On Soha Ali Khan’s podcast, Mirza sat down alongside environmental journalist, author, and photographer Arati Kumar-Rao to explore themes of climate change, environmental degradation, and humanity’s connection with the natural world.

Mirza stated,”Patriarchy is the cause for climate change. It is the men in this world that have driven climate change and they are entirely and totally responsible for the chaos that has been unleashed on our world today and the misery that people are experiencing everywhere. I mean, not just the global south, but the global north as well now, right?”

The remarks spread quickly across platforms like X (formerly Twitter) , where many users criticized her views.

Some critics called out what they saw as hypocrisy, arguing that rich celebrities are in no position to lecture everyday people about climate change when their own lavish lifestyles likely leave a much bigger carbon footprint.

A number of users also raised doubts about whether famous public figures are the right people to speak on environmental responsibility.