3 hours Ago By Risha Ganguly
Ananya Panday has had a great year with both Call Me Bae and CTRL being loved by audiences. The actress, who used to be the favourite target of trolls, has now won over some of her major critics. Ananya recently looked back on the time she was bullied in her school.
She also recalled the time anonymous accounts online doubted her education credentials when she decided to pursue her career as an actor with Student of the Year 2. Ananya Panday on being bullied in school In a chat with Barkha Dutt, Ananya opened up about getting bullied in school and the huge impact of social media. She said, "When I was in school, social media had just started.
I was called all sorts of things, like hunchback, flat screen, chicken legs...
That was in school, we were in our bubble. Now, because of social media, the smallest voice can be amplified. It did affect my self-confidence, it still does today.
Self-love is a journey, not the destination." Ananya recalls rumours spread about her The actress was also the target of online trolls after someone spread rumours about her faking her education. Ananya said, "When I had just started out, in my first year, someone made a fake account on Instagram and they started writing that they were in school with me and I was like this and like that, and I had lied about my education.
.. And at first, I was like, ‘No one is going to believe that’.
But people did believe it. And then, when it spun out of control, that really upset me." ALSO READ: Bhavana Pandey Reveals She Was In Therapy After Ananya Panday Got Brutally Trolled: Affected Me More Than Her The rumours were not just about her education, but also about Ananya being a bully and a cheater in relationships.
The actress had then addressed the rumours and made a post clarifying that she indeed had an offer letter from her dream university. "I didn’t want to do this. I didn’t feel like I needed to explain myself to anyone, but the rumours that I faked my admission at USC have been doing the rounds for a while now.
They've been getting out of hand, and it’s even more unfair and sad that my family and friends have to go through this. As I've stated earlier, I was accepted by Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at USC for a major in Communication in the Spring 2018 semester" She further added, "As for the people who have been trying to pull me down with these accusations, I would like to send you all lots of love, peace and positivity. And would also like to say that even though they’re claiming to be my classmates (nameless and faceless) – I’m sure they aren’t because I’ve grown up with the people I went to school with and they would never do something like that.
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