It's racist, ignorant: Deepika Padukone on being called Priyanka

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Bollywood divas Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra have made their presence felt in Hollywood. While both of them made everyone crazy in India, the foreign media still seems to be confused in recognising the two actresses. Let’s take a look at what Deepika Padukone has to say on this...

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It's racist, ignorant: Deepika Padukone on being called Priyanka

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone finally reacts on being called Priyanka in the West. Deepika seems to be annoyed with foreign media.

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Deepika Padukone, who has been mistaken for Priyanka Chopra by the foreign media in the US multiple times, says it's racist and ignorant for people to assume that people with similar skin tones are the same.

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It was surely an oops moment for the 'xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage' actress Deepika Padukone to react when media didn’t recognise her at Los Angeles airport.

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In an interview, Deepika said, "To me, it's racist and ignorant. And as a fellow Indian, you (the media) should also be not very happy about. I think just because people have similar skin tones, doesn't mean they are same people."

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Deepika added, "As people in a place of power that the media has, instead of creating a tabloid piece out of it, people should be educating them further."

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As per the video, which is going viral on social media—Deepika Padukone was mistaken for Priyanka Chopra as she stepped out of the Los Angeles airport.

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The actress, however, didn't respond to the continued greetings 'Hello Priyanka' and walked away elegantly.

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This is not the first time that Deepika has been referred as Priyanka by foreign media.

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Deepika Padukone was similarly mistaken as Priyanka during the LA promotions of her movie 'xXx: Return Of Xander Cage'.

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Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has already established herself in Hollywood with not just a film ‘Baywatch’ lined up, but also her hit TV series 'Quantico' along with a couple of international singles.

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