Karan Johar just caused one of Bollywood’s biggest social media moments, and nobody saw it coming.
On May 28, 2026, fans noticed something shocking: Karan Johar unfollowed almost every Bollywood celebrity on Instagram, immediately triggering speculation about behind-the-scenes fallouts in the film world.
The long list of unfollowed names includes Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Vicky Kaushal, Katrina Kaif, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra, and Kartik Aaryan, even those who share close personal and professional ties with the filmmaker.
But here’s what really got people talking. Despite the broader unfollowing spree, Karan Johar continued to follow several Pakistani celebrities, including Mahira Khan, Fawad Khan, Ali Zafar, and Imran Abbas, a detail that fueled further curiosity and debate across social media platforms among his Indian fans.
The internet exploded with theories. Was it a statement? A feud? A personal preference? Karan himself shut it all down quickly. Addressing the buzz on his Instagram story, Karan wrote: “It’s a DIGITAL DETOX!!!! Am unfollowing everyone to reduce my time and energy spent on the gram!!! This can’t be national news for god’s sake… please clickbait something else! This is irrelevant!”
Sources also confirmed that the unfollowing was purely a social media strategy and had nothing to do with any particular star, page, or person.
Still, the internet had already made up its mind, and the fact that Pakistani stars remained on his list made for a conversation nobody wanted to stop having.
