‘Not snorting drugs'; Shweta Tiwari on why she doesn’t care if her breastfeeding in public makes anyone uncomfortable

Actor spoke in an interview about lack of breastfeeding facilities for women in public and said she is unbothered about making people uncomfortable .

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09 Mar 2022, 9:11 am

Actor Shweta Tiwari in an interview with Bollywood bubble, called outthe double standards between men and women when it comes to public facilities. Shesaid if there are facilities like smoking corners, changing pads for women, thereshould also be designated breastfeeding areas for men and women in public facilities.

In the interview, she spoke on lot of topics like body image issues,beauty standards and insecurities that she had in her life and how she overcamethem.

She said she likes breastfeeding, but has faced a lot of problems whilebreastfeeding her son. She went on, “I like breastfeeding. As a mother, I enjoydoing that. I was breastfeeding my son when he was three-and-a-half years oldduring Covid times. It’s such a taboo, airports don’t have breastfeeding areas.They have smoking areas, though. Ladies’ washrooms have a diaper changing area,but you won’t find them in men’s washrooms. Do only women travel withchildren?”

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She said that she doesn’t care about such things, and is happy tofeed even in restaurants. “I don’t know if it made anyone else uncomfortable,”she said, adding, “I’m not doing anything wrong. I’m not snorting drugs. I amfeeding my hungry child. I have to do it. If someone is getting uncomfortable,I’m sorry, get up and go.”

Shweta touched the star fame and became a household name after startingin a super hit tv serial Kasautii Zindagi kay. She also made appearance in the showslike Parvarish, Begusarai and Meri Dad Ki Dulhan.

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