When Sameera Reddy was asked to undergo knee surgery for her height: ‘I grew tall really fast’
It took Sameera Reddy many years to become the confident, body-positive person that she is today. The actor keeps it candid, real and relatable on social media, never shying away from speaking about her ‘imperfections’ and the flawed idea of beauty that the society chooses to believe, and one that is perpetuated means of filters on social media platforms.
The mother-of-two recently made an unusual revelation. While speaking during an episode of her podcast series “#Limitless” — for which she was joined influencer and plus-size model Sakshi Sindwani — Reddy said the narrative surrounding beauty standards needs to change.
“It is years of conditioning — it is ads and magazines, and of course, actresses who come and say, ‘We just wake up in the morning, we just look like this’. Being slim, being fair, being the ‘perfect size’, light eyes, wearing coloured lenses, everything is a marketed package. It is being sold at every level; I have to say, I have been a part of it. I have done it myself for years, being a part of the industry where I never told anybody that I was pleasantly-plump as a teen.”
The ‘Vaaranam Aayiram‘ actor further said she weighed 102 kg. “I had many moments of meltdowns. I [had] told my PR agency I would like to talk about this, and they said ‘no’.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, the 43-year-old shared that she struggled with her “chunky, beefy thighs” all her life, and after giving birth to her two children, she had cried in front of the mirror, wondering what happened to her body. “I still have moments of doubt and self-loathing. Every day, it is a work-in-progress.”
Reddy added that she intends to change the narrative for the sake of her daughter. “My daughter Nyra is three years old, and I remember being young and being told that I was not fair enough. I was plump, and I actually grew tall really fast. One aunty told my mother, ‘Iski knee surgery karwa do‘ (Get her knees operated on to reduce her height).”
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