When you are a celebrity, you get your share of bouquets and brickbats. And it's the same for Bollywood queen Priyanka Chopra.
In September 2013, Priyanka performed the kick-off song "In My City" for a Thursday night football game at the NFL in the US. (See her performance video below)
However, she apparently received tons of hate mail and tweets for her performance with most of them calling her an "Arab terrorist" who had no business being on American television, much less at an American sporting event.
Speaking about it for the first time, Priyanka, in an interview with Wall Street Journal's Lee Hawkins, gave a very calm and powerful response to all that hate coming her way. She also spoke about how she's experienced and handled racism directed at her over the years. The video, posted on Wall Street Journal's YouTube channel on January 19, 2014, has so far been viewed nearly 8,000 times.
She further went on to say, "Instead of harping on the fact that yes, I'm called a terrorist, because I happen to be brown and from South Asia, and on getting hate mail saying 'You're not white, why should you be on NFL?' Despite that, I'd rather focus on the millions of other people who've been sending emails or tweets and writing in to the NFL network saying it's amazing. I'd rather focus on that."
That's telling them, Priyanka.
Watch : Priyanka Chopra: I Was Called A Terrorist by NFL Fans
Watch: Priyanka Chopra - NFL Thursday Night Football 2013
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