Parineeti Chopra attended a martial arts event recently organised by Akshay Kumar and spoke about her childhood days. She had said that "we didn't have that much money that time. I used to ride a cycle to school. There was no money for a car or a driver." As soon as the video went viral on the internet a friend of hers slammed her on his Facebook wall.

The post of Kkanoo Gupta reads, "Parineeti Chopra Shame…….. coming from a privileged background and lying through the teeth in front of the camera. I guess this is what being a celebrity means. Create a fabricated sob story of no money no car etc. Coming from the same school I probably also remember the car her father used to have. And going to school on a cycle was a trend those days and also a privilege, not everyone had. My friends from CJM would probably understand the lies a bit better. SIC."

Parineeti has now issued an official statement clarifying the same and has asked media to not to give importance to such stories.

Read her statement here.