On his controversial chat show Koffee with Karan, host Karan Johar has often referred to his fiercely guarded WhatsApp groups with fellow Bollywood celebrities. One of them being ‘GUTS,’ where the filmmaker breaks down airport looks and red carpet appearances of his industry colleagues with friends Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, and Rhea Kapoor among others.
During a recent event in London, when an audience member asked Johar to publish a book on those WhatsApp chats, Johar responded cheekily. “If anyone ever got access to those WhatsApp groups about me and many of my friends in the fraternity, I think we would have to move to London. We may not be able to continue living in our city,” he said.
In the interview with Mojo Story, Johar explained further, “Because let me tell you, they are very candid, honest, and sometimes very b*tchy analysis of our immediate environment and what is going on. We are fashion critics, we are movie critics. We are critics of everything in that group. Everyone has an opinion, and none of us can ever put those opinions out there.”
In the same chat, Johar revealed he’s part of not only these gossip groups on WhatsApp, but also some serious ones as the single parent of his kids Yash and Roohi. “It can be very daunting, and also hilarious when you’re on two WhatsApp groups with 30 mothers on one and 32 mothers on another. They’re in two divisions: A and B,” Johar explained.
“Every morning, I wake up to these 62 amazing women saying ‘Ladies!’ And I say, ‘Hello? I’m also on this WhatsApp group!’ But they’re so nurturing and helpful. They’ve really helped me through some tough times because I really don’t know. Whenever I go to a parent-teacher meeting, I’m always doing two roles (as a father and a mother) and hearing for both of them. That’s the joy of having twins,” he added. Johar became a father to Yash and Roohi in 2017 via surrogacy.
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Johar is a published author as Penguin Random House released his memoir An Unsuitable Boy in 2016. It was co-authored by Johar and journalist Poonam Saxena. On the work front, Johar will next direct his first series for Netflix India. His last directorial was the 2023 hit family comedy Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in lead roles.
