'The Family Man' star Priyamani reveals she was called ‘black’, ‘aunty’ and ‘old’ by social media trolls

Actress Priyamani is currently enjoying the success of her web series, ‘The Family Man 2’. A prominent face in the South film industry, Priyamani has acted in Bollywood films as well. Recently, the actress revealed that like any other star, she too has been a victim of social media trolls and has been called names like ‘aunty’, ‘old’ and ‘black’.

While speaking to Bollywood Bubble, the actress said, “If I post something without makeup, half of them say, ‘Oh with make up your looking good without make up your looking like an aunty,’ So what! If not today, tomorrow you will also become an aunty. Then somebody said, ‘Oh! you are looking old’, So what? Tomorrow you will also become old. I think you should accept your age and the fact that way you look. Let’s face it, I will wear makeup when I want to wear makeup.

The actress also said that she feels ‘why should I change myself to please you’ and more than anything she gets affected when people attack her skin colour on social media.
 
“Another thing is, make up for me I like to wear it only during shooting or I’m in front of a camera. Most of the times my husband and I will have arguments because of this. He will be like, ‘I always told you to wear makeup, look good, look presentable.’ Sometimes I feel he is right, sometimes I feel why should I change myself to please you. This is me, this is who I am and I am very comfortable like the way I am,” she said.

She added, “What I get personally more than the weight is the skin colour. People are like, ‘You are looking black, ‘looking dark,’ and even the photos some people say, ‘Your face is white but your legs are dark.’ What is wrong with you and what is wrong with me? Even if I am a dark-skinned girl, I don’t believe I am fair, I am wheatish. First of all, don’t call anybody black because even black is beautiful. Lord Krishna looks beautiful. So don’t comment like this and even you have something keep it in your mind. You may think that you get 1-minute fame from this, but it is wrong. You don’t know how deeply it will affect the person you are commenting on.”

Priyamani essays the role of Manoj Bajpayee's on-screen wife in ‘The Family Man’. She made her Bollywood debut with Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan starrer, ‘Raavan’. She has also worked in Shah Rukh Khan’s hit movie, ‘Chennai Express’ in the popular dance number ‘One Two Three Four’. She will next be seen in sports biographical ‘Maidaan’ opposite Ajay Devgn.