Bigg Boss 20’s latest episode witnessed host Salman Khan losing his cool at trolls for body and age shaming comments. He even challenged the trolls to continue to mock him for ageing. During the episode, he removed his hat, t-shirt and showed his bare body. Salman called his makeup artist Raju and even wiped off his makeup.Salman was visibly angry as he called out online trolls for constantly commenting on people’s looks. He spoke against body-shaming and age-shaming, and also criticised those who target women for their post-pregnancy weight.While Salman Khan did not take anyone’s name, he indirectly appeared to stand for actor and his close friend Katrina Kaif. For those unaware, Katrina recently became the target of online trolling over her postpartum weight gain after she made an appearance at the Ambanis’ Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations.Without mentioning Katrina Kaif or her name, Salman said, “Why do you troll somebody who gets pregnant? Pregnant hone ke baad everyone puts on weight…Pregnant thi toh weight gain kar liya, wapas movies mein aayegi toh fit ho jayegi. She wanted to spend time with her family.”The Sultan actor did not stop here, he also addressed the how he often faces age-related trolling and few netizens comment that he has grown old.Reacting to the remarks, the actor said, “Of course, I’m 60 years old, yaar. You cannot be Maine Pyar Kiya all the time…this age has become (a topic) suddenly (log kehte hai) woh budha hogya hai…what do you want to troll….mujhe pata hai mujhe kaun kaun troll karta hai…hum react nahin krte …humare fans club itne sare hai…humko kya farak padta hai…bolne do inko…”Further in the episode, Salman Khan got furious and took off his t-shirt, hat and mic. He even wiped off his makeup on camera and challenged the trolls to mock him now. The actor then showed off his fit physique and made it that he is not bothered by these criticisms.During the episode, the Tiger Zinda Hai actor also spoke about the online criticism directed at his brother, Sohail Khan. “Pehle apne aap ko dekho, apne jism ko dekho uske baad karna yeh sab…apne maa baap ko dekho…uske baad troll karna…mazak udhana Sohail ke upar, Varun (Dhawan) ke upar it’s not done,” he said.Salman expressed his emotions and added, “Jitna trolling karna hai kar lo, phate hue joote bhi pehnta hu….”The actor lashed out at the paparazzi for shooting actresses from behind and taking inappropriate shots of them. “Paparazzi hip shots lete hain, taangon ke shots lete hain, aur agar peeche se shot mil jaaye toh woh bhi lete hain. None of these heroines, none of the girls like it. Woh bacchi Sai Manjherekar jisko humne launch kiya tha uska shot liya tha.. she did not like it. Meri apni niece chal rahi hoti hai, toh peeche se uska shot le rahe hain aur caption daalte hain ‘Pehchaano ye kaun hai?’ I am saying all this to girls agar aisa ho toh ghoom ke ek chamat maaro aur bolo, ‘Apni maa-behen ka shot le lo.’ Disgusting people! What is this mentality?” Salman said.Although Salman did not mention anyone by name, some netizens felt that he was defending Katrina Kaif, who has faced trolling over her postpartum weight.A user wrote, “I know Salman Khan is defending Katrina Kaif here but I just can’t prove it. Salman being Salman is what makes Bigg Boss special (sic).” A netizen wrote, “Salman indirectly addressing the criticism against Katrina here (sic).”Another one wrote, “#SalmanKhan took a stand for all those people who body shame for looks, professions, body weight, age shaming. Katrina was being trolled for her look post pregnancy he also said on this ‘kisi ke maa banne par’ sabko ek saath bajaa diya. 💀🔥🔥 #BiggBoss20 aaj band bajegi sabki (sic).”Another user wrote, “OMG, Salman literally said, “Pregnant thi toh weight gain kar liya, wapas movies mein aayegi toh fit ho jayegi. She wanted to spend time with her family. He’s literally taking a stand for Katrina. 🥹❤️.”
