 "'She is a rockstar': Bollywood applauds Sunny Leone's zen-like responses to Bhupendra Chaubey")
“Are you proud of your past?” “Do you think Aamir Khan will work with you?” “I wonder if I’m being morally corrupt by interviewing you” “In typical Bollywood terms, you’re an item girl” “H__ow many people would aspire to be a porn star?” These are some of the statements thrown to Sunny Leone in an interview with Bhupendra Chaubey. In a bid to promote her upcoming film, Mastizaade, Leone must have thought she was attending a harmless, promotional interview. What she got instead, like Alia Bhatt mentions in tweet (scroll below) was “hyper opinionated statements with a question mark at the end.” [caption id=“attachment_2590254” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Sunny Leone in the interview with Bhupendra Chaubey[/caption] The 30-minute-long interview is replete with Chaubey cutting Leone off as soon as she started to make a point that deviated from her “image” or her “past”. It seemed as if all the questions were aimed to corner Leone, and yet she managed to keep her cool and answer his questions with dignity and a straight face. Even topics of politics and being the most-Googled person in India, were conducted by Chaubey with a sly smirk on his face, as if to indicate that the only thing one deserves to speak to Leone about is porn. Leone was probably more calmer than anyone in her place. Upon being asked on what she felt about CPI leader Atul Anjan blaming her for corrupting Indian morality and youth of the country, her response was, “I’m waiting for the day when Obama makes a speech about me.” One is unclear what the purpose of Chaubey’s interview was. Gaurav Kapur in his tweet nails it, by saying, “Bhupendra’s every word reeks of a dodgy agenda”. Maybe he thinks talk about porn sells? Either that or like Vir Das mentions, he was exploring his own prejudice towards porn and morality. Here’s how Bollywood and Twitterati reacted to the now viral video clip of the interview:
Very unfair& rude interview with Sunny Leone on CNN IBN.She is taking it on her chin sportingly,obviously in the interest of her coming film
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) January 17, 2016
That was literally NOT an interview.. Just hyper opinionated statements with a question mark at the end!!! No Grace? Chivalry? Ridiculous!
— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) January 19, 2016
He asks the same question for 20minutes. Because she doesn't satisfy him with the response he's looking for.#Respect https://t.co/RkG4B0C5d2
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) January 19, 2016
As a live broadcaster, you must be objective & rid yourself of all bias before an interview. Bhupendra's every word reeks of a dodgy agenda.
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) January 19, 2016
Full marks to Sunny Leone for the grace she showed. Most would've walked out of that cringe fest of an interview.
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) January 19, 2016
Here's hoping Mr Chaubey's next interview explores something other than his own prejudice.
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) January 19, 2016
Yes and such stupid questions!He is so googly eyed & patronising while @SunnyLeone holds her own so beautifully👍🏼 https://t.co/KKPlaUB8sw
— Mini Mathur (@minimathur) January 19, 2016
With inputs from IANS
 "Charlie Kirk, shot dead in Utah, once said gun deaths are 'worth it' to save Second Amendment")
 "From governance to tourism, how Gen-Z protests have damaged Nepal")
 "Did Russia deliberately send drones into Poland’s airspace?")
 "Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ for Israeli hostages: Qatar PM after Doha strike")
 "Charlie Kirk, shot dead in Utah, once said gun deaths are 'worth it' to save Second Amendment")
 "From governance to tourism, how Gen-Z protests have damaged Nepal")
 "Did Russia deliberately send drones into Poland’s airspace?")
 "Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ for Israeli hostages: Qatar PM after Doha strike")
](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sunny-and-anchor-3801.jpg){kind=link}