Here are some photos of Priyanka Chopra at the London premiere of Citadel this week. She posed with her husband Nick Jonas and her costar Richard Madden. She seemed especially concerned that photographers get a butt shot, which is so funny to me. Anyway, she looked gorgeous – the dress is Vivienne Westwood, the only fashion house which can do a proper corset. Love her dark red lip too. To promote the film, Pri has been giving a lot of interviews, and she recently spoke about dealing with insecure men who can’t handle her success. I think she’s talking about men within the industry, not the man she’s married to.

Actor and global icon Priyanka Chopra said on Tuesday that society needs to raise men who are not insecure about the success of women. She opened up about pay parity in the film industry and revealed that there are some men in her life who are “very insecure about her success.”

“I have some incredible men in my life who are not insecure about my success, but I also have men in my life who are very insecure about my success,” she added. “I think men have enjoyed freedom and the pride of being the breadwinners and the leaders of the family. It is threatening to their territory when a woman does that, or if a woman is more successful, or if a man is staying at home and a woman goes to work.”

The actress talked about the need for change in society at this time and said, “We have to teach our sons that there is no shame in crying, in being able to share with your sister, mother, girlfriend, or wife, and give them the spotlight.”

She discussed her own family and recalled a time when her mother had a higher income than her father. She added that because her parents viewed the earnings as a unit, there was no ego conflict regarding earnings. “My dad did that to my mother… Now when I am walking the red carpet with my husband and he steps aside and gives me centre stage, I feel very proud that I have surrounded myself with people that don’t have such insecurities.”

[From NDTV]

“It is threatening to their territory when a woman does that, or if a woman is more successful, or if a man is staying at home and a woman goes to work” – I loathe this conversation because I feel like people are reinforcing this attitude by talking about it, and I hate that this is still a thing. But it’s definitely still a thing. Buzzfeed recently did a piece on modern women in their 30s and 40s who make more than their husbands and almost across the board, the women feel guilty about it and overcompensate or try to keep it a secret. If he can’t handle your success, walk away. Seriously. It f–king sucks that so many men are like this, not just with their partners but with their female coworkers! Men are just the f–king worst.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.