Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt has responded to Kangana Ranaut’s recent comments alleging that she is a ‘puppet’ of filmmaker Karan Johar and “does not have a spine” to give her own statements. In an interview with an Indian publication, Bhatt said that she has done nothing to “get a reaction like this”.

“I would like to react to her personally if she has any complaints. I don’t want to talk about it in the media. As I have said before, I really admire her as an actor and the choices that she makes. She’s a very outspoken person and I admire her for that as well. If I have upset her unintentionally, then I don’t know. Basically, it wasn’t my intention. I didn’t do anything to get a reaction like this.”

During a recent media interaction, Kangana claimed that “girls like” Alia ask her to support their work but didn’t praise or support her recent film “Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi”.

“I suggested that she grows some spine and supports an important film about woman empowerment and nationalism…if she doesn’t have a voice of her own and her existence is all about being KJo’s (Karan Johar) puppet then I don’t consider her successful.”