Pakistani actress, Ushna Shah deactivated her Instagram handle after facing massive trolling for dressing up like an Indian bride at her wedding.
Pakistani actress, Ushna Shah recently tied the knot with golfer, Hamza Amin. The couple married in Karachi amidst close friends and stars from the entertainment world. Ushna also shared some romantic photos with her husband from their wedding. However, the criticism that she received for her Indian-style bridal lehenga was completely negative and quite controversial. After being trolled, Ushna has now deactivated her Instagram account.
When actress, Ushna Shah shared pictures from her wedding on her IG handle, people started fiercely criticising her choice of wedding outfit. So on March 1, 2023, in the view of trolls, Ushna deactivated her Instagram account. She shared a note on her Instagram stories and mentioned that she has never reacted to the trolls earlier, but as a new bride, she has worked hard to keep her wedding private. Sharing her disappointment, she revealed that several people invaded her privacy and disrupted her nikkah. Her note can be read as:
"I haven't reacted to online trolling for years, but I am a human being at a very vulnerable time of my life. A new bride in a new home. From hiring photography teams who signed NDAs to hiring security and strict guest lists at the door, I wanted to protect our union and only share what I was comfortable with, I worked very hard to make this time private. Several people invaded that privacy to exploit our happy occasion, including disrupting our nikkah. As any bride would be, I was mortified, only times a million. I had a human moment and I reacted, I exposed the first person I learned invaded my privacy, I defended myself, I even retracted because they apologised, and I learned others were also involved, in worse ways, and because the damage done to me couldn't be undone either way."
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Ushna further mentioned in her series of Instagram stories that she is taking a break from social media. The actress wrote that she worked hard to keep her wedding private but was bullied for wearing a red lehenga when her pictures were shared online without her permission. The actress further shared that she is taking a break for the sake of her mental health. In her words:
"I have read many of the comments, they don't seem to stop. Please believe that I did not get married to offend our culture, that was not the intention, and if that is what people feel I have done then I apologise for letting anyone down. I am going to sign off from this platform for a few days, for the sake of my mental health, and to spend this precious time and energy on my wonderful husband and my new family which is a blessing. I am also questioning if I am cut out for this job. Thank you for the love and prayers."
Besides that, Ushna has also slammed the photographer who allegedly sneaked a drone into her wedding and shared the pictures with the help of a fashion blogger who was invited to her wedding. Sharing the screenshots of the conversation, she continued:
"I apologised to AB (a fashion blogger) only to save him from trolling and I am getting mercilessly bullied for getting married my way. For desperately trying to keep my shaadi (wedding) my own. For being upset that my nikkah (wedding ceremony) got interrupted by a drone and for feeling violated. Hundreds of thousands of messages. This is beyond cruel. Please forgive me for wearing what I wore and for trying to protect what was meant to be only mine. I did not sign up for any of this. I am bowing out of this narrative."
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For the unversed, on February 27, 2023, Ushna shared some romantic photos with her husband, Hamza Amin on her social media handle, for which she was trolled mercilessly for her Indian bridal look. However, Ushna Shah replied to the trolls who criticised her for dressing up like an Indian bride. The actress took to her Instagram story and wrote:
"Mrs Amin, to those who have a problem with my dress: you weren't invited, nor did you pay for my shade of red. My jewellery, my jora: purely Pakistani. My heart, however, half-Austrian. Allah humein khush rakhey aameen. Beigaani shaadi mein jo uninvited photographers ghuss gaye, unko salaam."
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