Anushka Sharma admits to enhancing her lips, says its for 'Bombay Velvet'

New Delhi: Ever since her appearance in Karan Johar's chat show, 'Koffee With Karan', Anushka Sharma has been subjected to a lot of criticism for her changed looks. The actress appeared with fuller lips on the chat show which led to a lot of speculation amongst her fans and the media. The social media was abuzz with jokes on Anushka's lips as well.

Initially, Anushka had denied undergoing any surgery on her lips but on Monday night, the actress took to Twitter to clear things out. In a long tweet, Anushka stated that she has "been using a temporary lip enhancing tool and that along with make up techniques" her lips looked different on the show. The actress stated that she personally did not like the way she looked on the show and that the lip enhancement has been done for her upcoming film 'Bombay Velvet' which has her playing a jazz singer of 1960's - 70's .

Soon after Anushka's tweet, actresses Sonam Kapoor and Alia Bhatt lauded her courage and stated that they have now new found respect for the person that she is.

Here is the entire post by Anushka Sharma.

Hellooooo everyone !! Today I am here to talk about my lips !! Yes ! There ! I said it .. My lips !

As a person I find it difficult to talk about my personal life and hence have always maintained a low profile choosing to interact with you all on twitter with my random -mostly illogical thoughts seeming like the only thing I feel ok about ..that's just who I am .. But in today's time where PR stories and feeding people with information constantly or making appearances is a fad somewhere people like me get lost in translation or in this case translations !

Lately there has been a LOT of talk about me in this particular episode of KOffee with Karan . Mainly regarding my lips . I am here to just convey what I have to say regarding the same . I am talking about it only because this story has taken a scary direction and things have been 'blown out of proportion' ( pun intended ;) ) ...

For a short while now I have been using a temporary lip enhancing tool and that along with make up techniques ( I have learnt over the years) is the reason why there might be a change in the appearance of my lips. Having stated this fact let me very vehemently assure everyone that I have by no means gone 'under the knife ' or done any kind of 'plastic surgery' or undergone any intrusive procedure . This was my decision and was done for the sake of my look in my upcoming film Bombay velvet,a period drama where I play a jazz singer in the 1960's - 70's . And it was taken from the referencing of that time .

The drastic change in my appearance on KWK is due to lot of factors put together and not just my lips . Everyone goes through good and bad days. Did I think I looked good on the KWK episode ? NO . I do feel I could have done things differently .

To put the current conjectures and reportage straight once and for all from my end - I have said this before and am saying it again .. I do not believe in plastic surgery or any other means of unnatural permanent changes to the body . I do not support it or stand for it or recommend it .

Now if someday my legs appear different and sexy to you ! Please don't say I've done 'Something' ...

Oh ! And also ... Some of the 'joker' jokes/memes doing the rounds though a bit mean did bring a smile to my lips ;)

Goodnight to all

Love and Light