Netizens are always waiting for a chance for troll celebrities and this time Parineeti Chopra gave them a big reason to do so. The actress who is currently busy promoting her upcoming film alongside Siddharth Malhotra received a huge backlash from social media users for her comment on pay parity that exists in Bollywood. According to Pari women actors make up for the gap in pay by bagging commercials. Yes, you heard it right. During an interview, the actress said that she always felt like she deserved more but she always got less. However, she feels that female actors do a lot of endorsement as compared to male actors and that they cover up for the difference. Kirti Kulhari to Play a Cop in Parineeti Chopra’s ‘The Girl on the Train’ Remake.
This statement by Parineeti has not gone well with netizens who trolled the actress for failing to understand the concept of pay parity. Several users commented on the video saying the actress just showed how unaware people are about the concept of pay parity and why she shouldn't have given such a statement.
Parineeti made the comments in an episode of Tapecast, where she was promoting her upcoming film, Jabariya Jodi, with co-star Sidharth Malhotra. She said, “I always felt like I deserved a little bit more but I only got this much. But then we make it up with endorsements. Girls do a lot of endorsements so we kind of make it up. So that is why I never talk about it (pay parity) because the boys don’t do as many endorsements as girls. I hope I’m right. We do so many beauty commercials and hair commercials like so many brands and I think we kind of cover it up.”
A user trolling Parineeti's statement wrote, "who cares about pay parity when you can do beauty and hair commercials." Here are some other reactions to Pari's statement. Parineeti Chopra Starts Shooting For ‘The Girl on the Train’ Hindi Adaptation
#Tweet1:
who cares about pay parity when you can do beauty and hair commercials 🥰🥰🥰 pic.twitter.com/vk36eCeiqE
— zara (@reigningbhatt) August 5, 2019
#Tweet2:
who cares about pay parity when you can do beauty and hair commercials 🥰🥰🥰 pic.twitter.com/vk36eCeiqE
— zara (@reigningbhatt) August 5, 2019
#Tweet3:
who cares about pay parity when you can do beauty and hair commercials 🥰🥰🥰 pic.twitter.com/vk36eCeiqE
— zara (@reigningbhatt) August 5, 2019
#Tweet4:
This is so dumb! She doesn't understand she's literary working MORE for the same $?! That's the problem with pay parity stupid! While guys spend their free time partying, u have to do hair commercials :/ I thought she was supposed to be smart!? :/🤦♀️#ParineetiChopra #JabariyaJodi https://t.co/ZC5BXM5LVn
— BollywoodReviewer (@kareenaChopra3) August 6, 2019
On the work front, Parineeti is currently promoting her upcoming film Jabariya Jodi and has already started working for her upcoming film, The Girl On the Train remake. She also has the Saina Nehwal biopic in the pipeline.
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