Mahhi Vij Was Told She'd Look Gorgeous After Shedding Post Pregnancy Weight, Actress Pens A Powerful Note On Body Shaming

TV actress Mahi Vij became a mother not last year and it was soon after giving birth that the actress was trolled for all the weight she had put on post pregnancy. She obviously did not take such mean comments sitting down and had reacted sternly to all the trolls. Mahhi has now shared her body shaming story with a powerfully worded message and said that celebrity or not body shaming isn’t ok.

In her long note on Instagram, Mahhi recalled how some people post her pregnancy hoped she’d shed some weight and look gorgeous. While female celebrities often become targets of trolls after embracing motherhood for having put on weight or even shedding weight, Mahhi told women not to get affected by such comments.

The actress said that all new moms need to simply look after themselves and let their body heal and eat right, she wrote, “Love your body just the way it is.. I know it might bother you.. but it’s ok.”

Her note was an assurance that women are beautiful with or without their pregnancy stretch marks and added “All we need is for someone to tell us we are doing great and we look okay. After all growing a baby, carrying them for nine months and then giving birth is the biggest change in a women's life and she needs all the kindness, power and positivity around her she can get.”

Mahhi was lauded by colleagues like Divyanka Tripathi and also Smriti Khanna who recently became a mother and has had to put up with trolls.