Known for her unapologetic personality, former Bollywood actress-turned-author Twinkle Khanna never shies away from expressing herself. She often opens up about her life experiences, personal as well as professional, leaving netizens in awe of her revelations. With changing times, many actresses have openly spoken about motherhood and how it has brought a change in their perspective. In a recent column for The Times Of India, Twinkle opened up about the moment she realised that she had transformed ‘from a hot chick to a cow’.
Having tied the knot with Akshay Kumar in 2001, the couple welcomed their son Aarav in 2002 and daughter Nitara in 2012. In her column for the leading daily, Twinkle mentioned that her initiation into motherhood took place in 2002 when her son was born. Comparing what motherhood meant when she was a kid to what she is like now, she added, “My initiation into motherhood began in 2002 when my son was born. This was the time when my husband (Akshay Kumar) told a visitor that I was unavailable because I was ‘milking’ and immediately sealed my transformation from a hot chick to a cow...” ALSO READ: Twinkle Khanna Pokes Fun At Karan Johar, Says ‘He Cast Wrong People In Student Of The Year’ After Getting ‘Kavanagh Prize’, Filmmaker REACTS!
Talking about the challenges of having a baby, she wrote that women must breastfeed their babies, but should not have ‘droopy breasts’. While they must feed their kids the right “combination of nutrients,” they themselves must avoid eating leftovers so that they have “waistlines we once had before these creatures turned our wombs into their personal campervans.” ALSO READ: Father’s Day 2023: Twinkle Khanna Posts Pic With A Shirtless Akshay Kumar; Hopes Their ‘Children Will Inherit His Genes'
Quoted by the Hindustan Times, the 50-year-old author added, “We must ensure they are entertained, mingle with the right peers, and praise their crooked drawings like we are courtiers bowing to the emperor with no clothes. All this should be accomplished by a method called ‘gentle parenting’, unlike our mothers who ordered us around like army colonels.”
For the unversed, Twinkle quit acting to focus on her family after she tied the knot with Akshay Kumar in 2001. She ventured into writing books and has written Mrs Funnybones (2015), The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad (2017), and Pyjamas Are Forgiving (2018). She released her fourth book, Welcome To Paradise in 2023.
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