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| Sania Mirza rebuked Rajdeep Sardesai saying if he thought she had not settled even after playing the game so successfully (video below) |
India Today senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai had a facepalm moment on live TV while interviewing Sania Mirza and gracefully apolgosied for it.
Following the release of her autobiography 'Ace Against Odds' by Shahrukh Khan in
Rajdeep Sardesai asked Sania Mirza when she would settle down and become a mother, saying she does not talk about that in the book.
Sania Mirza rebuked him saying if he thought she had not settled even after playing the game so successfully.
Sania Mirza rebuked him saying if he thought she had not settled even after playing the game so successfully.
She said she faced the question all the time as people thought that a woman settled down only when she got married and had children.
“…No matter how many Wimbledons we win or number ones in the world we become, we don't become settled,” Sania Mirza said.
Rajdeep Sardesai realised his gaffe and immediately apologised saying he would never have asked this question to a male athlete.
Rajdeep Sardesai realised his gaffe and immediately apologised saying he would never have asked this question to a male athlete.
Sania accepted it and said he was the first journalist to have apologised to her on national television.
She added that motherhood would eventually happen and when it did, she would be the first one to tell everybody.