It is well known fact that underneath all the glitz and glamour, the world of show business is really dark and most actors/models are not unaffected by it. One of the most popular and successful Bollywood stars, Priyanka Chopra recently talked about the dark side of showbiz. The industry thrives on unrealistic physical standards which are normally unattainable by normal people. These are quite harmful for masses as well as for stars in more ways than one.

Priyanaka shared how she considered these toxic practices to be normal. "Obviously, being raised in the industry and having such a tight lens on what my shape was, what my figure was or what my measurements were, minutely looking at every part of me, I kind of grew up for a while in my 20s, thinking that was normal," she said.

Apparently, one can't stay young forever and bodily changes are inevitable with age. However, that is not acceptable in the world of showbiz. Priyanka said, "I think over time when my body started changing and I went through that phase when I was eating my emotions, my body started changing, I reached my 30s, I went through struggle because I used to get online grief from people like, ‘You are looking different, you are ageing’, this and that. It messed with my mind at that time. My mind was already in such a dark place and I didn’t have time for it. My relationship with social media changed, my relationship with the internet changed… I incubated myself in a way where I protected myself, I went into my Cancerian self-preservation self and got back into my shell."