*ISLAMABAD – **Actress Juggun Kazim breaks silence while body shamed duringpregnancy in a heart felt note.*
*Actress and host Juggun Kazim took to social media and urged people tostop body shaming. She shared a heartbreaking personal experience where shewas brought down for the same reason. *
Taking to Instagram, the 39-year-old actor revealed that she received a lotof nasty comments recently about her weight. This was extremely upsettingbecause Kazim was expecting a baby but wasn’t comfortable sharing it.
“Until a few days ago, I was pregnant. For some reason, I gained a lot ofweight really really quickly. What shocked me was how much I startedgetting fat shamed. One lady said ‘lagta hai Lahore ki hawa laag gayetumhain’. Other women just told me bluntly that I had become a bit too‘healthy.’ Till now, I wasn’t ready to share that I was expecting a babybecause my pregnancies have generally been precarious,” the actress wrote.
She added “Last week I had a miscarriage. My doctor has now told me thatthis time it was quite serious and that there had been a lot of internalbleeding. I took a day off to mourn but then went back to work because,well, what else does one do? And the day after I resumed work, somebodyagain commented on how I was looking ‘extra healthy’.”
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Ali continued “We need to stop fat shaming other people. People who areoverweight know they are overweight. Their weight gain may be for anynumber of reasons, some desirable and some not. Yes, some people need to beencouraged to lead a more active lifestyle. But unless you are somebody’smother or sister, don’t tell them what you think of their body. Life isshort. Let’s try and live ours with kindness.”
The model is married to Feisal H Naqvi with whom she has a son namedHassan. She has an elder son, Hamza from her previous marriage.
