Deccan Chronicle

PC WAS BODY SHAMED

The actress also opened up about rumours surroundin­g her plastic surgery and said that her nose is original

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT

Actress Priyanka Chopra recently spoke about a lot of important topics, including body shaming, on the chat show The View, where she appeared as a co-host. “Before I became an actor, I met a producer-director about the possibilit­y of acting. I was a beauty pageant winner at that time; I was Miss World. And he said that everything was wrong about me. He said my nose was not proportion­ate, the shape of my body was not proportion­ate.” When host Joy Behar interrupte­d to ask if that’s her original nose, Priyanka replied, “Yes, this is my original nose.” The actress continued, “There is a false perception of what our bodies should look like. Especially when you are in the business, you put on a couple of pounds and people are body shaming you. It happens. Christmas happens to all of us. I am an Indian so I have Holi, Diwali, and my body fluctuates and I am fine with it.”

At the show, PC also spoke about how it’s okay for women to have late pregnancie­s. When Beyonce and Janet

A Bollywood producer said that everything was wrong about me. He said my nose, the shape of my body, was not proportion­ate

Jackson were being discussed as examples, the hosts on the show wondered if a false hope is being given to women.

“We’ve always been told that when you’re younger, you will have healthier children... I think people are already aware of that. But I also don’t think as a public person myself that it is the responsibi­lity of Janet Jackson or Beyoncé. I think we should be excited that we live in a time where science is allowing women to be able to take charge of our own lives.”

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