Body Shamed In School, Karan Johar Reveals Why He Wears Oversized Clothes

Filmmaker Karan Johar’s fashion sense is well appreciated by his fans. He is often spotted wearing vibrant and oversized outfits.

Recently, in a conversation with Twinkle Khanna on Tweak India, Johar opened up about his insecurities about his body image and the reason why prefers wearing baggy clothes. He recalled how his school and college classmates used to refer to him as ‘Pansy from Green Lawns High School’ or ‘pansy from HR College’. Pansy is a derogatory term used to refer to feminine men.

He said, “That wasn’t my f*****g identity you know and that’s what it had become. When I entered college from school I realised I had to wear ‘manly clothes.’ I cannot wear stuff that I want to wear. I’ll wear check shirts, jeans and sneakers so that I can fit in. I hope and pray that kids today don’t ever have to go through what we went through at that time. I hope parents are more understanding.”

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“I have a big problem with fitted clothes because even if there’s a small roll, my mind will immediately go to that. I still look all around me when I enter the room. Now I have made it a thing where I wear these oversized clothes, but I actually can’t bear any tight thing, a t-shirt, shirt bothers me to no end,” Johar added.

He also admitted that he still hasn’t come to terms with his past as the word ‘pansy’ used to haunt him.

Celebs Who Were Body Shamed During Childhood

Body shaming is a sensitive topic that can have an impact on a person for a long time. Here are a few other celebrities who also opened up on the struggles of facing body shaming in their childhood.

Sonakshi Sinha

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Recently, in an interview with Firstpost, Sonakshi Sinha also opened up about being body shamed while growing up. She said that she was an overweight child and used to get teased a lot in school and a lot of name-callings used to happen to her.

Tejasswi Prakash

In an interview with Idiva, Television actor Tejasswi Prakash revealed that she was skinny-shamed in school. She said that she used to be extremely skinny in school and people used to call her a ‘hanger’.

Vaishnavi

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Actor Vaishnavi revealed in an interview with ETimes that she was body shamed while growing up. She said that as a child she wasn’t physically active and it led to her putting on a lot of weight. Due to this, people used to make fun of her and call her names like gundamma (fatso).

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