Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan during her visit to Sydney opened about the much talked about #MeToo controversy in an interview. Talking to The Sunday Telegraph she said, "A movement such as the #MeToo movement ... has brought out a lot of conversation and sharing. The good thing is that people are talking. I don’t think this (subject) needs to restrict itself to one part of the world. That is definitely positive, which has come about with this entire subject.”

"If a woman feels compromised and she feels the need to share an experience that has completely challenged her sense of being, it is amazing that she comes out, speaks forth about it, and takes the people to task. This idea does not limit itself to show business or the film industry. It is people discussing it from all walks of life," she added.

It may be recalled that the #MeToo scandal rocked Hollywood with women across the film spectrum talking about the sexual harassment they have been subjected to by Harvey Weinstein. It is also worth mentioning that Aishwarya had a narrow escape from the clutches of Harvey. This was revealed by Simone Sheffield who was has closely watched Aishwarya.

“I used to manage Indian actress Aishwarya Rai. While dealing with Harvey I found it comical how hard he tried to get Aishwarya alone. But he was a pig... looked and acted like a big bully pig. He asked me to leave the meeting numerous times and I politely declined. When we were leaving his office, he cornered me and said, 'What do I have to do to get her alone?' I told him to kiss my black ass. When Ash and I returned to our hotel, I sent Harvey a steel pig trough filled with DIET COKE as a thank you gift for the meeting. Yes, we did do business and yes, he eventually threatened me. Told me I'd never work in this business, blah blah blah...what I said to him, I can't print. But you can be sure, I never gave him the opportunity to even breathe on my client,” she asserted.