Bollywood actress Ileana D’Cruz has spoken up about her traumatic experiences of being eve-teased and harassed. The 30-year-old actress took to Twitter, shared an article of a woman exposing her ex-boyfriend’s attempts of harassing her, and added her own story.
Absolutely despicable piece of crap!so proud of this girl who exposed this swine! Whoever u r lady #madrespect ❤❤❤https://t.co/xTniQ2kPGe
— Ileana D'Cruz (@Ileana_Official) January 31, 2017
The Barfi actress lauded the “anonymous” blogger for her guts in bringing the trauma to the notice of everyone and also spoke about her personal experiences of being harassed.
Ileana tweeted:
I've been a victim of eve teasing n harassment n it's traumatic.
I'm lucky I have beautiful parents who gave me strength when I needed it❤— Ileana D'Cruz (@Ileana_Official) January 31, 2017
Sorry for the rant. This infuriates me. This was the second part to the story. Absolutely no bloody excuse for this! https://t.co/8nyusZHt58
— Ileana D'Cruz (@Ileana_Official) January 31, 2017
Sorry. Not sorry!
— Ileana D'Cruz (@Ileana_Official) January 31, 2017
The actress’ fans appreciated her straightforwardness. She has always been open about her private and professional life. A report in Indian Express quotes Ileana, “I am not the sort of person, who sweeps things under the rug.”
Ileana is currently busy with the shoot of Anees Bazmee directorial, Mubarakan. The film also stars Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor and Athiya Shetty. The film is touted as a family entertainer. She was last seen in Akshay Kumar starer Rustom.