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Priyanka Chopra Reflected On The Botched Nose Surgery That Sent Her Into A “Deep, Deep Depression” In The Early ’00s
Priyanka Chopra Reflected On The Botched Nose Surgery That Sent Her Into A "Deep, Deep Depression" In The Early '00s,“This thing happens, and my face looks completely different, and I went into a deep, deep depression."

Priyanka Chopra Reflected On The Botched Nose Surgery That Sent Her Into A “Deep, Deep Depression” In The Early ’00s

Priyanka Chopra reflected on the botched nasal surgery that could have ended her career in the ’00s.

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She subsequently went through a number of corrective procedures over the decades that passed. She previously appeared to deny having plastic surgery on her nose, attributing her changing look to makeup.

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In an interview with Howard Stern earlier this week, Priyanka was asked about the botched surgery. “It was a dark phase,” she began.

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“This thing happens, and my face looks completely different, and I went into a deep, deep depression,” she continued, saying that she was fired from three different movies after the fact — leading her to believe that her career was “over before it started.”

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It was her father, a doctor himself, who supported her in going for the constructive surgery. “I was terrified of that, but he was like, ‘I will be in the room with you,’” she said. “He held my hands through it and helped me build back my confidence.”

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You can read more about what Priyanka had to say here.

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