Shah Rukh Khan may have promoted fairness products for longer than you can remember, but he insists that ‘beauty is really in the eyes of the beholder.’
The superstar, who’s presently out in the sunlight to promote his upcoming venture, ‘Zero’ – dished on the very subject during an interview with Delhi Times.
When prompted for his opinion on the heated-debate of B-town stars promoting ‘fairness products’, here is what he had to say on the subject:
“Well, if I can smell a little honest beneath all that’s public about me, then trust me, I’ve never tried to be dishonest with anyone. I mean, who am I to do so? I was never the best looking guy, the tallest person, the most able-bodied person, the best dancer, the guy with the nicest hair, not from a fine lineage and I did not come from an acting school that taught me to be a Hindi film hero. So how can I belittle someone on any of these seven-eight aspects?
My wife, my children, I are all normal people and by saying so, I would be abusing my entire family. I’m a lower middle-class guy with none of these trappings. The only thing that must have worked for me is honesty. But look at me now; because of my stardom, I’m good looking also; I’ve become a poster boy! What joke is that? I used to have posters of Cheryl Ladd and Clint Eastwood in my room.
I never thought main Cheryl Ladd ban jaunga toh main Clint Eastwood ban jaunga. That aspect was never a part of my life. I’ll be honest; my daughter is sanwli, but she’s the most beautiful girl in the world. And nobody can tell me otherwise.”
Holidays as they say should really be given a speeding ticket…hate dropping my kids to the airport….when holidays end…
It is a bit awkward for him to add a ‘but’ before terming her daughter beautiful or refer to the fact that she happens to have a darker complexion making it sound as if that is an ‘inferior’ trait when it comes to one’s appearance.
If beauty is really not limited to a certain skin-tone, then why even mention it in the first place?
SRK is certainly terrific with his words, but he seems to have missed the point this one time.