Heeramandi Actor Sharmin Segal Gets Trolled for Saying Her DMs Are 'Filled With Love': 'What a Liar'

Actress Sharmin Segal has finally come out of her shell after staying low-key for several weeks since the release of Heeramandi, courtesy of online backlash that she received for her “expressionless” performance on the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed Netflix series. However, her latest statement has once again invited trolling for the actress. In a recent interview, Sharmin said that she got many positive DMs regarding her acting in Heeramandi.

“My DMs are filled with a lot of love,” Sharmin said in the interview, which is going viral on Reddit. “Negativity tends to be spoken about a lot more in public because people want to talk about negative things but there’s a lot of positivity also and I need to embrace that as well,” she added. However, her statement didn’t go down well with netizens who claimed that Sharmin was “lying”.

One user said, “Safed jhooth bol ke khud ko embarrass kar lijiye.” Another one wrote, “Lol I guess she wishes it was filled with love she can’t even lie.” A third user commented, “I just can’t understand how there are some people who defend her. People say stop disrespecting her, what about the fact that she disrespects her coworkers openly on media? How about she accepts the fact that she just performed poorly and only got the role because of money and family.”

In an exclusive conversation with News18 Showsha, Sharmin opened up about receiving severe criticism for her performance in the show. She said, “The audience is the king at the end of the day. And as a creative person, it’s very important to acknowledge that. They have a right to their opinion – positive or negative. That’s one thing that gives me perspective and allows me to be okay.”

The 28-year-old star revealed that she chose to stay away from all kinds of conversations surrounding her character Alamzeb following the release of Heeramandi and it was only a few weeks ago that she decided to finally read up on everything. “There was a point when I was not looking at many things [reviews] but then slowly, I realised that I was also missing out on a lot of love that I was getting. I’ve now started paying attention to that. Over the last few days, I decided to look through it all. The audience’s opinion is what will probably help you be the best version of yourself,” she said.