‘Am I some machine?’ Kareena Kapoor shuns third pregnancy rumours yet again

After a bloated stomach was misinterpreted for a baby bump while vacationing in Europe, Indian actor Kareena Kapoor Khan had to debunk pregnancy rumours saying that it was probably ‘pasta and wine’ that had made her look that way. In an interview with Hindustan Times, the Laal Singh Chaddha actor clarified her reaction and stated that she’s also a ‘human’ and would like to be seen as one too.

Stating that she’d been on a 40-day vacation where she’d “lost count of how many pizzas (she) had eaten,” the 41 year old actor said she didn’t deserve to be shamed and talked about virally. “Chill, we are also human beings,” she said. Her first reaction to the rumours initially was, “What do you mean ‘is she pregnant? Is she having another baby?’ Am I some machine? Leave the choice to me na!”

She further added, “Listen please guys, we are also human beings, just like all of you, keep it real. In today’s time, I am an actor who has, in fact, been the most honest! I was working in the fattest stage of my life, when I was eight-nine months pregnant. I am somebody who doesn’t hide anything, or says I am always going to be perfect. Everybody is allowed to lead their lives also.”

The rumours began when an Indian publication claimed Kareena’s baby bump was seemingly visible in one of the pictures. Initially, she took to her Instagram stories and wrote, “It's the pasta and wine guys, calm down. I am not pregnant." She went on to jibe, "Saif says he has already contributed way too much to the population of our country. Enjoy, Kareena Kapoor Khan.”

Earlier, Kareena quipped how her husband has had a child in all his decades. For Saif, Jeh is the youngest of his four children, with a 25-year age difference between Sara, his oldest and the baby. “Saif has had a child every decade—in his twenties, thirties, forties and now in his fifties. I’ve told him, in your sixties, that’s not happening,” Kareena had commented with a laugh in an interview with Vogue India.

“I think only a man as broad-minded as Saif could be a father of four children at very different stages. He gives his time to them all. And now, with Jeh, we are trying to balance it out. We’ve made a pact that when he’s shooting for a film, I will try not to work on one at the same time [and vice versa].”

On the work front, Kareena will next be seen in Laal Singh Chaddha, the Indian remake of Tom Hank’s Forrest Gump. Along with that, she has also reportedly finished shooting for Sujoy Ghosh’s Netflix adaptation of The Devotion of Suspect X, and has a yet-to-be-titled film lined up with director Hansal Mehta.