"I don't believe in tit for tat. I don't wish to start a war of words with Kareena or anyone else."

Eyebrows have been going up ever since she commented that Kareena Kapoor had "too many expressions" on her face when she performed on screen. This, the industry folks have presumed, was in retaliation to Kareena's comment some weeks ago that John was "expressionless".

But Bipasha is horrified by the tit-for-tat suggestion informs: "I'm not that kind of a person. I certainly don't believe in tit for tat. And my episode of Koffee With Karan was recorded in the first week of December when I had no clue what Kareena had to say about John.

"In any case, everyone is entitled to her opinion. If Kareena thinks John is expressionless then so be it. He's a grown up man. He can fight his own battles. I certainly won't jump in the fray for anyone else, not even my boyfriend. I don't wish to start a war of words with Kareena or anyone else."

The seeming retaliation has reactivated the whole Kareena-Bipasha war that goes back to the days of Abbas-Mustan's Ajnabee  when, during a stint in Switzerland, the two actresses had exchanged harsh words over Kareena's costume designer lending his talents to the Bengali beauty without her consent.

As for Bipasha's opinion on Kareena, "I was asked what I felt about her acting. And I gave my opinion. I also made comments on Tanushree Dutta and Sunny Deol. And they weren't meant to be offensive."

Bipasha has just returned from a long stint in Dubai for Abbas-Mustan's Race to do a shampoo ad in Mumbai.

"It's strange. But on the show I was asked who's my favourite and I said Saif Ali Khan. When I said it, I hadn't even worked with him. If comments on the show are strategized in a particular way the interviewee can't help it." (IANS)

"She just wouldn't go out with us and would simply disappear after the shoot," says one of her co-stars.

"Sometimes even I have my moods," said a candid Bipasha. "I know they all got anxious. I was going out every night with them. Usually, I don't go out while I'm shooting because I like to report the next morning on time and be fresh. But in Durban they'd all wait for me to finish gym and we'd all go out every night."

After 20 days of swinging till the wee hours, Bipasha had a mood swing.

"I just didn't want to go out any longer. They got panicky. 'What happened? What's wrong?' Akshaye Khanna was especially insistent. But there was nothing the matter. I just wanted to call it a day at a decent hour, watch a film on DVD and sleep early. So for the next 15 days I didn't go out at all."