Samadhi Zendejas (Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images) (Medios y Media via Getty Images)
BY Sandra Lucario-. Samadhi Zendejas had been celebrating the launch of the soap opera Vuelve a mí, in which he shares the lead role with William Levy, for a few weeks when something dampened his enthusiasm. A message on her Instagram account threw her off balance, as can happen to anyone who experiences verbal violence from an acquaintance out of the blue. Since Horacio Pancheri was not some anonymous subject, the actors shared their credits seven years ago when they took part in the soap opera “A Road to Destiny.”
“Look how ugly you are,” said the message, which the actress decided to make public, we don’t know how long after receiving it. She says she woke up with him. The video in which he denounced him was released around midday. It probably took him a while to decide what to do.
She chose to show it off while recording herself doing her makeup routine, which she said she did to feel prettier. She regretted that although she reached out to her “cat hand” to feel better, she was aware that not everyone could have the same opinion. At that time, he reported the insult he had received from the actor.
First, he asked, “How positive is it to share things like this?” The actress was upset that such messages make many women neglect their potential, forget the importance of being authentic, and worry about conforming to beauty stereotypes consequences. Finally, she urged her followers: “Don’t let anyone or anything tell you what it means to be beautiful.”
After Samadhi’s complaint, the actor took to his ‘X’ account to share a message. Pancheri assured that the message was not written or sent by him. And he insisted his Instagram had been hacked.
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Hundreds of users of the social network were skeptical, including Danna Paola, the actress and singer who starred in “Dare to Dream” in 2009, the soap opera that marked Samadhi Zendejas’ debut on television.
Danna Paola was attentive to Pancheri’s answer and replied ironically: “Ha! The Old Reliable… Regardless of your not very credible “apology”, shielding yourself rather than asking for an apology encourages more men like you to continue to believe that calling a woman “ugly” is the right thing to do ask. Your reaction is disappointing…” he wrote.
The “Mala Fama” actress’s followers, who have followed her career and that of Samadhi, responded to her post: “Las Populares leader Patito defends one of her crew members. “NOT with Las Populares, NOT with them,” he wrote. Someone else added: “Break it up duckling.”
Samadhi Zendejas’ fight against stereotypes
This is not the first time that Samadhi Zendejas has had to respond to criticism or beauty stereotypes.
Her career, which began in 2009 as Amaya in the adaptation of the Argentine soap opera “Patito Feo” and led her to the role of Jenny Rivera in “Mariposa de Barrio,” has helped her confront her own prejudices from her childhood and youth and that he had to drop out when he started working on television.
At one point she pointed out: “Curvy women are not welcome on TV, you always have to be a stick. Dark-skinned women are never accepted on television. So I tried to look like a stereotype or be accepted that I wasn’t.
Samadhi Zendejas at the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards (Photo by Gustavo Caballero/Billboard via Getty Images) (Billboard via Getty Images)
A few years ago you said that it used to be very difficult for you to find a job. Why? “As Mexicans, we were used to recognizing beauties who weren’t Mexican,” and she wondered how far she could go if she didn’t have blue eyes and wasn’t 5 feet 7 inches tall. Large.
He explained that “Mariposa de Barrio” changed everything. To play the protagonist who tells the story of Jenny Rivera, he had to gain more than 20 kilos, and this is exactly what happened after he learned to be a disciplined person, able to value himself, himself to love and accept yourself.
Opportunities also came his way in the field of acting and he eventually realized that it wasn’t just physical appearance that mattered.
Comments like “I felt the scene because you were having a hard time” or “You put a lot of heart and soul into it” made him realize that his achievement was worth more than anything he didn’t think he had.
In an interview with Vogue, she was asked if she had shed unnecessary prejudices that could inspire other women. She replied that one must fundamentally stop judging oneself; Then: “Stop believing that people achieve something with a certain style or in some way, when in reality they don’t.”
She also revealed that she is not jealous of those who are different from her: “I constantly say to myself, ‘It’s good that other people who are different from me are successful,’ but that doesn’t mean that I that wants.” Be like them.”
For the 28-year-old actress, the support of her fans has also become important, especially when she feels like it’s not her day when she wakes up sad or feeling bad: “I trust that at this time, women.” get together a lot, stop pulling each other to get noticed. I think the most beautiful thing is recognizing another woman’s qualities.”
Samadhi may have suffered an unnecessary attack on his body (which is really unnecessary considering his physical, mental and professional work speaks for itself: his intense training routines are inspiring, the way he managed to reinventing herself to move on from there (one character over another is admirable and her long career is amazing), but the way her people defend her says more about who she is than a frivolous one Aggression.
“You are so beautiful inside. “That makes you a spectacular woman,” her brother told her. This is the message worth engraving in all women’s minds and somewhere in our room.