Priyanka
Chopra
recently
faced
backlash
for
raising
her
voice
against
racism
she
had
been
endorsing
fairness
products
over
the
years.
Now,
fans
have
come
to
the
actress'
rescue,
as
an
old
interview
video
is
doing
the
rounds
on
the
internet,
in
which
Priyanka
can
be
seen
explaining
why
she
ended
up
endorsing
fairness
creams
in
the
past.
The
interview,
reportedly
taken
in
2015,
shows
Priyanka
talking
to
Barkha
Dutt.
Priyanka
went
on
to
accept
that
she
didn't
like
doing
the
endorsements
and
decided
to
quit
right
away.
"I
felt
really
bad
about
it,
that's
why
I
stopped
doing
it.
All
my
cousins
are
gora-chitta
(fair)
I
was
the
one
who
turned
out
dusky
because
my
dad
is
dusky.
Just
for
fun,
my
Punjabi
family
would
call
me
'kaali,
kaali,
kaali'.
At
13,
I
wanted
to
put
fairness
creams
and
wanted
my
complexion
changed."
"But
then
I
got
into
films
and
I
didn't
understand.
And
I
did
do
a
fairness
endorsement
for
a
year
and
then
I
felt
like
'I
look
pretty
alright.' I
shouldn't,
I
don't
wanna
do
this
and
then
I
didn't
do
it,
but
I
was
also
finding
my
ground
that
time
as
I
was
21
or
22
years
old,"
revealed
Priyanka
in
the
interview.
Priyanka
Chopra
Reveals
Why
She
Does
Not
Endorse
Fairness
Creams
Anymore
After
many
Indian
actors
raised
their
voice
for
the
Black
Lives
Matter
movement,
Kangana
Ranaut
called
out
their
hypocrisy
for
promoting
fairness
creams.
She
said,
"The
Indian
celebrities
they've
been
endorsing
all
kinds
of
fairness
products
and
today
shamelessly
they
stand
and
say
black
lives
matter,
I
mean
how
dare
they?
Our
industry
even
shies
away
from
casting
darker
actors
for
characters
that
are
supposed
to
be
fair-skinned.
Kangana
Ranaut
Calls
Out
Priyanka
Chopra
For
Supporting
BLM
"Why
is
no
one
asking
them
about
these
million-dollar
deals
that
they've
been
doing
with
all
kinds
of
fairness
products
and
how
come
suddenly
all
black
lives
matter
because
racism
is
deep-rooted
and
when
you
have
commercialised
such
events
that
is
the
lowest
humanity
can
hit," added
Kangana.
Priyanka
Chopra's
BLM
Post
On
Instagram
Priyanka
in
BLM's
support,
took
to
Instagram
on
May
29
and
dedicated
a
post
that
simply
quoted
George
Floyd,
who
was
killed
by
a
white
police
officer
who
knelt
on
his
neck
during
an
arrest.
The
picture
read,
'please
I
can't
breathe.'-
Geroge
George
Floyd.
In
the
caption,
Priyanka
wrote, "We
all
have
a
responsibility
to
educate
ourselves
and
end
this
hate.
End
this
race
war
here
in
the
US,
and
around
the
world.
Wherever
you
live,
whatever
your
circumstances,
NO
ONE
deserves
to
die,
especially
at
the
hands
of
another
because
of
their
skin
color."