Ranbir Kapoor slammed for being a 'controlling' husband as netizens react to Alia Bhatt's lipstick comment

Ranbir Kapoor recently faced strong criticism from netizens following Alia Bhatt's revelation that he used to insist on her wiping off her lipstick to leave her lips natural, during their dating days. These online critics labelled the actor as "toxic and controlling". Later, Alia engaged in an interactive "ask me anything" session on Instagram, responding to various questions from fans.

A fan on social media asked Alia, “what's a great way to deal with toxicity and criticism?” To which, the actress replied, “constructive criticism is the best way to grow. But words that are meant to hurt you can only hurt if you let them.” She further mentioned, “No one can take you who are away from you... cultivate a life so full of love and gratitude that toxicity wouldn't even reach you.”

For those unfamiliar with the context, Vogue India recently shared a video in which Alia discusses unconventional beauty tricks. In the video, she applies a subtle pink shade (named Pillowtalk), the same colour she wore at her wedding. Instead of using her hand to apply the lipstick, she prefers gliding her lips over the lipstick.

Following this, Alia also removes some of the lipstick to achieve a more natural tone. “Because one thing my husband…when he wasn't my husband but when he was my boyfriend as well… he would be like ‘wipe that off, wipe that off’ because he loves the natural colour of my lips," said Alia in the video.

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