Priyanka Chopra ‘might have had childhood PTSD trauma’ about her complexion, says mom Madhu: ‘Everyone in the family was gora-chitta’

Priyanka Chopra's mother Madhu Chopra revealed the reason as to why Priyanka did not feel beautiful even after winning Miss India.

Priyanka Chopra's mother Madhu Chopra said PC 'might have had childhood PTSD trauma'. (Photo: Priyanka/Instagram)

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Actor Priyanka Chopra has often spoken out against colorism in Bollywood and has shared experiences from her childhood with regards to facing discrimination due to her skin colour. In a recent interview, when Priyanka’s mother Madhu Chopra was asked as to why Priyanka felt discriminated against as a young woman, even though her parents were extremely supportive and she always looked beautiful, she mentioned that it was her “childhood PTSD trauma.”

In conversation with Bollywood Hungama, Madhu was asked about why Priyanka felt “she was not pretty” even after winning the Miss India title. Madhu replied, “I think she might have had childhood PTSD trauma because when she was very young, everyone in the Chopra family was ‘gora-chitta’ (fair) except her father. And she went on her father and she was not at all that bad, she was very good looking, she had a ‘gehu’ (wheatish) complexion. But there were few people who taunted her about her complexion and maybe that remained in her head. Apart from that she was a stunner.”

Madhu further said that when she went to America to meet Priyanka, who was then 15-years-old, she could not recognise her. “I crossed her at the airport, could not recognise her. She was such a stunner,” she recalled.

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Priyanka’s mother revealed that there was one person in their family who used to say things about Priyanka’s appearance jokingly. Madhu also said that Priyanka never minced her words and gave it back to the relatives who taunted her. Madhu said, “She tells them ‘because of you I have become this today. You told me so I improved myself so much’.” She added, “Priyanka was always good looking, even as a baby. She was the most perfect baby born. She was always very good looking.”

On the work front, Priyanka was last seen in Amazon’s Citadel and the film Love Again. The actor recently visited India and attended the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. She will next be seen with John Cena and Idris Elba in Heads of State. Her Bollywood film Jee Le Zaraa, also starring Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif, is also in the pipeline.

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