Renowned actress and host Mandira Bedi in a recent interview revealed that she was ‘stared down’ by cricketers back when she did pre-match shows at cricket tournaments. In her stellar career, the multitalented Mandira had appeared as an anchor at the ICC World Cup in 2003, and 2007.
She did, however, face a lot of sexism while her time in the entertainment industry. Recalling how ‘nobody accepted’ a woman talking about cricket, Mandira also revealed that she felt ‘intimidated’ by the cricketers at the time.
The 49-year-old also opened up on the time when certain cricketers made her feel out of place and didn’t even properly answer the questions that she, as an anchor asked them.
In a recent interview with Pinkivilla, Bedi recalled, “I got stared down by a lot of the cricketers like, ‘what’s she even asking, why is she even asking that.’ They answered whatever…