EXCLUSIVE: Erica Fernandes on being thin-shamed: I would feel disrespected when I was stuffed with paddings to look voluptuous

Erica Fernandes is one of the most successful actresses in the telly world.  The actress was last seen in the popular television show, Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke Aise Bhi 3 with Shaheer Sheikh and her onscreen role of Sonakshi Bose is adored by fans. Despite all the love showered upon her by fans, she still faces trolling over her weight.

In an exclusive conversation with Erica Fernandes for Xtraordinary You on Bollywood Bubble, the actress revealed that she started off in the South Indian film industry and how she had to wear a lot of padding to look voluptuous. “I was thin-shamed a lot and I was very skinny compared to whatever they expected me to or a South actress needed to be at that point, so they wanted voluptuous women so they, used to stuff me I used to wear a lot of padding and I used to feel very-very bad because it’s uncomfortable like you’re not accepting the person the way they are and they used to put padding’s everywhere I had thigh pads and everywhere it used to be. I used to feel disrespected, it used to be like that but I’m glad that is that’s not the case anymore and people have moved on from that. Things are different right now which is very good.”

 

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Erica ventured into the TV business with her superhit show, Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke Aise Bhi in 2016. Later, she went on to bag the role of Prerna in the reprise version of the superhit TV show Kasautii Zindagii Kay. For the uninitiated, the actress was also a popular name down South industry before she ventured in the telly world.

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