Jaya Bachchan says she hates and despises the media

Mumbai: Actress Jaya Bachchan said that she is disgusted with the media and revealed that she feels "very strongly" about it. She was speaking on granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda's podcast 'What The Hell Navya.'

She said she hates and despises the media. "I despise the people who interfere in your personal life and fill their stomachs by selling those products. I hate it, I'm disgusted with such people. I always tell them, "Don't you feel ashamed?"

She added that the actions of the media upset her and it is not new because she has felt that from day one. "I feel very strongly. It's not that it's today. I felt it from day one." Bachchan further said she doesn't mind criticism about her work even when people say she is not looking nice or a particular film was bad because it is a visual media. "But the rest I do mind. Because people who see them see it for a second and then move on. They're onto something else."

Jaya Bachchan attended the Lakme Fashion Week with Navya last week and one of the paparazzi stumbled while clicking their photos. The actress said: "Serves you right. I hope you double up and fall." The video went viral on social media and several users criticised her anger.

Speaking about trolls that have taken over social media, she said: "If people are going to earn their living by putting all my angry speeches on YouTube, Instagram and Twitter, I give a damn. I don't give a damn."

"You have an opinion about them personally. You have an opinion about the work they do. I understand. You criticise it, you cut it into pieces I accept," said the actress." She stated that people taking videos without permission is violating her freedom.

Bachchan highlighted that it is the judgement passed on her personal character that irks her. "You can say, 'She is a bad actor, a bad parliamentarian' but you have no business sitting on the judgement of my personal character. 'She only knows how to get angry. Angry about what? You're intruding, interfering in my personal life when I'm walking somewhere, you're taking my picture. Why? Am I not a human being?"