Actress-model Lisa Haydon was widely trolled for sharing a photograph of herself as she breastfed her son Zack last year. She says there were many times she faced “uncomfortable” questions and comments, but she still stands by the fact that it is healthy for mothers to breastfeed their babies.
New mothers across the globe have been shamed for breastfeeding their babies in public.
Lisa, who gave birth to Zack last year, said: “I certainly felt uncomfortable at times when I was asked if I was still breastfeeding my baby and it had only been four months. Some people told me I am not a cow, my baby should not feed off me and there were many things that made me feel uncomfortable to do it, not so much ashamed.”
The Aisha and Queen actress said that for her, it was “not necessarily a responsibility or duty”, but it’s something that came naturally.
“I know that a lot of people struggle to breastfeed for various different reasons,” she added.
Lisa, 32, says she thought if she had the ability and the time where she didn’t have to go to work immediately, she had a choice to stay home.
“I know that a lot of mothers don’t, but I did. I felt very fortunate and blessed to be able to breastfeed my kid for as long as I did. I would definitely encourage every mother to do so and it is something I definitely stand by,” she added.
Lisa says she couldn’t breastfeed her baby for one year “but I would definitely always aspire to do the best that I can and I recommend other mothers to do so”.
Describing it as an “incredibly bonding”, Lisa also said “it is very healthy”.
Asked what has changed for her on the professional front after becoming a mother, she said: “I had to learn how to pick and choose more than what I would usually do because I had the time to do it.”
So, she is juggling and picking the best of what is offered.
Now, she says, it’s all about “giving a 100 percent when you are at work, and then of course when you go home and you’re being a mom, you really focus on being the best mother you possibly can”.
Lisa was here as the showstopper for the label Mishru on the last day of Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2018.
On her showstopper garment, which was a silver innovative bridal lehenga with a touch of modernism and vintage feel, Lisa said she felt “beautiful”.
Asked what does she enjoy more — walking the ramp or working in films, Lisa said: “The more films you work on, the more you get to walk the runway these days as showstoppers seem to be quite a craze. I always enjoyed my modelling days but it was a natural sort of evolution after about eight to ten years of walking the runway. To want to experiment, do films and making films is my passion.” 
— IANS
Neha was ‘frowned upon’ for not going public about her pregnanc
Actress Neha Dhupia, who is expecting her first child with actor husband Angad Bedi, says she was frowned upon for not going public about her pregnancy.
A day after Neha and Angad announced the news on social media, the couple walked the ramp at designer Payal Singhal and Lakme Salon’s show ‘The Showstopping Bride’ at the Lakme Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2018 edition.
This is not the first time a pregnant actress did catwalk. Earlier, actress Kareena Kapoor Khan had famously flaunted her blooming baby bump at a fashion show.
Asked how does she see women not shying away from flaunting the bump or working during pregnancy, Neha said: “That is amazing. I read an article about a woman who was eight months pregnant and was shooting Black Panther and one more... Gal Gadot came back for a patchwork of her films... So I have also continuously been working, and did not go public about my situation, and I was frowned upon on ‘Why is she wearing loose clothes or why is she putting on weight?’”
Neha, 37, says she wasn’t concerned about the comments.
“For me, it doesn’t matter what other people think of you as long as you are healthy and being respectful to your personal and professional life and striking that balance. And you should. I know that no one can do it better than a woman,” she added.
Walking the ramp this time was a memorable experience for Neha, a former beauty queen.
“It has been amazing to be on the ramp looking and feeling like this... A lot of people take a break and won’t come to work, but that’s not true,” she added.
Neha married Angad in a hush-hush ceremony at a Gurudwara in New Delhi on May 10. She says her husband was “is rock solid and funny”.
“We have so much to talk about. He is going to become a father soon and we are very excited about it... I like his relaxed attitude and which is the right kind because neither he is laidback nor does he take life too seriously.” — IANS
I always hoped to get accepted, says Kangana


National Award winning actress Kangana Ranaut, who walked as the showstopper at the Lakme Fashion Week ramp, says during her growing up days, she used to impersonate models and always hoped she would be accepted in showbiz.
Asked if she thought she would make it big in the fashion world too, Kangana said: “When I was young I didn’t have any guarantee, but I hoped that I get accepted. I remember I used to rehearse at night... I was a science student and I was hard working.
“I used to wake up in the nights and wear heels and try and impersonate the catwalk I used to see on Fashion TV. I remember working very hard and hoping I make it someday.”
The 31-year-old actress says every time she walks the runway, it takes her back to her days of Fashion, the Madhur Bhandarkar directorial in which plays a supermodel.
“That’s the only time I played a supermodel and I used to rehearse a lot because I never had a modelling background. I never modelled before. So, now when I do these walks it definitely takes me back to my Fashion days,” she said. — IANS