Deepika Padukone Opens up About Racial Discrimination in Hollywood
Deepika Padukone is currently at the Paris fashion week
She is the only Indian celebrity to represent the country there
She has been joining the likes of Ana de Armas, Alicia Vikander among other Hollywood celebrities
During her interaction at the event, Deepika bravely called
out the racial stereotypes in Hollywood and how the West perceives outsiders
Deepika revealed that it used to upset her every time she went to the US
and being at the receiving end of some of the things that have had been said and done
She also revealed the reason why she has not done more global movi
es
after her big Hollywood debut opposite Vin Diesel in xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Without naming the person, Deepika recalled her interaction with a Hollywood actor
"I know this actor… I met him at this Vanity Fair party, and he said
‘Hey by the way, you speak English really well.’ I didn’t even realise what that meant
And when I came back I said, ‘What do you mean you speak English really well?’
Did he have this notion that we don’t speak English?’” she told Business of Fashion