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.
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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?"
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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."
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The actor further clarified why she felt it was necessary for her to answer the question.
"Only answering this because 1) Having a child is a beautiful gift of life 2) There must never be any shame attached to this beautiful journey 3) As women we must always exercise our choice 4) Whether we choose to be single and parent a child or be in a marriage it is our after all our choice 5) As a society we must un stereotype our idea of what is right or wrong, instead train ourselves to ask what is fair or unfair."
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Mirza married Vaibhav on February 15, 2021. She had recently gone on a holiday with her husband and stepdaughter to Maldives. This is Dia's second marriage. She was earlier married to Sahil Sangha, who was also her business partner.
On the work front, Dia was last seen in Anubhav Sinha's critically acclaimed film Thappad which released last year. Her latest outing is Telugu action-drama Wild Dog, co-starring Nagarjuna and Saiyami Kher.
