Dia Mirza faces social media backlash after recounting, how her 5-year-old son Avyaan Azaad Rekhi once lectured an adult delivery boy. The conversation touched on climate change and Dia’s firm opposition to plastic use. She narrated an incident where her young son confronted the delivery boy for handing over coconuts in plastic bags with plastic straws.
Dia Mirza’s son lectures delivery boy over plastic
On Soha Ali Khan‘s podcast, Dia said, “The coconut wala delivered the coconut and nothing burns my blood more than coconut water arriving in plastic bags with plastic straws. So this boy, bichara, he didn’t know whom he was delivering. So Avyaan opened the door and he puts his hand on his hips and says, ‘Bhaiya plastic me lekar aaye hai, hamari ghar mein plastic not allowed, aap usko plastic se nikalo, usko neeche rakho aur plastic aur straw leke jao (Why have you got this in plastic? Plastic is not allowed in our home, put it down and take the plastic away).“
Soha Ali Khan praises Dia Mirza’s son
Soha praised Avyaan’s strong conviction, responding, “Imagine standing up to somebody who is an adult and to have that conviction.”
Dia Mirza called out for ‘entitlement’
While Soha praised Avyaan’s behaviour, several listeners disagreed with how the child acted or with Dia backing him up. The podcast clip soon went viral online. One user labelled Dia ‘entitled’, commenting, “Imagine talking so rudely and with such entitlement to someone who’s literally providing you a service in 40 degree centigrade The entitlement is unreal – it blinds them to basic respect and decency. If you don’t plastic just go to the thela and buy it yourself and carry it in paper bags. And then the same people act all polished and “real” on camera… what a joke.”
Dia Mirza accused of ‘insulated privilege’
Another viewer noted that Dia herself likely uses makeup products packaged in plastic, yet doesn’t address that. Calling it ‘insulated privilege’, the user commented, “A child scolds a poor coconut vendor, who sells door to door trying to make ends meet in scorching Indian summers, to “take back his plastic,” while adults celebrate it as “standing up to a grown-up.'” ” Then the mother of the said child appears on camera, fully decked out in 20+ makeup products for that perfect dewy glow… Guess what those products are sold in? You guessed it right — plastic packaging! This is what insulated privilege looks like.“Another user commented, “Entitled Dia Mirza talking nonsense and another privileged female agreeing along. First teach your child some decent manners. The nariyal has to be brought in a bag. If you do not want the plastic bag, fine. No need to allow your kid to berate delivery person.” Several other comments echoed similar sentiments.
Dia Mirza’s marriage and family life
Dia Mirza tied the knot with businessman Vaibhav Rekhi in 2021 in a private wedding ceremony held at her Bandra home in Mumbai. The couple welcomed their son Avyaan that same year. She was previously married to producer Sahil Sangha.
