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When Abhishek revealed facing sexist comments for Cannes outings with Aishwarya | Bollywood

In a 2012 interview, Abhishek Bachchan was asked if he had ‘ever put restrictions on wife Aishwarya Rai‘. The actor had then said that only a man, who was either ‘insecure’ or did not ‘trust her’ would do such a thing. Abhishek had then gone on to speak about how he was often asked about what ‘it feels to walk the red carpet with your wife at Cannes’, adding he found ‘this attitude to be chauvinistic’. Also read: When Aishwarya Rai defended Abhishek Bachchan from ‘unfair’ question on being overshadowed by his father and wife’s fame Abhishek Bachchan also asked why Aishwarya could ‘attend all his events’, but he could not accompany his wife to support her. The actor slammed people, who thought that since he was the husband, he should not join his wife at her public appearances that were about her. In 2005, Aishwarya became the first Indian to open the Cannes Film Festival; since then she has been attending the high profile event almost every year, and is sometimes joined by Abhishek. …