Tamannaah Bhatia hits back at Ozempic rumours, says her ‘curves are not going anywhere’: ‘My tummy was coming out’

Tamannaah Bhatia spoke about whether she feels pressured to let go of her curves and conform to global beauty standards.

Tamannaah Bhatia talks about her physical transformation. (Photo: Instagram/Tamannaah Bhatia)

Actor Tamannaah Bhatia has recently been in the spotlight for her noticeable physical transformation. While some online trolls have accused her of using Ozempic, others have praised her new look. In a recent interaction, Tamannaah addressed the discussion and spoke about whether she feels pressured to lose her curves and conform to global beauty standards.

Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar India, Tamannaah explained that she has always had a naturally slender frame, especially in her 20s. She shared, “I have been in front of the camera since the age of 15 and people have seen me grow up in front of the camera, so there is nothing to hide. Till my late 20s I was a slender body type. That was always my body. This body in which I am right now is technically not new to me. I have grown up like this, and I have stayed like this.”

However, the actor admitted that she struggled to manage her weight during the Covid period, which she believes was when the Hindi audience formed an impression of her. For the unversed, Tamannaah was already an established name in the South before entering Hindi cinema. She gained widespread acclaim with S. S. Rajamouli’s Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), which gave her pan-India recognition.

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She shared, “This might be new for the Hindi belt of the audience, but I am nearing 100 films, so people have seen my work in so many different films and in so many different bodies, but essentially on the leaner side. But what people need to understand is that a woman’s body is always changing and every five years we see a different version of our own self.”

Tamannaah further revealed that maintaining her weight during the pandemic became a major challenge. “For me, Covid hit my body really hard and it became difficult to keep my body in the same weight as it was in my 20s. I struggled with it. I love food, I love to eat my rice, roti, dal.”

She added, “While doing all those healthy things, I still had to face the camera, and I began to feel that I don’t want to be conscious feeling a certain size and I’m constantly trying to correct it. I’m feeling like ‘Oh is my tummy outside?’ Because at some point, my tummy was coming out, and I was thinking what is happening to my body.”

Talking about dealing with inflammation and its effects, Tamannaah shared, “But inflammation is real. Any woman who is going through the cycle, she feels like her body is shifting. I went through the same in my early 30s and my curves are not going anywhere. My curves are not going anywhere because I am Sindhi. That hip and waist is not going anywhere because that is bone structure. I don’t think you will ever see me following global beauty standards because it’s aspirational to be Indian, people love our curves, and I think it’s time that we should embrace that.”

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