Priyanka Chopra Jonas recalls demeaning comment that made her cry

Priyanka Chopra Jonas is talking openly about the nasty comments she has heard being in the industry.

The Citadel star, 40, told Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke a tale from the day before that rocked her self-confidence at the opening of the 2023 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival on Friday.

"I've been told many things that are difficult to hear. In my job, the pressure is so intense you can't really show the chinks in your armor," she shared. "Someone told me yesterday that I wasn't sample-sized… I was hurt and I discussed it with my family, and I cried to my husband [Nick Jonas], and my team, and I felt really bad about the fact that I'm not sample size, and that's a problem, apparently, and most of us are not, and sample size is size 2."

"I have had times when I may have said something, and it's been misconstrued, and you see people saying the meanest and nastiest things not just about me, about my child, about my family members, and I think sometimes people forget you are even human," she continued.

The Quantico star further added: "And those pressures — it's inexplicable. I can't explain how it feels when you are sitting down on your couch and you just feel the world coming at you because people have forgotten that you are human."

"I think what you have to do is surround yourself with people who love you and surround yourself with people who care about you, and not about what you can bring to the table and not about what you can do for me. People who want to see you smile and be enriched," she added. "It doesn't have to be a room full of people — I can count them on my hands."

Along with being vulnerable about her body image, Chopra Jonas also spoke with Salke about how working on the upcoming series Citadel led to her receiving pay parity for the first time.

"When I did Citadel, it was the first time in my career that I had pay parity with my male costar — the first time in 22 years," she shared.

On April 28, the first two episodes of Citadel made their Prime Video debut. Afterwards, additional episodes would be released every week until May 26.

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