Katrina Kaif rejects pressure to regain pre-pregnancy body

Katrina Kaif says she will pursue fitness on her own terms and rejects pressure to regain her pre-pregnancy appearance, in remarks attributed to an interview with Vogue India. She questioned why becoming a mother should mean wanting to return to her former state, describing motherhood as a meaningful step forward. Kaif said people know about the physical changes a woman’s body undergoes after childbirth. Judging those changes, she said, is a personal choice rather than a consequence of lacking information. She added that she is focused on this part of her life and where she is headed, and will reach her fitness goals at her own pace. The remarks followed online criticism of Kaif’s postpartum appearance after she attended the Ambani family’s Ganesh celebrations with her husband, actor Vicky Kaushal. The reports describe comments about her weight, but the underlying social-media posts and the scale of the criticism are not independently documented in the accounts of her interview. Kaif also reflected on seeing her son, Vihaan, in the first days after giving birth. She described the experience as indescribable and said it followed a four-year journey for her and Kaushal. The...