Kennedy actress Sunny Leone turns emotional recalling the infamous interview; Anurag Kashyap heaps praise 'People don't see beyond her...'

Sunny Leone attended the Cannes Film Festival wherein she promoted her movie Kennedy with Anurag Kashyap, Rahul Bhat and her producer husband Daniel Weber. The actress recalled her one of her infamous interviews.

By Shivani Pawaskar
Published: May 28, 2023 8:25 PM IST

Sunny Leone is one of the most talked about celebs right now. Especially after all the buzz around her movie with Anurag Kashyap called Kennedy. The actress began her career at first by working in the adult entertainment industry and has now come a long long way. Her film got a 7-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. While attending Cannes this year, Sunny Leone also dished out interviews to various media. And during one of the interviews, she recalled an infamous interview of her life in which she was asked some really nasty questions related to her past profession. Also Read - Dunki actress Taapsee Pannu to Tiger 3 star Emraan Hashmi, Bollywood celebs reveal most horrific paranormal experiences

Sunny Leone recalls her infamous interview at Cannes Film Festival

The actress while talking to an entertainment portal shared that she did not have any issues with the questions asked but just the way or the manner in which they were asked. She had requested the team to allow someone from her team to see the footage. but she was dismissed. When the video was out, a lot of people transcribed the interview for her. Sunny Leone recalled the backlash that the interviewer faced after that. "The backlash that he faced was incredible, it was insane to watch." The actress, however, adds that she feels hurt as she had to go through hell to look at as a human. Sunny says that nobody should be treated the way she was. Calling it the worst feeling ever, Sunny adds that it took a lot of her to be able to come out of it. Also Read - Rajkumar Rao on Stree sets and times when other celebs encountered spooky horror experience while shooting

The Ek Paheli Leela actress shared that she had no one to support her at that time. No one from her team or from the people present took a stand for her. But Sunny boasts about having a great team now. Sunny explains that she does not regret her past as it made her what she is today. However, Sunny does admit that it created a lot of hurdles for her initially but she managed to break out and push past them. The actress has talked about reading a lot of bad interviews and says that there will always be people who will put others down. She says she cannot let that stop her. Also Read - Sunny Leone reveals how she got her name changed from Karenjit Kaur; discloses mom's angry reaction

Check Sunny Leone and Anurag Kashyap's Instagram post here:

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Anurag Kashyap heaps praise on Sunny Leone

Anurag Kashyap was asked about how he cast Sunny in his film Kennedy. The filmmaker reveals that they conducted auditions just to see if she would like to feature in a small-budget movie. He also recollects the same interview and praises the gorgeous beauty saying the way Sunny gave it back made him see that she is special. Anurag says that he sees her as the mother that she is to her kids. Anurag adds, "It is such a sad thing that people don’t see beyond her past and beyond her face and body. Look into her eyes. There is so much more you will see in her."

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ByShivani Pawaskar
Published: May 28, 2023 8:25 PM IST