Parineeti Chopra clarifies ‘sob story’ accusation

Actress Parineeti Chopra’s schoolmate recently slammed her on Facebook for lying about struggling in childhood, and cooking up fake stories in front of the camera. While the Facebook post went unnoticed, the actress’ clarification on Twitter garnered enough attention.

She tweeted: I think what I said at the martial arts event a few days ago has been misconstrued in some places, so I would like to take a moment and clarify what I meant. As long as I was in school in Ambala my brothers and I did not have access to a car and driver to take us to school, so they took the bus and I cycled. My dad followed close behind me to ensure I reached school safely. My dad did have a car, which he used for his office work but we kids did not use it for school travel. As a child I hated going on a cycle! But today I understand that he was doing it to make me independent and keep me safe. I know I said this even that day but somehow it’s misconstrued, about something very irrelevant about me having a car or not!! I was talking about using a car and driver to go to school thats all. The essence of what and why I was giving that example was completely lost. I am proud to be present at a time that girls are becoming stronger with training in martial arts. If I had had such an opportunity back then, I know I would have felt much more confident! I am responding now as I was travelling out of the country all this while. I would request everyone concerned to please not let menial things like this take precedence over what I was actually trying to say, about women’s safety and the challenges that we girls face while growing up. Thank you! (sic)”.

At a recent event on self-defence, Parineeti is believed to have claimed that her family didn’t have money to own a car or even for the bus ticket, so she used to ride a bicycle to the school. However, soon her schoolmate contested this claim with a Facebook post: “Parineeti Chopra Shame........ coming from a privileged background and lying through the teeth in front of camera. I guess this is what being a celebrity means. Create a fabricated sob story of no money no car etc etc. Coming from the same school I probably also remember the car her father used to have. And going to school on a cycle was a trend those days and also a privilege not every one had. My friends from CJM would probably understand the lies a bit better (sic).”