Being a celebrity comes with its pros and cons, especially if one is married to another public figure.
Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh's wife Geeta Basra is also aware of this as after a stint in showbiz, she got married to the cricketer and also had to experience what many sportspersons' spouses have to, getting trolled or being targeted for their better half not performing well in a match on any day.
Virat Kohli's wife and actor Anushka Sharma also had to experience the same recently after the Indian skipper did not perform well in a match.
Responding to the same, Geeta says "these are all excuses". In an interview with Hindustan Times, the actor said, "People who’re die-hard fans of the sport, they need some kind of excuse, or scapegoat. For them, wives and girlfriends are easy targets. They target them and say it happened because of them, they’re a bad omen, but don’t say anything when someone does perform well."
The 36-year-old adds that it’s so easy for people to be critical saying, "It’s easy to be more negative than it’s to be positive. People find it easy to go into the negative zone and demolish someone, throw remarks at someone, blame and curse someone than praise them. They say 'Because of her, he performed bad' Us wives are not going and playing for them, neither are we a part of the team or training them. It’s just easy to make wives the soft targets."
On a personal front, Geeta confessed that though she has been trolled if Harbhajan did not perform well she has never let these things get to her.
"That’s never bothered me. I don’t care about all that, it’s part of the negativity. It does hurt, for we go for enjoyment of the game and support our spouses, but these things are uncalled for," she said.