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setara_nosheen posts on PC’s affairs with
SRK (2006-2013)&
Akshay (2003-2006) but did you know about the several other actors she’s been linked to? Or the other messiness she’s been involved in? In this (rather long) collaboration post with
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reluctantlylove, we will take a look at the lives & trials of Ms. Piggy Chops aka PeeCee aka Priyanka Chopra.
RelationshipsAseem Merchant (1999-2001)![]()
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According to rumors, while Priyanka was trying out for Miss World in 1999, Aseem Merchant offered her a place to stay. They allegedly dated until 2001. In 2014, Aseem tried to make a movie on Priyanka’s life
until she put a stop to it.
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The dooziest of her relationships. Between 2005-09 Priyanka got engaged to
(flop) actor & heir to the Baweja Movie Productions, Harman Baweja while filming his
(disaster) debut Love Story 2050. It was rumored that
Priyanka was the one who had introduced him to her own surgeon to make him look like popular Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan. Harman denied it but pictures speak a thousand words.
Left: Hrithik &
Right: Harman
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Left: A poster from Hrithik’s debut movie "Kaho Na Pyaar Hai".
Right: Poster of the Harman’s dud Love Story 2050 with Priyanka.
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They did one more movie together, What’s Your Rashee?, before splitting up in 2009.
Gerard Butler (2009-2010)![]()
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Priyanka got linked to Gerard Butler in 2009 when she invited him to a party where he
supposedly "proposed" to her but she refused.(She was still with Harman during that time). Gerard denied the rumors but once joked that he was
"single because he was waiting for Priyanka".Shahid Kapoor (2009-2013)![]()
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The relationship between Priyanka & Shahid Kapoor started when they both worked together in 2009’s Kaminey. They sparked rumors when they appeared on Koffee with Karan Season 3 & while shooting 2012’s Teri Meri Kahani. It wasn’t until 2013 when Priyanka appeared once again on Koffee with Karan that she confirmed their relationship. Shahid would go on to hint
that one of his exes (either Priyanka or Kareena) had cheated on him.![]()
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In 2016, a PR item of her and Hiddleswift came out when they both presented at the Emmys together where they were seen
"openly flirting with each other". Priyanka went on to deny it by saying she was
"only with him onstage for 15 mins".
HOWEVER, the 2nd pic of them is at the Emmys rehearsal a day before which is obviously more than 15 mins so
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Nick Jonas (2017-)![]()
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On May 29th 2018, it was revealed that
PC & Nick Jonas have been dating & later got engaged. She also opted out of a Bollywood movie
"Bharat" due to her engagement, at least according to the director Ali Abbas Zafar
However this didn’t sit in well with actor Salman Khan & producer Nikhil Namit who claimed it was
"a little unprofessional" of her to give them two days notice.
A few days later,
she got cast in the Crisp Rat starrer Cowboy Ninja Viking which now has been
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In 2014’s Mary Kom, Priyanka played an IRL Indian female boxer who went through a lot of hardships before getting to her goal. While both PC & Mary are Indian, there was backlash with her casting seeing as the Bihari Priyanka looked nothing like the Manipurian Mary.
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There was also controversy when images released by make up Mark Garbarino showed Priyanka getting prosthetics to look more
"Asian". The filmmakers eventually opted for VFX effects
(done by SRK’s Red Chillies Ent. HMMT)&
the makeup artist was pissed that he didn’t even get paid for his work.![]()
Priyanka stayed silent on her casting but when the director Omung Kumar was confronted, this was his answer:
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"Yes, people have been wondering why I didn’t cast a North Eastern girl who resembles Mary Kom. But so what if Priyanka isn’t a Manipuri? I am not talking about just a Manipuri person. I am talking about an Indian girl who’s a role model to many. When you watch the film, you won’t miss it. Also, if Ben Kingsley can play Gandhi, then why can’t Priyanka play Mary Kom?" he retorts."I could have taken a new actress and made a smaller film. But it would’ve had a lesser reach. Hence defeating my purpose of making sure Mary Kom’s story reaches out to as many people as possible."![]()
First off, Ben Kingsley is actually
half Gujarati Indian& his real name is
Krishna Pandit Bhanji. His obvious skin darkening aside, he wasn't really doing brownface nor were the filmmakers stupid enough to hire a white actor to play Gandhi.
