2014 Recap: When Bollywood celebs used social media to clarify their stand

It is not often that a star admits to or apologises for something that concerns them And as social media has become a breeding ground for celebrity memes and jokes stars are ridiculed for the slightest of faux pas and on several occasions find themselves attracting unsolicited attention But there are some BTown folk who have been sporting enough to take it in their stride or laugh at themselves while others dont mind taking a step down to explain the situation hitlist takes a look at a few Bollywood faces who not only took on the brickbats gracefully this year but also attempted to clear the air around themWhen Anushka Sharma found her alleged lip job becoming a topic of discussion among netizens she was prompt enough to log into her social media account and give out a fairly long explanationBugging the shutterbugsShraddha Kapoor was banned by press photographers in June for allegedly ignoring their requests for pictures during the promotions of her film Ek Villain It was said that the actress would either refuse to be clicked or look downAt times her team accompanying her would prevent her from being snapped mdash once they kept the photojournalists waiting for more than two hours That infuriated the shutterbugs who decided to ban her Finally Shraddha organised a special meeting with the photographers and apologised to themStaying abreast In September Deepika Padukone decided to take on an English daily after it posted her cleavagebaring photos shot from a top angle on its website Any other actress would not have reacted to the images but Dippy decided to speak outShe postedYes I am a womanI have breasts I have a cleavage You got a problem The actress followed up her post with a longer response part of which reads A character may demand that I be clothed from head to toe or be completely naked and it will be my choice as an actor whether or not I take either Understand that this is a ROLE and not REAL and it is my job to portray whatever character I choose to play convincingly Reactions and counter reactions followed much to the amusement of netizensLOL and howAlia Bhatts goofup on Karan Johars chat show mdash naming Prithviraj Chavan as Indias president mdash was perhaps talked about more than the Prezs election itselfAfter facing a barrage of jokes she sportingly agreed to be part of a laughatherself video that went viral in September Made by a group of standup comedians All India Bakchod the video was a hilarious take on Alias IQ and showed her taking admission in a mental gym to strengthen her grey cellsGulping insultsThis is something new in Bollywood Stars willingly gulping down the insults thrown at them mdash although in jest They also patiently listened to the controversies surrounding them On the eve of the release of their film Kill Dil in November Ranveer Singh Parineeti Chopra Ali Zafar appeared in The Viral Fevers Barely Speaking with Arnub showRanveer Singh Parineeti Chopra and Ali Zafar with the show hostIts online video went viral as the host with attitude grilled the stars He thought Ranveer was Rannvijay and even asked Parineeti what kind of a name she had Normally BTown stars would squirm in their seats when asked such questions but these young stars gallantly fielded the volley of uncomfortable questionsLip serviceWhen Anushka Sharma along with her Bombay Velvet director Anurag Kashyap appeared on Karan Johars chat show in February her obviously enhanced lips took centrestage That the actress got a bad lip job done became a talking point across social media platforms Not many actresses would even admit that they had gone under the knife but realising that she had been drawing a lot of attention over her changed look Anushka decided to give her version of the story onlineShe wrote For a short while now I have been using a temporary lip enhancing tool and that along with make up techniques I have learnt over the years is the reason why there might be a change in the appearance of my lips Having stated this fact let me very vehemently assure everyone that I have by no means gone under the knife or done any kind of plastic surgery or undergone any intrusive procedure According to the actress the new look was for her upcoming film Bombay Velvet a period drama where she plays a jazz singer of the 1960s Anushka took to the social network to make the clarification as the story about her lips had taken a scary direction and things had been blown out of proportion Whats more she also mentioned that some of the jokes doing the rounds brought a smile to her lipsOut of sightEven though he was basking in the spotlight Honey Singh decided to vanish from the public eye one fine day While there have been intense speculations about his sudden disappearance the rappersinger took to social media to explain his standHe wrote Dear well wishers and Fans its true that your desikalakar has not been keeping well and will be out of action for a while Due to his illness he has been advised strict bed rest As a family we are really thankful to a lot of people for supporting him and us during his illness He shall be back real soon to do what he does bestie to entertain you all Keep him in your prayers and keep supporting and loving apka apna Yo Yo Honey SinghKicking aSonakshi Sinha found herself as a contender for one of the biggest butts in Bollywood in a Twitter poll courtesy the publicityhungy Kamaal R Khan in November BTown stars would rather not talk about their derriere But not SonaShe responded on Twitter calling KRK a waste of space who disrespects women and deserves to be hung upside down and given 4 tight slaps KRK then went into damage control mode and deleted the tweet and disqualified Sonakshi from his contest Though KRK has irked several Bollywood celebrities in the past they have preferred to ignore him