The Big Bull actress Ileana D’Cruz recently opened up about her days when she has faced body shaming and faced nasty comments on social media.
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The actress is popular in Bollywood and the south film industry, and these days she is motivating her fans with her workout posts.
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She has been keeping her Insta-fam on their toes by giving glimpses of her daily updates during the lockdown. With more than 13.1 million followers on Instagram itself, Ileana recently took to the social platform to post hot and fun images, which later went viral.
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A few months ago, Ileana interacted with her fans over a question-and-answer session on Instagram that took an ugly turn.
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One of her followers asked an offensive question to Ileana asking her about the time she lost her virginity. "Man...When did you lose your virginity?" asked the individual. But the actress was not ready to take the question in her stride. She shot back at the user and replied, "Wow. Nosy much?? What would your mother tsk tsk (sic)."
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In a recent interview with Bollywood Bubble, Ileane talked about her these days when she went through body-shaming. She was just 12-years-old when it happened, "I remember those days like it was yesterday. It’s weird because it’s a very deeply ingrained scar. I went through body-shaming right from the time I was 12. I had just hit puberty and growing up. You are hit with these weird comments. And people are passing comments about your body and saying, ‘Oh My God, why is your butt so big?’ And I am like, ‘What do you mean?’ You think you are fine and then suddenly you have random people saying things about you and you start to believe what they are saying. So I think it’s a deeply ingrained scar because you are carrying it for so many years. It takes a lot of inner strength to tell yourself that what they are saying doesn’t matter. What your feel about yourself is most important. And it’s something I tell myself every single day."
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The actress also urged people not to give importance to such people and always stay positive. She said, "I have at least 10 messages that I can find on my Instagram right now about body shaming for sure. So there’s always going to be somebody saying something about you and it’s harsh. And as much as I would like to tell people, can you please be more kind more sensitive because you don’t understand how much it can affect somebody else. The only thing that’s in your control is you and how you think about yourself. So I would constantly just tell people your opinion about yourself is what matters the most. The hell with the world, the hell with what they think. Only your opinion matters. You are someone who is going to live with your body. There are days when I am like, ‘I don’t like this. Is my stomach too bloated?’ But now I am like, ‘No it’s fine, there’s a uterus in there so it’s fine. It’s alright. It’s not gonna be flat."
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She has also been vocal about her struggle with body dysmorphic disorder for 15 years. Not just that, she also talked about her going into depression and said that overthinking makes anxiety worse.
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