Karan Johar has opened up about being targetted online and how the trolling took a toll on his mother.
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani director Karan Johar recently opened up about the massive trolling that he faced on social media after the pandemic, and how it affected his mother, Hiroo Johar. He also addressed being called the “movie mafia”. Karan opened up about how his mother “crumbled under” all the hate that came his way, while he put up a strong front to safeguard himself and his family.
“In the last three years, I felt there was a lot of hate that was coming my way and it had really taken a toll on my mom. I saw her literally crumble under that because she used to watch TV channels. She was reading stuff online. She was watching TV anchors screaming and shouting and saying the most godawful things, demonising me for some reason. Then there were people who were kind of writing the same on Twitter and other social media platforms,” Karan shared with Sucharita Tyagi in an interview.
Actor Kangana Ranaut has for the longest time accused Karan Johar of encouraging nepotism in Bollywood and not giving a fair chance to outsiders. She started her war of words with Karan on his celebrity chat show — Koffee With Karan — where she called him the “flagbearer of nepotism”, and she has often called him “movie mafia” in her direct and indirect attacks on social media.