Sunny Leone claims that the CEO of the channel resigned after she competed on Bigg Boss 5: ‘There were death threats and bomb threats”

She also mentioned how the reality show helped her establish a connection with the Indian public and how it made it possible for her to make the transition from an adult film star to a well-known actor.

The premiere of Sunny Leone’s movie “Kennedy” took place on the red carpet of the famous Cannes Film Festival 2023 on Thursday. The actress, who was formerly a US adult star, has been working in the Indian film business for a number of years, but it hasn’t always been easy for her.

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Sunny talked about her worries about moving to India and the time she was approached to be a part of the contentious reality programme “Bigg Boss 5” when she was at Cannes 2023.

She also mentioned how the reality show helped her establish a connection with the Indian public and how it made it possible for her to make the transition from an adult film star to a well-known actor.

During an interview with Deadline at the Cannes, Sunny recalled how the makers of ‘Bigg Boss 5’ had pursued her relentlessly, so much so that they even sent her a powerpoint presentation explaining the viewership statistics.

Sunny stated that her then-boyfriend and now husband, Daniel Weber too urged her to move to India and participate in the show, but she thought that he was out of his mind. “I’m not going to India, they’ll hate me. I’ve already gone through so much hate in that community,” she recalled telling Weber.

She went on to share that right before she was about to participate in ‘Bigg Boss 5’, the CEO of the channel had to quit because of pressure. “Someone else came in. He said, ‘You’ve already signed her to be on the show, let’s bring her in’,” she said.

“There were a lot of hurdles. There were death threats, bomb threats,” Sunny added.

Sunny said, “Once I got in, people started connecting with me because I wasn’t jumping on tables and doing all kinds of crazy stuff.”

She said that by acting like a typical person on the inside and doing chores like cooking and cleaning, people could relate to her. “People connected with that girl on Bigg Boss, and disconnected with Sunny Leone from the adult entertainment industry,” she claimed.

After her debut film, a lot of “not so nice articles” were published about her, Sunny said, but gradually people started to embrace her.