Katrina Kaif Urges Self-Worth Amid Online Criticism

Katrina Kaif urged people to protect their self-worth from social-media criticism, saying that trying to satisfy every online opinion can undermine personal choices and leave people unable to move forward. She made the remarks at an event in London for Kay Beauty, the cosmetics brand she founded. Kaif did not name online critics or explicitly say she was responding to them. Her comments followed attention to her appearance after she attended the Ambani family’s Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Mumbai in September with her husband, actor Vicky Kaushal. Social-media users commented on her post-pregnancy appearance, according to reports. The coverage characterized her London remarks as a response to that criticism, though the reported comments themselves addressed social-media opinions more generally. At the event, Kaif said people should be careful about allowing online narratives to affect their sense of inner value. Catering to numerous opinions, she said, can hamper a person’s ability to make choices. She added that if criticism dictated her actions, she could have been paralyzed by fear and unable to move forward in her life or career.