Sameera Reddy shares throwback picture to days when she 'stammered and was on the heavier side'

Sameera Reddy. Image source: Yogen Shah

Sameera Reddy may have been away from the silver screen for a while, but given the power of social media, the actor is making all the right buzz. For a long time, Sameera has been raising her voice against nepotism, groupism and racial discrimination. A few months back, she had narrated her personal experience over her physical attributes which had made her an unhappy person.

Now, the Taxi No.9211 actress has shared a picture on her Instagram handle taking her back to the days when she "stammered and was on the heavier side". She also opened up on the toxic comments she had to face because of her weight and stammering. Dressed in a white checkered shirt, she wrote, "Because I had it hard as a teenager who stammered and was on the heavier side, I will teach my kids to be kind and more tolerant and accepting of all differences. Not everyone is the same. It was very hard to go beyond the hurtful comments I would receive and I wish I could tell this young girl that she was more than perfect (sic)". Take a look:

Last year, Reddy who is the mother of two children had opened up about being compared to her sisters and then with the industry people over her looks. "I got a DM from a mom of a one-year-old on Instagram. She wrote that she doesn't feel beautiful, and she said she feels really fat. And she feels ugly. Oh my God! These are the words that I fight. I fight against them. I try my best to be fearless and show you how exactly how it is". said Sameera, who is a mother of two kids- Hans Varde and daughter Nyra.

She continued, "And then I went to the industry where I was compared to everybody. I tried to lighten my skin, I used to do crazy things like [use] coloured lenses because I wanted that fair, light-eyed look. I used pads on every part of my body which I felt was not keeping up with the norms. I did everything that made me feel more crap about myself. That's why today work harder to fight against any kind of shaming," she said. Check out the full video here:

The actress has been a part of films like Maine Dil Tujhko Diya, Musafir, Race, One Two Three, and De Dana Dan.