Published 19:28 IST, June 9th 2020

When Priyanka Chopra stated the reason why she stopped endorsing fairness brands

In an old video that is currently all over the internet, Priyanka Chopra can be seen talking about why she stopped endorsing fairness brands

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In an old interview with a news portal, Priyanka Chopra revealed why she stopped endorsing fairness brands. Desi Girl told that she endorsed a fairness brand for almost a year after which she realised that she didn’t want to do it. She said that in her family, her cousins were all fair, while she was dusky as her far has a dark complexion. So her family used to call her with names like ‘Kaali’ (black) for fun.

ding to that, she said by of 13, because of all names she was called, she felt like applying a lot of fairness cream to change her complexion. So when she was endorsing brand at of 22 with same insecurities inside her, she realised that she is beautiful in her own skin and she doesn’t want to do this anymore. refore, she stopped doing it. Later, Priyanka Chopra also revealed that she was offered to be a part of several fairness commercials, but she denied offer.

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Priyanka slammed for being a hypocrite

Priyanka Chopra was recently criticised when she started supporting Black Lives Matter campaign after George Floyd's death. People questioned her for having selective r and support as actor h been a part of several fairness commercials. actor received a lot of criticism ever since  video of her endorsing a fairness brand resurfaced, which was after she took a stand on George Floyd’s death in US. She h shared a post on her Instagram where she h condemned acts of cop who knelt on George Floyd's neck for 8 minutes leing to his death. caption of her post discussed how 'race war' that exists in US and around world has to end.

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Amidst all trolling, a Twitter user shared an old video of Priyanka Chopra where she can be seen giving an interview. In interview, she can be seen claiming that she loves her dusky skin and would never endorse a fairness cream in her career. As soon as video went viral on social media, fans started shaming actor for her hypocrisy.

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19:28 IST, June 9th 2020