Actress Sunny Leone transitioned from the adult film industry and made her Bollywood debut with ‘Jism 2’ in 2012. Since then, she has steadily progressed in her career. Loved for her charms and wit in various interviews, she found roaring support from her audience during a controversial interview with TV journalist Bhupendra Chaubey in 2016.
The journalist faced criticism for asking questions that were perceived as sexist. However, viewers admired Sunny for the grace and dignity she demonstrated in handling the situation. Now, looking back, she mentions that several Bollywood stars reached out to her in support after the interview, despite apprehensions about working with her before.
Speaking in an interview, she shared, “There were a few people who heard about the interview or saw it and got that cringe and reached out to say hello, which was really nice. Aamir Khan called me, Mr Anil Kapoor was one of them, I think Hrithik Roshan also called me, Sonam Kapoor as well. There were a few people, and all of them just said things like, ‘proud of you’ and ‘stay strong’.”
Sunny also opened up about her mindset when dealing with trolls and negativity on social media. When asked if hateful comments hurt her, she said, “I just don’t deal with it. If you pull all the layers of the cards I have up then of course, it hurts my feelings because you don’t want people to say such rude, nasty things but for the most part, I don’t pay attention. I have broken it down as to - they don’t know me, I don’t know them.”
She added, “They are completely entitled to their opinion and I just leave it at that… I can’t take what they say seriously because maybe they don’t take themselves seriously, maybe they are so angry with their lives. They are unhappy people, they have to say something bad about someone else.”
On the work front, Sunny received heaps of praise from critics and audiences for her impactful performance in Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Kennedy.’ The movie premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. It follows the story of an insomniac ex-cop who has been presumed dead but seeks redemption.