Why do women always troll her for her weight issues postpartum?

Katrina Kaif to Aishwarya Rai, or any other normal girl- when will society educate its thinking?

Katrina Kaif’s recent backlash reminded us of what Aishwarya Rai, Kareena Kapoor, and Bipasha Basu endured during their postpartum recovery. What people don’t understand is what a woman’s body goes through after giving birth.

Why are women always trolled for their weight, but never understood or helped to bounce back easily?

Being alive in 2026. One would like to believe that we have evolved — and so have our regressive mindsets. But, tactlessly, a sour turn of events always puts our critical assessment of celebrities back in focus.

To some degree, something similar happened to Katrina Kaif recently. The actress welcomed her first child, a baby boy, with Vicky Kaushal on November 7, 2025. They named him Vihaan Kaushal, a gentle nod to Vicky Kaushal’s onscreen name in Uri: The Surgical Strike. Katrina Kaif, now in her 40s, has always carried the image of being fit and magnificent. Her status as a fitness enthusiast and her assiduousness with her diet precede her. Yet none of that looks to matter when motherhood arrives.

A woman’s body undergoes extreme changes pre‑ and post‑pregnancy, and there is no specified timeline to ‘bounce back’ into shape. Unless, of course, you are an actor. It is the most difficult time in every woman’s life, yet she is always made to feel ashamed for one thing or another.

Katrina Kaif has generally remained away from the limelight since the birth of her firstborn. It was only in late August this year that she was seen with Vicky Kaushal attending the funeral of filmmaker Kuku Kohli — and that is when the sparks of postpartum trolling began to smolder subtly.

 The actress was on the talk for her postpartum weight and fuller face. But nothing compared to what she faced more recently when she stepped out for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Mumbai.