In an interview with Filmfare (2002), Kareena Kapoor refuted these rumours and said that she was more bothered for his marriage and that it would get affected by these rumours. For her, it was a professional hazard. She even called the articles about her giving up the career false, and she said that she would never do it, at least not for a man. She had also said that if her partner asks her to give up the career, she would kick his butt and ask him to get lost.