Maanvi slams brand using her photo for fat shaming
Actor Maanvi Gagroo was in for a shock when she found out that her photo was used without her permission by a clothing brand, to promote the dress she was wearing, calling it a “style to hide your curves”. Lashing out at the portal, she claimed that she had not given the label the permission to use her picture, and she didn’t appreciate it being accompanied by a “distasteful tagline” that promotes fat shaming.
Sharing a screenshot of the online advertisement in her tweet on Thursday, she wrote, “I didn’t wear this dress to ‘hide my curves’. Not only does the brand NOT have my permission to use my picture as a sponsored post, they definitely don’t have my permission to fat shame ANYONE! I stand against everything this distasteful tagline points to.”
The actor, seen in films such as Ujda Chaman (2019) and Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, has been vocal about fat shaming in the past. When contacted, Gagroo, 34, said, “I don’t want to talk about this right now because currently we are not certain about how to we want to take this forward.” However, as per her tweet on Friday, the label has apologised and assured her that the ad has been withdrawn. “In the hope that this won’t happen again, the matter is now closed,” she wrote.