Janhvi Kapoor is done letting the internet live rent-free in her head. In a candid new interview with Grazia, the actor broke down exactly how she navigates social media hate — and why she believes the same toxic culture has unfairly targeted her half-brother Arjun Kapoor. Her words land at a particularly charged moment.
‘You’re Just a Scapegoat,’ Says Janhvi on Social Media Culture
Janhvi did not hold back when explaining how she processes online negativity. She told Grazia that most hate content has nothing to do with its target. “Everyone wants prominence, views and virality, so if they are making content about you, you’re just a scapegoat,” she said. They use celebrity names purely for clickbait and rage bait, she explained, to drive their own engagement.
Therefore, once you reframe the hate that way, it loses its personal sting. Janhvi said that looking at it through that lens helps her stop taking it to heart. It is a surprisingly analytical response from someone who has faced relentless scrutiny since her Bollywood debut.
Janhvi Speaks Out on the Bullying Arjun Kapoor Faces
However, Janhvi drew a firm line when the conversation shifted to her brother. She acknowledged that everyone on social media is, in some way, just trying to make ends meet — “sab ghar chalane ki koshish kar rahe hai,” she said. She added that nothing online is worth occupying your brain for more than five minutes.
But bullying, she said, is a different matter entirely. “When it turns into bullying and harassment, the way I’ve seen happen with my brother sometimes, there’s no excuse for that kind of behaviour,” Janhvi said plainly. She added that negativity only fuels more negativity, and the healthiest response is to simply remove yourself from it.
Arjun Kapoor’s Emotional Post Shifted the Conversation
Arjun Kapoor has faced an unusually sustained wave of trolling in recent months, with negative comments flooding his Instagram posts about his acting and film choices. Last month, however, something shifted. Arjun shared a heartfelt note to mark his late mother Mona Shourie Kapoor’s birth anniversary, admitting that life had been “cruel” to him lately.
The post hit differently. Consequently, many users called out the troll culture around Arjun directly, and public sentiment visibly changed. Janhvi’s interview arriving in that same window is not accidental timing — it adds a sibling’s voice to a conversation the internet itself had already started.
What’s Next for Janhvi Kapoor
On the work front, Janhvi was last seen in Sunny Sanskari ki Tulsi Kumari. She is now gearing up for her Telugu debut, Peddi, opposite Ram Charan. Directed by Buchi Babu Sana of Uppena fame and produced by Venkata Satish Kilaru under Vriddhi Cinemas, the film also stars Shiva Rajkumar, Jagapathi Babu, Divyendu Sharma, and Boman Irani. Peddi hits theatres on April 30.
Meanwhile, Janhvi’s clarity on the attention economy feels like more than a press quote. In an industry where most celebrities either perform gratitude for fans or perform indifference to trolls, she is doing something rarer — actually explaining the mechanics. That distinction, however small, is worth noting.
