Actress Sameera Reddy has been an advocate for body positivity for the longest time. She has never shied away from sharing her own experiences with her social media followers, be it dealing with post-partum pregnancy or mental health. She often takes to her official handles to speak up about her experiences. Recently she opened up about how she was advised to go under the knife to get the perfect looks and body when she was at the peak of her career.
As reported by the Free Press Journal, the 45-year-old actress expressed that she was specifically asked to get a boob job when she was at the top of her career. She stated that she was glad she didn’t go under the knife to fit into the conventional beauty standard set by Bollywood. She went on to explain that he has been happier ever since she quit acting and gave up on the ‘pretense’ of maintaining the perfect body and looks. The De Dana Dan actress added, “I can't emphasise enough on the amount of pressure that was put on me to get a boob job at the top of my career. So many people kept saying, ‘Sameera, sab log kar rahe hain, aap kyun nahin’. But I didn’t want something like that inside me.”
Reddy explained how she believes in “internally fixing” herself. She went on to reveal how she didn’t listen to the plastic surgery advice as she was surrounded by good company. She also added that she never judges others who take the help of the surgeries and the botox. Recalling her days as an actress, Sameera added how she was also asked to apply filters. The best part of not being an active part of the film industry, according to her, is that she can finally show her followers her “real self.”
Quoted by the Free Press Journal, the mother of two, added, “I said I’ll show my skin when it is bad, I’ll show my cellulite and my weight. This is who I am. I am more grateful for doing this rather than being that perfect 36-24-36 figure. When you show your grey hair, your belly fat and your stretch marks, someone out there feels ‘there is somebody else like me’ and it takes away the pressure on them.”
Sameera Reddy has been enjoying time away from the limelight. Having married Akshai Varde in 2014, she is a proud mommy of two kids, a son Hans Varde and daughter Nyra Varde.
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