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Uorfi Javed opens up about casting couch, reveals a director asked her to ‘act like his lover’: ‘I thought what kind of audition is this?’

In a recent interview, Uorfi Javed opened up about regretting not saying no to people and shared how a director once called her to his home for an audition and asked her to come close to him.

Uorfi Javed casting couchUorfi Javed talked about an unpleasent experience during her initiial days in Mumbai. (Photo: Uorfi Javed/Instagram)
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Internet sensation and TV personality Uorfi Javed, who is known for her sartorial choices, faced the casting couch during her initial days in Mumbai. In a recent interview, she opened up about the experience and shared how a director once called her to his home for an audition and asked her to “act like you are my lover.”

Speaking on Bollywood Bubble’s podcast Let’s Talk, Uorfi said, “The industry that we are in, is full of predators. We need to have that attitude, we need to say no, otherwise, people will take full advantage. Some people have even tried to do that. I have been through many incidents where I should have said ‘no’ but I couldn’t.”

Uorfi Javed’s experience with casting couch

Uorfi further talked about an unpleasant experience. She narrated, “I remember when I newly shifted to Mumbai, a director called me for an audition at his home. Without a camera, he told me, ‘Act like you are my lover and come close to me and hug me.’ I was like what kind of an audition is this? Where is the camera? But, instead of saying no, I just hugged him hesitantly and told him, ‘Sir, I am leaving’.”

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She did ask the director where he placed the camera. In response, the person told her, pointing towards his head, “This is my camera.” She said that she learnt some “important life lessons” because of such instances.

Uorfi Javed recently made an appearance on the second season of Bigg Boss OTT. She was a contestant on the first season of the show. Pooja Bhatt was quite impressed with her and wished she was a contestant in the second season instead of the first.

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