Alia Bhatt reacts to Ranbir Kapoor being called 'toxic' after lipstick video: Things get picked out of context

Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor

Alia Bhatt finally addressed the lipstick video controversy that put her husband Ranbir Kapoor in the negative spotlight. The actress said in a clip that he makes her wipe off her lipstick as he prefers her natural lip colour. On Koffee With Karan 8, she reacted to him being tagged as 'toxic' and a 'red flag'. Slamming a section of people who took her statement out of context, Alia came out in Ranbir's support.

She said on Koffee With Karan 8, "I have a candid way of speaking. When I am talking about anything in life, I imitate the person I'm talking about, I like to give anecdotes. I like to make it personal. I feel a lot of the things get picked out of context which happened recently with a video. I was looking and my team told me, "This is spiralling out of hand. And I was like Okay, fine. Let it go. People will say things all the time." But then I realised there are serious articles talking about how he is a toxic man. Are we serious? There are many issues in the world to talk about and give more attention towards than talking about something that I said in a completely different context. The only reason I felt bad or I feel bad is if people misunderstand because he's genuinely the opposite."

She further added, "There is also a line which I feel is being crossed. You cannot say anything, people can say what they want. Ranbir says, "Alia, the audience owns you. They can say what the hell they want about you. As long as your movies are doing well, please do not complain, sitting in your apartment in Bandra."

During a virtual interaction with his fans recently, Ranbir reacted to being called 'toxic'. He said, "Sometimes a lot of things are written about you as an actor, a lot of opinions are made which are not necessarily true and you take it with a pinch of salt because I this image of mine which has been created by the movies or the characters I play or by media is something that I don't own. It's owned by the public, it's owned by people who like my work or dislike my work and they are allowed to say anything about me as long as they give my work a chance you know as long as I can prove to them as an actor and that has always been my focus is just to act."