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Athiya Shetty reveals about being a victim of body shaming

Bollywood actor Athiya Shetty reveals about facing body shaming, the actress says, "People need to realise that body-shaming is not only associated with being overweight but also being skinny".

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Suniel Shetty’s daughter and Bollywood actress Athiya Shetty recently opened up about being a victim of body shaming in her childhood because she looked a certain way and that it took her a long time to gain her lost confidence.

Remembering those memories, she said, 

"Yes I have fallen into the category of body shaming when I was young. People need to realise that body-shaming is not only associated with being overweight but also being skinny. I have always believed that commenting on someone's weight, appearance or anything that can make them less confident is something that is inappropriate."

The actress highlighted the importance of carefully choosing words, she said,

"Our words have such an impact on people and our everyday lives. It's important to be kind and understand that how we feel reflects in our everyday activities as well as our everyday doings and it can come from a very subconscious place as well. So one has to be mindful of how they comment and what they say about people."


Talking about her healing process, Athiya said, 

"I used to be very, very conscious of my body and I still am, but I am a lot better because I am a lot more confident about myself and who I am as a person today."

Shetty also shedded light on the notion of beauty in society, saying, 

"There are so many false adjectives of beautiful. I think it is scary because you see so many people wanting to look the same way and because of social media it is also starting from a very young age which is sad."

The actress shared that flaws are a mark of being human and there's nothing wrong with imperfections, she concluded by saying,

"Being imperfect is your own perfect, it is important to help society understand that not everyone is the same so I think it's more spoken about for women rather than men to have different body types. All men don't need to be muscular and look a certain way because it is tough to sometimes be a certain way and you shouldn't need to feel that".

Meanwhile, on the work front, she has films like, ‘Mubarakan’ and ‘Motichoor Chaknachoor’ in her kitty.

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Athiya has a body of a model

2 years ago

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