'Classist And Senseless': Ranbir Kapoor's Sister Riddhima Slammed for 'Maybe It's a House Help' Remark | Watch

Riddhima Kapoor, daughter of Bollywood legends Neetu and Rishi Kapoor and sister to Ranbir Kapoor, opened up about why she wanted her daughter, Samara, off Instagram. In an interview clip with Galatta India that is now going viral on Reddit, Riddhima’s comment about trolls, saying “maybe it’s a house help commenting,” sparked quite the backlash. The remark didn’t sit well with many users on the platform, and the online buzz is heating up.

Riddhima Kapoor landed on the wrong side by saying trolls could be “a house help.” Back in April, she talked with her daughter, Samara, and shared that she wants to keep her off social media. She had said, “She (Samara) wants to be on social media, I don’t want her to be on social media to be very honest. I want her off social media. But I told her that if you still want to continue with your account (seemingly Instagram account), don’t be affected and you can’t keep reading all your comments. People will write all sorts of things. Anyone is sitting anywhere and writing these comments. May be it is the house help commenting, who knows?”

One Redditor commented, “Everything she said made sense except when she said househelp as a classist remark. Like househelp is not supposed to be on social media and all trolls are from a class below them. If only she realised how much class hierarchy is baked into her thinking.” Another wrote, “Insanely unnecessary, classist/elitist, and even senseless… who and why would anyone use house help as an insult? Its an honest way of earning a living. I understand her sentiments about her daughter’s social media presence, but no one’s honest bread & butter—and one on which the Kapoor clan & Mrs Kapoor Sahani may be themselves very dependent!—should ever be used in a derogatory manner like so. Her doing this so non chalantly and in such a “heat of the moment” gives away her (perhaps inherent?) classist values (sic).”

Riddhima Kapoor Sahni is the elder sister of actor Ranbir Kapoor. She is married to Bharat Sahni, a Delhi-based businessman. The couple first met while studying in London and got married on January 25, 2006, after a five-year relationship. Together, they have a daughter, Samara Sahni, born in 2011.

Riddhima is a successful jewellery designer and entrepreneur, having launched her brand, R Jewelry, in 2016. She also runs a clothing line, “Sam & Friends,” named after her daughter.