The 1990s were full of catfights: Kareena Kapoor Khan

Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra acted together for the first time in the Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Aitraaz’ way back in 2004. After the release, rumours of their catfight began emerging and it was reported that things escalated while they were doing a concert together in Antwerp, Belgium. In a recent interview with a leading daily, Kareena, who also appeared with Priyanka on an episode of ‘Koffee With Karan’ (KWK) in 2019, responded if she had a ‘huge fight’ with Priyanka and it ‘almost came to blows’.

When asked about her alleged infamous catfight with Priyanka in Antwerp, Kareena said, “No, all rubbish. I was like, ‘What is going on?’ But I think maybe we all had that energy - you know, some sort of thing - where we were all wanting to prove ourselves.” When asked about the competitive nature of the industry, where the media often pitted actors against each other, Kareena opened up about the catfights that were reported in the 1990s and early 2000s.

“Oh God! The 1990s were full of catfights. The 1990s started and in 2000, everyone was having a catfight. You say anything and catfight. Today, you don’t even hear those things. Who knows? It must be happening as a thought, but things are a little different and more chilled out now,” she said.

Kareena also shared her thoughts on her twenties and said that when she looks back, she feels she was ‘constantly just rushing’ and wanting ‘to just prove herself’. The actor said she wanted to ‘be the best’.

In an episode from the show’s third season, Kareena was seen mocking Priyanka Chopra for her accent. When host Karan Johar asked her what she would like to ask Priyanka, Kareena said, “I wonder where Priyanka got her accent from.” In another episode, Priyanka even addressed Kareena’s remark about her accent. In response to Kareena’s ‘question’, Priyanka said, “I think it’s the same place that her boyfriend (now husband Saif Ali Khan) gets it from.”

Putting an end to their ‘tiff’ with each other, Priyanka and Kareena appeared together in ‘Koffee With Karan’ season 6.