Priyanka Chopra’s interview with the iconic host of the talk show Oprah Winfrey on Super Soul has been generating a lot of news. The main topic of conversation is Chopra’s recently published memoirs entitled Unfinished: A Memoir.
But from the memoirs, in which Chopra writes about his remarkable life, come stories of his childhood, career, family, relationships, and marriage. So the conversation is pretty uninhibited.
Here are five takeaways from the interview:
1. Priyanka Chopra firmly believes in God
During the interview, PeeCee said that as an Indian, she was exposed to almost every major religion and religious practice while growing up and believing in a higher power. She said during the interview: “In India it is difficult not to do it, you are right. With the growing number of religions living in the country … I grew up in a convent school. So he was aware of Christianity. My father sang in a mosque. I was aware of Islam. I grew up in a Hindu family. He was aware of it. Spirituality is such a big part of India that you can’t ignore it. ”
2. When your faith was tested
It was his father’s death that tested Priyanka’s faith. She told Oprah in response to a question: “I was very angry. My relationship with God changed a bit. But at the same time, I feel that God has helped me to find salvation and to get out of it as well. But at that moment it was tried. Oh man, I went to all the temples where I was. I said all the prayers I had to say. I knew all the gods or women I needed to know, all the doctors I had to go to. I flew my dad to Singapore, New York, Europe, India, everywhere, just to do everything I could to prolong his life. It’s such a helpless feeling. “
3. She was harassed and racially harassed at school
Priyanka revealed that she moved to Boston, USA, at 16 years old. There he was the target of intense racial harassment. She told Oprah, “High school is tough anyway. Being an adult, understanding your body as a woman. At the same time, devaluing me for something I couldn’t change. I wasn’t aware that this it was something I should be ashamed of. “
4. How Priyanka judged the book for its cover with respect to Nick Jonas
During the interview, Oprah talked about Nick’s topic and how Priyanka has written in the memoirs that his mother “dreamed of” him. Priyanka said that when she first looked at Nick, she might have “judged the book by the cover.” He added: “Maybe I judged the book by the cover. Honestly, I didn’t take it very seriously when Nick was texting me. I was 35, I was like, ‘I want to get married, I want to have kids. He is in his twenties, if not, I would like to do it ”. I did it for a while until I went out with him. “
5. Priyanka regrets not defending herself when she was mistreated by the filmmakers
Priyanka talked about her struggles in the early days in the film industry involving a director who forced her to do a dance performance. He revealed that because he was a newcomer, he could not find the courage to express his opinion. She said, “I was so scared. I was new to the world of entertainment and girls are always told that “you don’t want to have a reputation for being hard to work with”. So I worked within the system. “