Superstar
Priyanka
Chopra
moved
to
the
US
to
live
with
her
extended
family
at
the
age
of
12.
However,
the
actress
soon
broke
up
with
the
country
and
returned
back
to
India
during
her
teen
days.
In
a
recent
interview,
the
Quantico
actress
bared
it
all
for
the
world
to
know
about
her
dark
phase
when
she
faced
racist
bullying
while
studying
at
an
American
high
school.
The
actress
recalled
how
she
took
all
the
bullying
personally
and
retreated
into
a
shell.
Priyanka
said
that
the
torment
was
so
bad
that
she
eventually
had
to
return
back
to
India
to
complete
her
schooling.
Speaking
about
how
all
the
bullying
took
a
toll
on
her,
Priyanka
told
People
magazine,
"I
took
it
very
personally.
Deep
inside,
it
starts
gnawing
at
you.
"I
went
into
a
shell.
I
was
like,
'Don't
look
at
me.
I
just
want
to
be
invisible.
My
confidence
was
stripped.
I've
always
considered
myself
a
confident
person,
but
I
was
very
unsure
of
where
I
stood,
of
who
I
was."
Further,
in
her
memoir
Unfinished,
PeeCee
has
mentioned
that
other
teenage
girls
would
yell
insults
like,
"Brownie,
go
back
to
your
country!" and
"Go
back
on
the
elephant
you
came
on"
as
she
walked
down
the
hall.
Priyanka
said
that
she
tried
to
ignore
the
bullies
and
sought
refuge
with
a
close
group
of
friends,
while
also
reaching
out
to
the
guidance
counselor
for
help.
However,
it
was
no
avail.
The
actress
was
quoted
as
saying,
"I
don't
even
blame
the
city,
honestly.
I
just
think
it
was
girls
who,
at
that
age,
just
want
to
say
something
that'll
hurt.
Now,
at
the
other
side
of
35,
I
can
say
that
it
probably
comes
from
a
place
of
them
being
insecure.
But
at
that
time,
I
took
it
very
personally."
The
former
Miss
World
said
that
she
finally
"broke
up
with
America"
and
returned
back
to
India
after
a
phone
call
with
her
parents.
"I
was
so
blessed
that
when
I
went
back
to
India,
I
was
surrounded
by
so
much
love
and
admiration
for
who
I
was.
Going
back
to
India
healed
me
after
that
experience
in
high
school,"
Priyanka
was
quoted
as
saying.
Priyanka
said
that
following
her
father's
advice,
she
decided
to
leave
her
baggage
behind.
"In
America,
I
was
trying
not
to
be
different.
Right?
I
was
trying
to
fit
in
and
I
wanted
to
be
invisible.
When
I
went
to
India,
I
chose
to
be
different,"
she
told
the
magazine.
Talking
about
how
she
regained
her
confidence,
Priyanka
revealed
that
she
started
participating
her
extracurricular
activities.
The
actress
recalled,
"People
were
like,
'Oh
my
gosh,
you're
so
good
at
this.
[That]
built
my
confidence,
having
made
new
friends
who
were
amazing
and
loving
and
doing
actual
teenage
things.
Going
to
parties,
having
crushes,
dating,
all
the
things,
the
normal
stuff.
It
just
built
me
up."
Priyanka
said
that
by
writing
her
memoir,
she
hopes
that
her
story
can
encourage
others
who
have
been
bullied
or
are
battling
the
resulting
"sadness"
and
low
self-esteem
that
she
experienced
in
her
life.
Well,
we
must
say,
it's
quite
brave
of
PeeCee
to
open
up
about
how
a
global
icon
like
her,
too
have
had
her
share
of
struggles
in
life.
Priyanka
Chopra
is
currently
busy
with
the
promotions
of
her
upcoming
Netflix
film
The
White
Tiger
which
also
stars
Rajkummar
Rao
and
Adarsh
Gourav
in
pivotal
roles.