Priyanka leaving Bollywood?

This comes as no surprise, if true, and I suppose it is to a certain extent. Priyanka Chopra's PR folks seem to be working overtime on their paycheck star. While Fat Lips is off in Berlin schmoozing with SRK fans for the Berlinale Film Festival release of Don 2, stories of Priyanka's ostracizing are only heating up back home.

Gauri's friends have rallied close to their leader pal, and have collectively done their fair share in kicking out Priyanka. Mehr Rampal publicly questions whether Priyanka should or shouldn't be invited to certain dos, Neelam Kothari keeps the SRK/Fat Lips "affair" gossip a hot topic amongst the Bollywood Birkin Brigade, Sussanne Roshan neglects to invite Priyanka to her own film's party, and now even KJo joined in and stated he wouldn't be casting Priyanka in any of his movies in the near future. I'd say "Operation: Trash Labia Face" was a success!

Now we hear stories from Priyanka's PR firm friends, as they state Bollywood has double standards. No sh*t, Sherlock! A certain "friend" of Priyanka's, a fellow actor, who chose to remain anonymous told an Indian daily:

"No one is willing to take on SRK because he is the Bollywood Badshah. So Bollywood's moral brigade is happy to take potshots at Priyanka. If two people are in a relationship, it is their business. It should have no bearing on their professional career. And if the industry is making it their business, then both the married man and his new friend should be meted out the same treatment.''

Hell yeah, we agree with Shahid her anonymous actor friend!

While I feel SRK's lil robot should've been kept in his pants, and Priyanka's lips should've suckled an apple instead; I don't think it's fair to blame the entire matter on her. She's a single, ready to mingle, call me for a tingle -- kind of gal. SRK on the other hand is the one who hails from a happy open marriage...or so we're told. Why the f*ck is he not getting bashed publicly?  I guess no one wants to end up like Rapunzel, eh?

As if Priyanka's PR team isn't busy trying to churn out good stuff for their client, now she's got a whole new team in HAH-lee-wood! Priyanka is the first soon-to-be-Bollywood-transplant that's signed up with Creative Artists Agency, the same firm who handle the likes of Clooney, Pitt, Roberts, Witherspoon, etc. Regarding her new team, Fat Lips said in her best faked-out Angrezi accent:

"Yes, I have a completely new team working for me in Los Angeles. Let's see how things go."

And if all this ain't enough, now we hear Priyanka may be attending the Grammy Awards tomorrow night. Kissing Lady Gaga's ass Landing that huge Universal record deal seems to be opening up doors for our lil Ms. Soup Cooler, just as other doors may be closing. We wish her the best!
[TOI, Masala, HP]