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Mallika Sherawat attends Donald Trump White House Christmas dinner in rare Bollywood appearance
Mallika Sherawat poses outside the White House in a pink ombre dress Instagram/mallikasherawat
Why Mallika Sherawat is talking about a White House Christmas dinner
Mallika Sherawat posted the images on Friday and gave a short caption about how she felt “grateful”. Her posts included stills near the entrance and outside the building. She also uploaded a clip of Trump speaking at the dinner.
Her dress drew attention before anything else. A satin slip dress, small handbag, and a fur jacket resting over her shoulders. The tone online was a mix of praise and curiosity. Some asked how she reached that room. One user wrote a straight question: how did she get invited. No answer from Sherawat yet on that point.
She has attended US-based events in the past. She has lived between India and Los Angeles for several years and has links to industry and diplomatic circles. Meetings with former president Barack Obama in California more than a decade ago were noted on her social media platforms at the time.
What Mallika Sherawat said about being invited by Donald Trump
Mallika Sherawat repeated one phrase across her posts: surreal. She placed it in the caption, then in hashtags. The event itself is a formal White House dinner marking the festive week. Mallika Sherawat posted the official invitation card showing the date and venue.
Mallika Sherawat poses at the White House in a pink ombre dress Instagram/mallikasherawat
What’s next for Mallika Sherawat after Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video?
Mallika Sherawat’s last film was Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, released in 2024, directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa and led by Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri. Her appearance in that cast came after a run of limited screen work. Before that, her mainstream Bollywood era was defined by Murder, Khwahish and Pyaar Ke Side Effects. She took US-based work including The Myth and Hiss. She has not announced a new programme or streaming release. No statement about 2025.
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Actor Aziz Ansari, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by a woman with whom he went on a date last year, has responded to the claims saying the two engaged in "sexual activity, which by all indications was completely consensual".
The 34-year-old actor's statement comes after a 23-year-old Brooklyn-based photographer recounted a date with him that she called "the worst night of my life" in an interview with Babe.net.
"In September of last year, I met a woman at a party. We exchanged numbers. We texted back and forth and eventually went on a date.
"We went out to dinner, and afterwards we ended up engaging in sexual activity, which by all indications was completely consensual," Ansari said in a statement given to People magazine.
The Master of None actor further said a text by the woman, named as 'Grace' in the article, said that she felt uneasy with how things transpired the night before and responded to her privately as he was "concerned" about her.
"The next day, I got a text from her saying that although 'it may have seemed okay,' upon further reflection, she felt uncomfortable. It was true that everything did seem okay to me, so when I heard that it was not the case for her, I was surprised and concerned. I took her words to heart and responded privately after taking the time to process what she had said," he said.
Ansari, who became the first man of Asian descent to win Golden Globe recently for his performance in the Netflix show, added he supported the movement that has given women a chance to speak up about the injustice they have been subjected to till date.
"I continue to support the movement that is happening in our culture. It is necessary and long overdue," he said.
In the interview, the woman vividly described how she exchanged numbers with Ansari at the 2017 Emmy Awards after- party and went on a date with him on a bar on the banks of the Hudson river, which escalated quickly to a sexual encounter at his apartment.
The woman said she voiced her hesitation explicitly during their encounter.
She said she "used verbal and non-verbal cues to indicate how uncomfortable and distressed she was". The woman added that her reticence to engage in the act was "ignored" by the actor.
Grace alleged Ansari called her a cab when she wanted to leave and texted her the next day.
She shared a screenshot of the alleged conversation, in which she said, "Last night might've been fun for you, but it wasn't for me. You ignored clear non-verbal cues; you kept going with advances."
To this the actor allegedly replied, "I'm so sad to hear this. All I can say is, it would never be my intention to make you or anyone feel the way you described. Clearly, I misread things in the moment and I'm truly sorry."
Grace said she decided to come forward with the incident after she saw Ansari wearing a Time's Up pin at the Golden Globe Awards last week, where he won best comedy actor in a TV series.
"It took a really long time for me to validate this as sexual assault. I was debating if this was an awkward sexual experience or sexual assault. And that's why I confronted so many of my friends and listened to what they had to say, because I wanted validation that it was actually bad," she said in the interview.