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Ananya Panday opens up to Lilly Singh about being skinny-shamed, admits to Bollywood’s unrealistic beauty standards

Ananya Panday opens up to Lilly Singh about being skinny-shamed, admits to Bollywood’s unrealistic beauty standards

Ananya Panday isn’t shying away from calling out things as they are. In an honest, sit-down chat with Lilly Singh on the latter’s podcast, Ananya opened up about the very real eventuality of just not winning when it came to a unanimous stamp of approval. She went into detail about how when she had made her Bollywood debut with Student of the Year 2 (2019), she was incessantly skinny-shamed for having “chicken legs” and looking like a “matchstick”. However, when growing up her body began to do its thing, naturally filling out and giving her her subtle curves, there was still plenty of unfounded conjecture still going around. Ananya Panday acknowledges Bollywood’s role in promoting unrealistic beauty standards, opens up about her experience being skinny-shamed Ananya shared, “I was 18-19 when I started out and I was really skinny you know, and everyone, you know, used to kind of make fun about that and they were like ‘oh, you have chicken legs and you like, look like a matchstick, and you don’t have tits, and …

Alaya F recalls being fat and skinny-shamed: ‘There’s literally no end to it’ | Bollywood

Alaya F often speaks her mind when it comes to her views on cinema and society. The actor recently opened up on being body-shamed by people while growing up. Alaya, in an interview with India Today, revealed that she has been both fat-shamed and skinny shamed. (Also read: Alaya F reveals mom Pooja Bedi attended dad’s second wedding: ‘I am extremely close to my step-mom’) Alaya F recently revealed about being body-shamed for her appearance.(Photo: Instagram) Alaya F reveals about being body-shamed Alaya, while recalling her experiences on being judged for her appearance said, “This is indeed a competitive industry. We all have our insecurities about our appearances and how we look but let’s admit that we are also way beyond how we look. My character in Bade Miyaan Chote Miyaan was also about that. Also, personally, for me, I have never always looked this way. Growing up I was a healthy kid. I was overweight, and I was fat-shamed all the time.”  She further pointed out, “It’s only now when I have dropped all …