Ileana D'Cruz Reveals She Was Body-Shamed At 12: "It's A Deeply Ingrained Scar"

In an interview, Ileana D'Cruz shared that "random people" started body-shaming her when she was 12 years old

Ileana D'Cruz, who was recently seen in the film The Big Bull, has been quite vocal about battling body-shaming in her life. But do you know that the actress has been dealing with this issue since her childhood? The actress recently spoke about her journey stating that "random people" used to comment on her body from when she was as young as 12. In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Ileana said, "I remember those days like it was yesterday. It's weird because it's a very deeply ingrained scar. I went through body-shaming right from the time I was 12. I had just hit puberty and growing up. You are hit with these weird comments. And people are passing comments about your body and saying, 'Oh My God, why is your butt so big?' And I am like, 'What do you mean?'..." Speaking about the horrifying experience, Ileana added that such comments have stayed with her like a "deeply ingrained scar" which she has been carrying with herself for years. "You think you are fine and then suddenly you have random people saying things about you and you start to believe what they are saying. So, I think it's a deeply ingrained scar because you are carrying it for so many years. It takes a lot of inner strength to tell yourself that what they are saying doesn't matter. What your feel about yourself is most important. And it's something I tell myself every single day," she said.