India, Dec. 7 -- While veteran actress and Rajya Sabha MP from Samajwadi Party Jaya Bachchan's comment on celebrity photojournalists, arbitrarily called paparazzi or paps, in a recent interview on We The Women with journalist Barkha Dutt provoked social media backlash, it also called attention to the complex relationship between "paps" and Bollywood celebrities.

While stating that her relationship with the "media is fantastic" she demanded to know: "Who are these people? You call them media?" She questioned the reputation of the men who are known to flock outside celeb homes and airports in "drainpipe type trousers with a mobile in their hands". Jaya's open derision towards press photographers did not spare those from her own tribe eithe...