Shweta Bachchan says mother Jaya Bachchan ‘was very free with her slaps’ throughout her childhood: ‘She used to beat me a lot’

Shweta Bachchan, who has joined her daughter Navya Nanda and mom Jaya Bachchan for the podcast ‘What The Hell Navya’, just lately revealed how she used to get loads of beating from her mom when she was a child. Jaya agreed and shared how she felt that the primary little one all the time will get ‘thrashed a lot’.

Talking about her childhood, Shweta shared with Navya how her mom was very specific about her being concerned in extra-curricular actions. “She was very particular about extra-curricular. I had to do Bharatnatyam, Hindi classical music, swimming, sitar, and piano.” She continued, “But she was very free with her slaps, I got slapped a lot. The ruler got broken on me once. She used to beat me a lot.”

While Shweta shared this, Jaya Bachchan interrupted, “Abhishek hardly got slapped. I believe always the first child gets thrashed. I got thrashed a lot as a child. My sisters didn’t.”

This story made Navya interested in what her mom did to get a beating from Jaya. So, the Guddi actor informed her, “She was very annoying and stubborn. Honestly, I realised parents hit children when they are angry with themselves because they are incapable of handling a situation. So, the only reaction is…The frustration gets out like this.”

While Jaya bought impatient and raised her hand on Shweta, her father Amitabh Bachchan was towards it. “The maximum punishment he gave was to stand in the corner. I liked that punishment as I used to make stories, and talk to myself there in the corner,” she mentioned.

Though Shweta bought thrashed by Jaya in childhood, now the mother-daughter duo share a powerful bond. Earlier on the podcast, Jaya had shared how Shweta is considered one of her greatest pals now.

She had mentioned, “In the last two years, my best friends have been Navya and Shweta. I can say anything I like to them, and they will tell me off, especially Shweta. Somebody telling you ‘I don’t agree with you’ is important. I would want to grow at this age too.”