And even if the director wasn’t willing to cast a newcomer, he’s being ignorant about North East Indian actresses who could’ve done the role. From the top of my head I can think Masochon Zimik & Kimi Laldawla, both who starred in 2007’s hit Chak De India. Either one of them could’ve been considered & heck Zimik is actually from Manipur like Kom.
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Masochon Zimik (2nd from the right) as Molly Zimik & Kimi Laldawla (2nd from the left) as Mary Ralte in Chak De India!)There’s even Sikkimese actress Geetanjali Thapa who does Bollywood films & Shillong born Indian-Canadian actress Karen
(Shenaz) David who played Princess Jasmine in Once Upon a Time. Why weren’t either of them considered seeing as they’re both well established actresses of North East Indian heritage? It’s obvious that everyone involved in this movie just wanted the fame & fortune with no one giving a damn about the racial issues.
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Geetanjali Thapa & Karen David respectively Disregard for Social issuesPeeCee actually claims to be an
"advocate for colorism" in Hollywood. According to her, one director rejected her for a role because he thought she was
"too ethnic". She also wrote in an open letter after the finale of Quantico of how she
"(hopefully) cracked the door open for female talent and women of color to play leading ladies"Hilarious tho how she once said she
never liked the phrase "woman of color". Such inconsistencies, much wow.
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Now while she’s not lying about her rejection as it happens to a lot of POCs in Hollywood, it’s rather shady that she didn’t claim
"racism" when the same thing was happening to other WOCs. We also have to consider Priyanka’s rather white liberal answer to the 2016
#OscarsSoWhite boycott:
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She also goes onto say that she was cast in Quantico
(as a half white woman) because
"she was the best person for the job". But that’s total BS because the producers clearly
used her popularity as the main selling point for the show(Aunjanue Ellis was the original lead). Her answer, if anything, is hypocritical, tone deaf & self serving.
She also didn’t care much about the treatment of Muslims on her show. But when the show depicted Indians in a bad light,
she and those in charge were quick to apologize. Priyanka then caused controversy when she appeared on the cover Condé Nast Traveller of wearing this rather insensitive t-shirt.
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She also caused more controversy when she
took glamour selfies with her brother at a Holocaust Memorial in Germany where she was promoting Baywatch. If you’re thinking she wasn’t aware about the significance place, take a look at her captions.
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She ended up deleting them
(or they got deleted anyway seeing a these her from her Snapchat Story) when the public dragged her.
RacismPriyanka has shown signs or participated in projects which can be considered racist. The first instance of this comes from this commercial she did for Pond’s which was criticized for being racist.
While that was from the mid 2000s, here’s one for Garnier that came out in the early 2010s:
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(Yay for India’s obsession with white skin)Priyanka then said that she
regretted doing them but the damage was done sis.
Then there’s this scene in 2008’s Fashion where she sleeps with a black man & appears to be upset about it.
For comparison, she's shown sleeping with an Indian man earlier on in the film & you can see the difference.
(1:30 onwards)
While this is more on the filmmakers part, Priyanka wasn’t a newbie actress & considering she did this in a country where dark skin isn’t thought as "beautiful", it’s really NAGL.
Now Priyanka has often attributed her success to the fact that she was bullied and has been talking about it for years. We’re not condoning bullying or saying she was wrong, the problem is the revelation of her bully’s name and race.
In her 2015 appearance on the Anupam Kher show, Priyanka talked about her bullying days.
The full video is available online but it seems to be unavailable for some users so we have included a video with the selected parts:
Transcript for the non Hindi speakers: H: And there was something you were unhappy about in America?
