Jun 21, 2025 06:12 AM IST

Diana Penty mentioned her experiences of catcalling and body-shaming throughout her faculty years, highlighting the challenges she confronted whereas commuting in Mumbai.

Actor Diana Penty not too long ago opened up about how she was catcalled whereas travelling to varsity by native prepare. In an interview with Hauterrfly, the actor revealed how folks used to elbow her throughout her commute and recalled going through body-shaming for being too skinny. (Also Read: Imtiaz Ali dropped Diana Penty from Ranbir Kapoor’s Rockstar after 3 weeks of workshop; actor says ‘he felt I wasn’t…’)

Diana Penty remembers going through physique shaming for being too skinny.

Diana Penty on being catcalled whereas travelling in a prepare

When requested whether or not she had ever been touched inappropriately whereas travelling on a bus or in a crowd, Diana mentioned, “I think every girl in Bombay has gone through this. To go to college, St Xavier’s, I used to take the train—the central line from Byculla to VT—and then walk to college. There’s catcalling, and people try to elbow you. It became a part of daily life. I was a very shy, underconfident, conscious and awkward girl. I would go into a shell. It would scare me. I didn’t have the confidence to elbow back.”

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Diana Penty on being body-shamed for being too skinny

Diana additionally recalled that from the time she was a toddler up till round six or seven years in the past, she was skinny and confronted body-shaming. “It scarred me. You’re a child, and if people keep telling you, ‘Oh, you’re so skinny, you don’t eat?’ And some aunties would go up to my mother and say this. She used to get so irritated—like why wouldn’t I feed my child? As a child, you start becoming conscious of the fact that you’re too skinny. It was awful.”

She shared that her mom as soon as took her to a paediatric dietician, who suggested her to feed Diana six bananas a day—although she solely managed 4—and nonetheless, nothing modified. Diana revealed that she has spent her life attempting to achieve weight and never be as skinny. She recalled that she didn’t use to put on sleeveless garments and would preserve layering up to slot in with others.

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Diana Penty’s current and upcoming movies

Diana is presently seen within the film Detective Sherdil, which additionally stars Diljit Dosanjh, Boman Irani, Chunky Panday, and Banita Sandhu in lead roles. The movie is offered to stream on ZEE5. She will subsequent be seen in Section 84, which additionally stars Amitabh Bachchan and Nimrat Kaur in lead roles. The launch date for the movie is but to be introduced.