I Froze My Eggs at 36 Because Bollywood Said I Was ‘Useless’ After 30 – Priyanka Chopra shares.

At 36, I made a choice that shook my world  I froze my eggs. Not because I was ill. Not because I had to. But because the world I lived in made me feel like I had run out of time.

In Bollywood, once you hit 30, they don’t just stop casting you they start erasing you. Roles dry up. Scripts get shorter. You’re no longer the heroine; you’re the mother, the side character, the shadow. The men you once co-starred with get younger co-leads, while you’re asked to “step aside gracefully.” Gracefully? As if aging was a crime. As if having ambition beyond marriage was something shameful.

Everyone around me kept asking the same question: “When will you settle down?” Not “How are you?”, not “What’s your next project?” But “Your eggs are getting old.” Like I was some ticking time bomb of fertility and fading beauty. I was still building my career globally, still learning, still expanding but all they saw was a woman “past her prime.”

So, I took back control.

I walked into that clinic, signed the forms, and did it. I froze my eggs. And for the first time in years, I felt powerful. Not because I had all the answers but because I finally stopped letting the world dictate my timeline.

Let me be clear: there is nothing shameful about wanting a child. And there is nothing shameful about waiting until you’re ready. What is shameful is how society treats a woman’s body like a ticking clock, while men get to hit their stride at 40, 50, even 60, without ever being told they’re “too late.”

Years later, I met someone who respected my timing Nick. A man ten years younger who never made me feel like I was running out of time. And now, we have our daughter, Malti Marie. Not by accident. Not by pressure. But by choice.

If you’re a woman reading this and you’ve ever felt pressured to rush your life just to make others comfortable pause. Breathe. Then remember: your body, your future, your pace.

You don’t owe anyone an explanation for choosing you.
And if that means freezing your eggs, breaking a pattern, walking alone, or starting over at 36 so be it.

Because freedom, not fear, should be what guides your next step.

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