Karan Johar feels people find it ‘cool’ to hate him, but urges haters to give him benefit of doubt: ‘I’m as vulnerable as you are’

Karan Johar admits that he can be 'annoying' to people who do not know him as a person. But, he wants his haters to give him the 'benefit of doubt' as he is as emotionally 'fragile' as anyone else.

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Karan Johar recognises that he has as many haters as admirers. But the filmmaker feels he is hated because people think it is ‘cool’ to hate him. Karan admits that he can be ‘annoying’ to people who do not know him as a person. But, he wants his haters to give him the ‘benefit of doubt’ as he is as emotionally ‘fragile’ as anyone else.

Karan, in a new interview, said that the things that he has been doing at 50, may make people hate him. He told Film Companion, “It’s kind of like cool to hate me because I’m pouting and preening at age 50 into a camera. I sometimes wear shiny clothes and walk the red carpet. I’m coming across as catty on a chat show. I’m laughing like a hyena sometimes, can be annoying. I’m everywhere. You put on the TV, I’m endorsing a product, I’m judging a reality show, I’m hosting a talk show and I’m walking red carpets.”

‘I can be annoying to people who don’t know me’

The filmmaker admitted, “I can be annoying to people who don’t know me as a human being. So, it’s kind of cool that you hate this person because you don’t know them and you find out what the hell is going on with this person’s life and I can understand why I get the hate.”

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However, Karan wants his ‘haters’ to cut him some slack because, like anybody else, he has suffered loss of a parent at a young age, and has failed in love multiple times. He just wants people to know that he is not that “hateable”.

‘I’m as emotionally fragile as you are’

“To the haters, I just have to say that just give me the benefit of doubt. Just know that I’m as vulnerable as you are. I’m as emotionally fragile as you are. My heart has been broken in love many a time. I’m a single parent which is a tough job. I did lose my father at a young age. I work very hard still, and I really seek validation. So, I’m just like anybody else. I just hope that those people who come into my life, the ones who have even hated me, give me a chance because I’m not that hateable. I feel there’s a lot of love I have to give,” Karan expressed.

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Karan Johar is currently basking in the success of his latest directorial, Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani. The film is headlined by Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi, Jaya Bachchan and Tota Roy Choudhary, among others. The filmmaker is currently at the Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of Kill, a film produced by Dharma Productions.

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