When Priyanka Chopra revealed her mom's Madhu Chopra's, funniest fan girl moments with Kabir Bedi, Bruce Springsteen, and more
Chopra is a coveted and well-celebrated actress on a global level; however, all the glitz and glam do not take her away from family. She has time and time again expressed how her family, especially her mother, has been her biggest support system while working in the entertainment industry.
She has shared a lot of stories about her parents, and one time in an old interview, she even confessed that her mother is the biggest fan girl of several tinsel town celebrities!
Priyanka Chopra's mother, a true fangirl at heart
While talking about her mother in an old interview with The Indian Express, the star shared how her mother is a big fangirl. While talking about her entry into the entertainment industry, she cited that her mother was most happy about meeting celebrities.
She stated, 'My mom was most excited about this when I became an actor.'
Recalling one of her first-ever projects with Kabir Bedi, she shared how excited her mother was after finding out that they would be starring together.
'One of my first movies in Indian cinema, Hindi movies, had this actor called Kabir Bedi, and my mom was a big fan of his. He's a very famous Indian actor. She met him and was completely freaking out. I was like, 'Mommy, he's my co-actor.
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We have to be professional now,' the actress added.
Meeting
Bruce Springsteen
,
David Hasselhoff
, and 50 Cent
The actress then shared an anecdote from the time she was at a
Bruce
Springsteen concert and even got the opportunity to meet him and shake his hand as well. Afterwards, her mother was so excited that she kept telling her that she had to shake her hands too!
Chopra fondly shared that, 'I met Bruce Springsteen. My mom made sure I didn't wash my hands after dinner until I shook her hand. She was like, 'You have to shake my hand too!'"
The actress also shared how when they met David Hasselhoff, he especially brought a shirt for her that her mother still wears at night sometimes.
'He very sweetly brought her a T-shirt that says 'Hassel the Hoff,'" the actress added.
Talking about her mother,
Madhu
Chopra's biggest fan girl moment, she recalled when they went to the 50 Cent concert that was held in Mumbai. Sharing about the incident, the 'Head of State' actress went on and said, 'She loves 50! He was performing, and we were right in front. At some point, he takes off his sweaty skull cap and throws it in my direction… and my mom caught it. She kept it. It's still in her closet."
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