Hardik Pandya slams paparazzi for ‘cheap sensationalism’ over Mahieka’s video:Urges media to maintain ‘humanity’ after girlfriend’s obscene moment goes viral

Hardik Pandya has lashed out at the paparazzi for taking obscene videos of his girlfriend, Mahieka Sharma, which are circulating on social media. Notably, as per the viral video, Mahieka was leaving a Mumbai restaurant when the photographers snapped her from the wrong angle. After noticing the buzz around the video in the wrong way, Pandya hit back at the media personnel to respect personal boundaries through his social media update. The Indian all-rounder expressed disappointment over the ‘invasion of privacy’ of his girlfriend. Hardik Pandya calls out paparazzi’s ‘cheap sensationalism’ over Mahieka’s viral images The cricketer shared a strongly worded note on social media, accusing photographers of crossing a line and turning a routine outing into “cheap sensationalism”. He urged the media to treat moments related to women should be treated with dignity and restraint. Through his Instagram story, Hardik Pandya penned, “I understand that living in the public eye comes with attention and scrutiny; it’s part of the life I’ve chosen. But today something happened that crossed a line.” Mahieka was simply walking down a staircase at a Bandra restaurant when paparazzi decided to capture her from an angle that no woman deserves to be photographed from. A private moment was turned into cheap sensationalism. This isn’t about headlines or who clicked what, it’s about basic respect. Women deserve dignity. Everyone deserves boundaries. ‘Not every angle needs to be taken’: Hardik’s pleas to paparazzi over girlfriend’s images Further writing on social media, Hardik Pandya added an emotional note, “To the media brothers who work hard every day: I respect your hustle, and I always cooperate. But I’m requesting you all, please be a little more mindful. Not everything needs to be captured. Not every angle needs to be taken. Let’s keep some humanity in this game. Thank you.” Hardik shared the message for the paps even as he was gearing up for his international cricket comeback in a T20I series against South Africa. India will host SA in the 1st T20 game in Guwahati on 9 December at 7:00 PM. Went through recovery for more than two months due to an injury Hardik was sidelined from competitive action for close to two months due to a quadriceps injury he suffered during the Asia Cup in September. The Indian all-rounder took time out to recover from the injury. During his time away from the sport, Hardik was seen spending time with his family and girlfriend Mahieka. Notably, Hardik made his relationship with the fashion model official by sharing photos of them from a beach holiday in October. The duo was spotted together at the Mumbai airport, marking their first public appearance together. Divorced Natasa Stankovic in 2024 Hardik Pandya divorced Serbian model Natasa Stankovic in the year 2024. The two met during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, after which they secretly got married the same year. Soon, their son Agastya was born. After months of ongoing reports, in July 2024, both decided to separate by mutual consent. Now, Hardik and Natasa are co-parenting their son Agastya.