Actress and artist Lekha Washington has addressed on-line trolling round her relationship with Imran Khan, saying makes an attempt to weaponise her photographs to “gas hate and division” go in opposition to every thing she believes in.In a latest interplay with Moneycontrol, Lekha defined why she responded with satire after some social media customers labelled her interfaith relationship by way of the controversial lens of “Love Jihad.”“Movies of me getting used to gas hate and division are the precise reverse of what I stand for. It’s necessary to take care of this with humor, in my view, fairly actually, make mild of the ridiculousness of all of it,” she stated.Lekha had posted a light-hearted but pointed video addressing the trolling, joking about her personal multicultural background and that of her companion. “Love Jihad—apparently it’s being achieved to me,” she quipped within the clip, highlighting the absurdity of the narrative.
“How fortunate am I?”: Lekha on household and interfaith concord
Public consideration round her relationship intensified after she was seen supporting Imran throughout promotions and the premiere of his latest cameo in Blissful Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos. Imran, nephew of Aamir Khan, returned to the display screen after an 11-year hole.Addressing feedback round their interfaith equation, Lekha stated she feels lucky to be surrounded by open-minded households.“My circle of relatives is open, multi-hyphenate and respectful of all, as is my companion’s household. I get to witness how multicultural, expansive, form, artistic and inclusive folks superbly help one another. How fortunate am I? I’m deeply humbled by the awesomeness of the oldsters round me,” she stated.
“To scale back any lady to the closest man is limiting”
Past trolling, Lekha pointed to a deeper situation — being outlined primarily by her affiliation with a well-known actor regardless of an extended and unbiased profession.“To scale back any lady to the closest man is a limiting a part of the society we perform in. I’ve had a decade as a lead actor and walked away from that when I discovered the misogyny to be extreme. I spent one other decade establishing and working a profitable artwork follow in order that I’ll have full monetary and mental freedom. The folks will catch up,” she stated.
Reflecting on the persistence of on-line remarks, Lekha maintained that negativity reveals extra about critics than the individual focused.“When different folks say nasty, reductive issues to you, it says much more about them than it does you. We dwell in a world the place girls are first judged by look and solely a lot later by their very own personhood. I’ll proceed to be one of the best me I will be, doing one of the best work I can do. Haters are going to hate, lovers have to like,” she concluded. For the uninitiated, Imran Khan was beforehand married to Avantika Malik and is a father to a daughter.