‘Big clash of egos’: When Priyanka Chopra’s dad banned her from wearing tight clothes

First Published Jun 9, 2020, 12:19 PM IST

In an interview, Priyanka Chopra revealed that her father Ashok Chopra was so strict in her teens

Priyanka Chopra was very close to her father and had also got a tattoo 'Daddy's lil girl' written on her wrist in her father's handwriting. Her father passed away in 2013 due to cancer.
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In an interview, Priyanka remembered him and revealed that her father was strictly against her wearing tight clothes.
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PeeCee also revealed that she was a 12-year-old when she left India and went to school in the US. When she came back, she was almost a young woman who was 16-year-old. PC's father was away from her when she was growing up.
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In the May issue of UK's Tatler magazine, Priyanka opened up about how strict her father was during the time, “I’d left as a 12-year-old flat-chested, curly-haired kid and I came back as a 16-year-old almost-woman. I think my dad was really shaken up by that. He didn't know what to do with me for the first couple of weeks.”
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Priyanka further remembered that her father had put bars on the window when young boys had started following her during her teens. “We had a big clash of egos,” she said.
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But she always had a good relationship with her father and was best friends with him. “No matter what you do, good, bad, or ugly, you can come and tell me. I will help you fix it. I won’t judge you, I will always be in your corner. I’ll always be on your team,” Priyanka recalled her father’s words.
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