Published 14:11 IST, January 27th 2021

'Affected my confidence': Priyanka Chopra opens up about facing racist bullying in the US

Global sensation Priyanka Chopra is riding high on a success spree, however, she looked back at the time when she faced racist bullying in the US school.

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Global sensation Priyanka Chopra is enjoying success of her recently released movie White Tiger, but in an interview, she opened up about memories of something she will never forget in life. Priyanka recalled time when she faced racist bullying while attending an American high school. actress has w shifted her base to US and was recently featured as cover for Marie Claire magazine. She talked about incident and how it shook her confidence level after that. actress even spoke about time when she was picked on for her ethnicity when she went to school in Newton, Massachusetts. 

Priyanka Chopra on racial bullying

Sharing her thoughts on same, actress revealed that children who targeted her for her dark complexion did t even understand why y were doing so. Furr, she said that she feels those children h decided that y were more powerful than someone else. Priyanka said that if someone picks on someone n it is because of ir own insecurities. actress who is basking in success of her recently released film  White Tiger on Netflix also opined on bullying happening at every and is t bound by any religion. Priyanka shares that it happens with positions of power and everyone has witnessed that abuse in multiple ways.

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actress while concluding her thoughts and words said that while she can make sense of torment w, she was completely shattered back n after hearing comments from people about her ethnicity. She asserted that all those comments affected her versely and she felt exposed. actress during her interview with prominent magazine also spoke about her experience of endorsing skin-whitening creams in India. actress confessed that she stopped being a part of such campaigns after moving to Hollywood. She even revealed that her upcoming memoir, Unfinished also speaks volumes about time where she used to be a part of such campaigns and how after some time she refrained from being a part of it. actress even recalled old days where she used to apply talcum powder on her face to look fair. She revealed that she applied powder with a mentality that it would make her look pretty. 

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14:11 IST, January 27th 2021