But in a world increasingly shaped by celebrity culture and gossip where achievements seldom distract from tabloid rumours, Katrina Kaif, ‘Barbie Doll’ of Bollywood, has been ‘pregnant’ once again. It wasn’t she but her family restaurant that had ‘opened’. Then, as now, she has had to deny the rumours.

Katrina Kaif is said to be pregnant, at least according to certain segments of social media. News of her supposed pregnancy started circulating after she was spotted at the airport last week wearing a loose-fit coat. IRL temperatures might be hovering at searing levels but that hasn’t stopped people from speculating that the actress is trying to hide a budding baby bump. This is hardly the first time an imagined pregnancy has been believed to be legitimate, not to mention the imagined sexual trysts and affairs that have been reported to have preceded the birth of her theoretical legitimate baby. In fact, even before her recent marriage to the award-winning actor Vicky Kaushal in December 2021, speculation around potential pregnancies with previous male partners had dogged the actress.

Addressing the Rumors: A Firm Denial

Katrina Kaif’s publicity team quickly stepped in to shut down the speculation. ‘I request the media to refrain from circulating such news and stopping false information,’ read a purported statement from the actress. ‘Katrina is completely focused on her work and is bored of replying to such questions over and over again.’

In response, Katrina’s PR representatives issued this statement: ‘The reports on Katrina having another child are totally false. It’s very sad to note that such rumours keep cropping up due to which everybody around her is harassed and questioned by the media and some irrelevant people. We sincerely hope that everybody will soon understand and respect Kat’s privacy as also her professional achievement rather than indulging into baseless gossip.’

A Recurrent Issue

The claims weren’t the first to target the actor in this fashion; in May 2024, she was also reported to be pregnant, which her team denied, and the same had happened in April 2023, and in 2022. Each time, rumours around Katrina’s pregnancy had been dispelled along the same disturbing lines of invasive and often misogynistic gossip.

The rumours have persisted as part of a broader problem in the way that the media and the public discuss female celebrities. Their personal lives can be overemphasised – especially marriage and pregnancy – at the expense of their professional contributions.

The Larger Impact on Female Celebrities

This is no different from the Katrina Kaifs of this world. Female celebrities, especially those in the entertainment industry, have their private lives constantly picked apart. The tabloids run stories about who they are dating, whether they plan to marry and so on, obscuring discussions about their technical abilities. This type of gossip – at times criticising them for their sexual politics and at other times praising them for a ‘cute’ outfit – is intrusive and can cause great harm to their mental health and public perception of them.

For Katrina, one of Bollywood’s top stars, with a career spanning more than 20 years, these rumours persist – and, just like in the UK, are a glaring distraction from her actual contributions to the film industry. These rumours and speculation – as per the grime artist Sam Saif – which exist and grow on the backs of unverified and sensational articles, detract from the primary and noble mission that Katrina, like many female celebrities, has also made her primary pursuit professionally: an exceptional career in Bollywood.

The Call for Responsible Reporting

After the news broke out, Katrina Kaif has now requested against spreading fake news about her pregnancy and asked media to respect her privacy and refrain from speculations and evidenceless reports. In our rapidly growing social media age, where everything, both true and fake, is available at our fingertips, honest journalism needs to emerge more than ever before to provide us with the real truth. But that’s not the end of it. Along with the media, we, the fans who rely so much on social media, also need to show some restraint and patience instead of spreading malicious news about her pregnancy.

However, famous people should also be given privacy and respect, and not subject to continuous speculation on their personal lives. This would help us become better, like them, and would give each of us more privacy, and more respect. Source: Written by an ESL student from India.

Conclusion
Their observation about Katrina Kaif’s consistent denials of the story – ‘this is a pattern’ – tells us a lot about casually violating notions of female celebrity. The same rumour resurfaces time and again, and the fact that it is so easily refuted doesn’t seem to make it any more true the next time. Fans and journalists need to be aware of the violative and disrespectful nature of such rumours, and strive to treat celebrities like Katrina Kaif more fairly and accurately.

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