When Vidya Balan asked her masseuse to not comment on her body, and teared up due to the fat-shaming remarks

Actress Vidya Balan is turning 45 today, January 1, and wishes are in order for the National Award winner. The ‘Dirty Picture’ actress has always been the biggest cheerleader of body positivity, and in an industry where women are expected to look a certain way, she stood tall, feeling confident in her skin. Just like Rome wasn’t built in a day, Vidya Balan too had to come a long way to reach the phase of embracing all that she is.
Vidya Balan has recently recalled getting fat-shamed by a masseuse. In an interview with lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho, Vidya shared that after years of ‘agonising’ about her body weight, she took things into her own hands and decided to accept her body the way it is. Vidya Balan recalled that once a masseuse’s comment left her teary eyed. She revealed that she was getting a body massage and the masseuse asked ‘Arey phir se weight put on kar liya kya? (Did you put on weight again?).’ Vidya Balan expressed that she felt quite emotional as it was a very intimate space, and she had trusted the masseuse to get her body massage done. And that she was not there for the masseuse to sit and judge her body. “I am here so that she can actually calm my nerves, like make me feel better,” Vidya reminisced.

The actress revealed that she shut the lady, and asked her to not comment on her boday. “I said, ‘Mere body ke baare mein comment mat keejiye, mujhe achha nahi lagta (Don’t comment on my body, I don’t like it),” she reminisced.