birth to a new life, she said, “And you know this person A- who are you who’s writing this? Are you a man who has never been through it, whoever is sitting and writing this? Are you a woman who has never had a baby and writing this? So you have no idea. Are you the person who had the baby and writing this? That’s the worst. So, who are you? What gave you the authority? I mean, you know literally what’s your superpower that you just click six words and do like headline out of it or throw someone. What’s my superpower? I can give life. Can you match that?”
Husband Angad Bedi stood like a rock beside her
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On her journey, her husband Angad Bedi has been her biggest support throughout. Sharing how he’s always been there for her, she said, “Hats off to him. He is always on my side and I keep telling him about my first day at the gym. He and I now don’t go at the same time because of the kids. But that first day, he was like, just listen I’m gonna go with you, literally holding my hands through like the first workout after an entire year because you have your stitches, you have your weight, you feel odd, you are nursing your child, you feel very very heavy all the time. So we are a mix of everything.”
We love how Neha has always been an inspiration to new moms to help them embrace and love their body post pregnancy as much as they did before.
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