A shocking conversation inside the Bigg Boss 19 house between Neelam Giri, Tanya Mittal, and Kunickaa Sadanand has sparked outrage after they body-shamed Ashnoor Kaur.
Viewers are slamming the trio for hypocrisy, questioning how women who preach empowerment can indulge in such remarks.
Bigg Boss 19’s Body-Shaming Row: When Words Cut Deeper Than Strategy
It’s one thing to play a game; it’s another to tear someone down under the guise of casual talk. In a show where contestants are scolded for whispering or removing mics, a far more serious conversation has slipped under the radar, one that reeks of body-shaming, judgment, and hypocrisy.
The Bigg Boss 19 cameras recently captured a discussion between Neelam Giri, Tanya Mittal, and Kunickaa Sadanand that has since gone viral for all the wrong reasons. What began as a chat about appearance quickly spiralled into mockery directed at Ashnoor Kaur.
Neelam started it, saying, “Ashnoor kitna moti lag rahi thi. Humko nahi achhi lagi. Humko laga ye kaisi aunty jaisi lag rahi hai, aunty jaisa nahi lag rahi thi, same lag rahi thi aunty.” (Ashnoor looked so fat. I didn’t like it. She looked just like an aunty.)
Tanya joined in, “Pool wale shot dekhe the.” (Did you see her pool shots?)
Neelam added mockingly, “Mera toh yeh tha ki woh hai, dinosaur.” (I thought she looked like a dinosaur.)
Tanya, steering the comparison toward herself, said, “Tune mere ko dekha tha kitni pyaari lag rahi thi aagey chalte hue lehnge mein. Ashnoor toh meri mummy jaisi lag rahi thi.” (Did you see how pretty I looked walking ahead in the lehenga? Ashnoor looked like my mother.)
Neelam didn’t stop: “Phool gayi hai. Jab aayi thi theek thi.” (She’s bloated. She was fine when she came.)
Tanya observed, “Par yahaan toh woh bohot gym kar rahi hai. Mere ko usko laga bolu par bohot ladegi phir mujhse.” (But she’s working out a lot here. I felt like telling her, but she’ll fight with me.)
Later, the conversation moved to Kunickaa, with Tanya saying, “Ma’am, itna saara detox ke baad bhi kuchh kam kyu nahi ho raha? Khaane peene ka bachchon ko nahi pata hota. Chhoti bhi toh hai.” (Ma’am, why hasn’t she lost weight after all that detox? Kids don’t know how to eat right. She’s still young.)
Kunickaa replied, “21 saal mein aaj ki tareekh mein chhota nahi hota.” (At 21, no one is a kid anymore.)
Tanya continued, “Jab woh video shot dikhaaya na hum dono se bhi badi lag rahi thi. Hai na?” (When that video was shown, she looked older than both of us, right?)
To which Neelam added, “Dadi lag rahi thi bhai. Overconfident hai bohot zyada.” (She looked like a grandmother. She’s too overconfident.)
Online, netizens didn’t hold back. Comments poured in calling the trio “toxic,” “fake feminists,” and “hypocrites preaching empowerment while tearing another woman apart.” Many pointed out the irony that Bigg Boss punishes contestants for whispering or breaking mic rules, yet this kind of mental and emotional bullying goes unchecked.
In a space that claims to mirror society, this conversation hits uncomfortably close to home. Body-shaming isn’t “harmless gossip”, it’s an insidious form of humiliation that feeds insecurity and erodes confidence.
Perhaps it’s time Bigg Boss looked beyond task violations and addressed something far more damaging inside its walls, the normalisation of body-shaming in the name of banter.