PC: Yes usually you hear about racism between black people & white people but no one thinks about Indians. There were some girls who went up against me &
actually they were African American, they were black girls strangely.
H: And they didn’t like the color brown?
PC: No I don’t think they liked me.
H: Didn’t like you?
PC:
I was 16, they used to call me "brownie", said, "Go make curry", "Why are you even here?""Go back to your own country", used to write stuff on my locker and it really affected me.H: So what was the effect?
PC: You lose your confidence. I used to go early to school so that I enter the classroom first & avoid those girls. In the hallways. I used to leave late or even early so that I avoid them on the bus. There were even physical fights. So finally my mom came to visit & I said, "I just want to go home. I just need a break and to feel like I belong somewhere."
From another point in the interview:
H: So destiny had started to pave the way for you?
PC: I think so. That’s why I believe in destiny a lot. If you think about it, if that racism hadn’t happened to me,
Jeanine Stevens made my life. Jeanine Stevens, that’s was her name, my bully.This all had remained exclusive India but for some reason PC thought it was a good idea to name her bully in America too.
From her 2016 interview with Complex:
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"I was bullied by a freshman named Jeanine," she tells me, emphasizing the added shame of being picked on by a younger girl. "She was black, and supremely racist. Jeanine used to say, ‘Brownie, go back to your country, you smell of curry,’ or ‘Do you smell curry coming?’ You know when you’re a kid, and you’re made to feel bad about where your roots are, or what you look like? You don’t understand it, you just feel bad about who you are."At another point:
"It’s time for me to leave, but before I go, I steal her attention for one more question: "If you ran into Jeanine, that racist girl from high school, today, what would you say to her?"
She answers immediately, "Look at me now!" and laughs, sliding into a goofy dance, twirling her hands and slithering around the set, with not a tinge of spite or pettiness to be found in her reply. Life’s too good—and too busy—to dwell on the likes of Jeanine."![]()
Priyanka later went on The Wrap where she "forgave"&"thanked" her bully, although she didn’t mention the name.
(1:57 onwards)Aside from the racial undertones, it gets more problematic when you consider that the US elections were happening right around when she said this so…
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But anyhow, this didn’t sit in well with her black fans
(& non-fans), with many doubting that her bully was even "black". As the old yearbooks of her high school are archived online, it’s possible that "Jeanine" might not be
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E.(For the safety of the individuals involved, we will not be linking the source here)Other Messiness:-In
2012’s Barfi, Priyanka played the role of Jhilmil Chatterjee,
an autistic girl& a wealthy heiress alongside Ranbir Kapoor
(who played a deaf-mute Nepali oop). The movie was applauded for spreading awareness about disabilities & almost made it as an Oscars nominee
until the plagiarism was discovered.
-Did a song with Pitbull called
"Exotic". K sis.
-Her late father was
accused of sexual abuse by a business woman when she was 12 but
he denied these charges. This makes Priyanka’s "Daddy’s Little Girl" tattoo seem a bit bizarre.
-Priyanka allegedly
allowed a sex trafficking ring (disguised as a spa) to rent an office in one of her buildings. PC claims she
"had no clue" but hilariously, her mom’s clinic was operating right beside it.
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Priyanka voiced the character of Ms. Marvel for a video game. For those who aren’t aware, Ms. Marvel is the FIRST superhero who is Muslim and Pakistani. That’s a huge fucking deal considering Muslims are either depicted as terrorists or taxi drivers. Actors Amir Khan, Salman Khan, and Shahrukh Khan are often cast in roles that aren’t characters with Muslim backgrounds but a lot has changed in Bollywood. Most Pakistani actors have been practically exiled from the industry because of the Indian government. Plus, "brown" people are NOT interchangeable. While Priyanka hasn’t spoken out about playing Ms. Marvel in a potential film,
her fans were clamoring for it. She seems to have been secretly replaced as the
character’s voice now sounds more like Kathreen Khavari’s.
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