Ileana DCruz opens up about being constantly body shamed since hitting puberty Its a deeply ingrained scar

Actor Ileana D’Cruz has opened up about being body shamed since she was a child. She said that it 'takes a lot of inner strength' to convince oneself that 'what they are saying doesn’t matter'. The Barfi! actor also said that 'your opinion about yourself is what matters the most'.

"I remember those days like it was yesterday. It’s weird because it’s a very deeply ingrained scar. I went through body-shaming right from the time I was 12. I had just hit puberty and growing up. You are hit with these weird comments. And people are passing comments about your body and saying, ‘Oh My God, why is your butt so big?’ And I am like, ‘What do you mean?’ You think you are fine and then suddenly you have random people saying things about you and you start to believe what they are saying. So I think it’s a deeply ingrained scar because you are carrying it for so many years. It takes a lot of inner strength to tell yourself that what they are saying doesn’t matter. What your feel about yourself is most important. And it’s something I tell myself every single day,” she told Bollywood Bubble in an interview.

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