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BRUTALLY HONEST! Karan Johar Talks About Rumours Of Him Sleeping With Shahrukh Khan
A leading daily released some excerpts from Karan Johar's biography An Unsuitable Boy, in which he talked about rumours about him and Shahrukh, losing his virginity and his s*xuality.
Much has been written about Karan Johar's relationship with superstar Shahrukh Khan but this is the first time ever the filmmaker has chosen to speak about it.
In his latest interview to a leading daily, Karan talked about his equation with Shahrukh Khan, his s*xuality and much more.
On Rumours About Him & Shahrukh
"For heaven's sake, for years there were rumours about Shahrukh and me. And I was traumatized by it. I was on a show on a Hindi channel, and I was asked about Shahrukh.'Yeh anokha rishta hai aap ka,' the interviewer said. He worded it in such a way that I got really angry.''
How Would You Feel If I Asked You If You Are Sleeping With Your Brother
''I said, ‘If I asked you if you are sleeping with your brother, how will you feel?' So he said, `What do you mean? How can you ask me this question?'''
''I said, ‘How could you ask me this question? For me, no matter what ups and downs Shahrukh and I have been through, he is a father figure, an older brother to me.''
What About Shahrukh?
Karan Johar revealed that SRK is unfazed by these rumours. In fact, he even made fun at the gossip mongers on an episode of Koffee With Karan. When King Khan was asked what he would do if he woke up one day as Karan Johar, SRK laughed that as per rumours, he'd wake up with Karan and not as him.
If A Man Doesn't Have An Extramarital Affair, He Is Supposed To Be Gay
"For me to look at him in that way or be subjected to those rumours was just ridiculous. But it didn't bother him. He said, "People talk nonsense, and if a man does not have an extramarital affair, he is supposed to be gay."
I Get Scared Of Being Spotted With Any Single Man Now
"I get scared of being spotted with any single man now because I think they are going to think that I am sleeping with him.''
''I mean, firstly I have never ever talked about my orientation or s*xuality because whether I am heteros*xual, homos*xual, bis*xual, as*xual, it is my concern. I refuse to talk about it...I have not been brought up to talk about my s*x life.''
I Know My S*xuality Is Discussed
''I know I am the butt of many jokes, pun intended. I know how my s*xuality is discussed. I have become like the poster boy of homos*xuality in this country. But honestly, I have no problem with people saying what they want about me.''
I Wake Up To At Least 200 Hate Posts
"Twitter has the most abuse. I wake up to at least 200 hate posts saying, ‘Get out, you're polluting our nation, you're dirtying society' or ‘Shove [IPC Section] 377 up your arse.' I get this on a daily basis and I've learnt to laugh it off.."
Karan Shares An Embarrassing Incident
"One man came up to me once very cockily at Heathrow airport and said, ‘Is it true that you are a homo?'" and he asked that man "Why, are you interested?", to which the man said, "Hey, what what what!" And then Karan said, "Don't what what me," and simply walked away.''
Everybody Knows What My S*xual Orientation Is
"Everybody knows what my sexual orientation is. I don't need to scream it out. If I need to spell it out, I won't only because I live in a country where I could possibly be jailed for saying this."
I Don't Want To Be Dealing With The FIR's
"The reason I don't say it out aloud is simply that I don't want to be dealing with the FIRs. I'm very sorry. I have a job, I have a commitment to my company, to my people who work for me; there are over a hundred people that I'm answerable to.''
''I'm not going to sit in the courts because of ridiculous, completely bigoted individuals who have no education, no intelligence."
I Lost My Virginity At 26
"I lost my virginity at 26. Yes, it is true. Why would I say this on record if it were not? It's not something I am proud of. It was in New York. Up till that point, I was s*xually completely inexperienced. Even when I was a kid, I was very backward in this department."
Explaining the reason, he wrote in his book, "While growing up, I was combating a hundred issues in my head. The thought of s*x made me awkward; it almost rattled me. I thought, am I as*xual? Why am I not feeling this? Why am I not doing anything? There was a lot of turbulence in my head. For me to address it, talk about it, discuss it, was a big no-no.''
He said, ''I brushed it under the carpet all through the making of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. At that time, I was also very large and was grappling with my weight issues. I felt physically undesirable. Post Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I had actually started working a little on my looks.''
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''I had lost some weight and had groomed myself a bit. Finally, I had developed a little spring in my step, a little confidence. That's when my first encounter happened, after the release of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, out of the country," he added.
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