ISLAMABAD- Mahira Khan was relentlessly trolled for several reasons, fromsmoking to wearing a backless dress, and eventually had to apologise.

On a television show, Mahira talked about the time the pictures were leakedonline and said, “That was the first time in my entire career that I wascaught up in a so-called controversy and it was strange because there wereso many things in that. One, obviously you feel violated, you are in apersonal down time moment and someone has just photographed you.

“Two, obviously there was an uproar, because here I was, someone who isextremely loved in Pakistan, and they sort of keep me up on this pedestalyou know, they treat me with a lot of love and a lot of respect. And thereare certain things I didn’t realise that they don’t want to see me do.”

Mahira also said that it was “crazy” and “ridiculous” that her pictureswith Ranbir had become a topic of national interest.