Deepika or shallow, what's your bother?

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Deepika Padukone as the last authority on the matter of relationships who has been 'caught' being a 'bad role model'. In the latest season of Koffee With Karan, Padukone and partner Ranveer Singh were the power-lovey-dovey couple.

But what caught the fancy of busybodies who like all relationships to be clear-cut (one presumes their own) is the actress stating how she wanted to be single for a while because she 'had come from difficult relationships', adding that she went through a phase where she didn't 'want to be attached… to be committed'. What drove the stake home for all guardians of relationships is 'Ranveer's wife' saying, 'And I had fun! And then he [Ranveer] comes along, so I didn't commit, until he proposed to me.

There was no commitment as such. Even if we were technically allowed to see other people, we would just keep coming back to each other.' This lady was casual dating! OMG — has been a substantial response from these busybodies.

They even managed to dig up an old 2013 Deepika interview where she had said that she wasn't the sort who could go on a casual dating spree.

That she may have changed her mind and had indeed accepted casual dating before Ranveer proposed is mindboggling for many. So, simply far easier to call Deepika a 'red flag'.