A Look Into Priyanka Chopra’s Outstanding Speech At The Pre-Oscars Celebration

Our very own desi girl Priyanka Chopra was one of the hosts for the pre-Oscars party that was held in Beverly Hills on Wednesday and celebrated the 10 South Asian Oscar nominees. Wearing a black sequined saree, the actor gave an outstanding speech wherein she spoke about her journey and making a name for herself in Hollywood.

A video of her speech is making rounds on social media and people are praising her for her inspiring words. Addressing the South-Asian personalities in the audience, Priyanka recalled the time she met Aziz Ansari at the Golden Globes and could barely find any brown person among them.

 

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Outlook quoted her saying:

“Each and every one of you are here today because you are excellent in what you do. When I came here 10 years ago and started looking for work in America, I remember I was at a Golden Globes party and Aziz Ansari and I met at an after-party and it was just him and I and we wanted to count how many brown people were in the room and it was just us. And you know it was great, we congratulated each other, encouraged each other and we went out and met everyone else.”

However, 10 years later, PeeCee is thriving and how! And not just her, there were several others who broke the glass ceiling shoulder to shoulder like Lilly Singh, Mindy Kaling, Poorna Jagannathan, Jay Shetty, Hasan Minhaj, etc.

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“But today I am not someone else. Today I stand among peers, amongst colleagues, amongst south Asian excellence. And I have goosebumps, I am emotional, it makes me very proud.”

She went on to add:

“Haven’t been stepping out anywhere but had to come here tonight just to say this that I’m highly proud to be rubbing shoulders with all of you, to be encouraging you.”

Have a look at the video here:

 

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What a fabulous speech and indeed what a journey PeeCee has had!

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