Hyderabad: Bollywood actor Dia Mirza has reacted to a troll who was curious to know why the actor did not announce her pregnancy before marriage if she strongly believes in smashing stereotypes and patriarchy.
After marrying Mumbai-based businessman Vaibhav Rekhi in February, Dia recently announced that she is expecting her first child with him. While her fans and friends from the industry extended congratulatory messages, some raised questions on the timing of her marriage and her stand on feminism.
An Instagram user named Pooja Chandak recently commented on Dia's post announcing pregnancy. Reacting to Dia's post, the user wrote, "That's so good, congrats. But the problem is, she tried to break the stereotypes with woman priest, why couldn't she announce her pregnancy before the marriage? Isn't becoming pregnant after marriage a stereotype we follow? Why can't women get pregnant before marriage?"
The former beauty queen politely replied to the question raised by the user and wrote, "@chandak_pooja7 interesting question. Firstly we didn’t marry because we were having a baby together we were already marrying as we wanted to spend our lives together. We discovered we were going to have a baby while we were planning our wedding 😊 So this marriage is not the result of pregnancy. We didn’t announce the pregnancy until we knew it’s safe (medical reasons). This is the happiest news of my life, I’ve waited for many many years for this to happen. No way I would hide it for any reason other than medical."