So Numb and Pretty Awkward

Sonam Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan aren’t what you can describe as ‘good friends’

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Sonam attacked Abhishek’s wife Aishwarya for allegedly sabotaging her visit to Cannes last year, claiming the senior actress and fellow L’oreal ambassador used her clout with the brand to get her invitation to the festival revoked. Aishwarya snapped back in the press that she’d done no such thing. The final blow came when Sonam referred to Aishwarya as “Auntie” in interviews, explaining innocently that since Ash had worked with her father Anil Kapoor, it was only polite that she refer to the “older star” with the respect she deserved.

But Sonam and Abhishek have had issues of their own too. The actress has been nursing a grudge against her co-star for hogging all the attention while they were travelling for promotions of Delhi 6 last year. Abhishek set a Guinness Book record by visiting the most number of cities during the course of a single day, to promote the film. Sonam was conveniently dropped from this particular record-breaking activity.

It’s not like Abhishek didn’t do his level best to avoid the awkwardness. Industry insiders say the actor urged the directors to cast any another actress opposite him, but after everyone from Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone to Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra had turned down the role, they were left with no choice but Sonam.