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New Delhi: Actor Alia Bhatt was mercilessly trolled for her hosting skills at the Screen Awards 2026, which were recently held in Mumbai. A section of social media users criticised her for acting as “forced and fake”. Several videos of Alia‘s hosting at the award show went viral. She shared the stage with Zakir Khan and actor Sunil Grover.

Alia Bhatt receives flak over her hosting skills

A few days back, a content creator named Janani posted a video critiquing her hosting skills and pointed out that the “delivery of the jokes” was poor and said that she doesn’t think Alia has the skills. The influencer also highlighted that “it is important to bring good hosts back”.

 

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Mini Mathur takes a dig?

Later, Mini Mathur took to the comment section and wrote, “Thank you. Someone finally said it.” Her comment sparked several reactions and many took it as a dig at Alia Bhatt. Now, she reacted to her comment where she seemingly shaded Alia and called it “rubbish”.

Mini Mathur’s comment on influencer post

Speaking to HT City, she said that the content creator had an “interesting take” on why award shows insist on using actors as host. She was quoted as saying, “To just create stories out of nothing is what the internet does. I will tell you why I commented… the creator had an interesting take on why award shows insist on using actors as hosts and then later complain about them falling short of their “expectations”. It is not their main skill set so why the expectations? It’s like asking a host to act at gunpoint. I only commented on that.”

She further denied any beef with Alia and shared, “It is all nonsense. I love Alia. On top of this, I have not even seen the show these people are talking about on the internet.”

Alia Bhatt’s work front

Alia Bhatt will be next seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Love And War, alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal. She also has Alpha in her pipeline.