Caught on camera: A petrified Priyanka Chopra!

During a rehearsal for an awards event on December 18, actor Priyanka Chopra, who was hoisted up in the air, froze out of sheer terror. No, it was not anyone that she spotted, neither were there any kind of technical glitches, nor was it vertigo. Blame it on acrophobia — a phobia wherein one gets scared of heights.

According to sources on the set, the actor admitted to her work associates that she gets extremely nervous when she is asked to perform at a height. “…While she was rehearsing her acts at the Big Star Entertainment Awards recently, she expressed her fear for heights Her act required her to come down from dizzying heights on to the stage. It is believed that Priyanka was terrified and kept telling her choreographer that she is paranoid of heights and hence they must not let her perform from such heights,” says an official connected with the awards function. After Hrs was able to secure the picture showing the actor gesturing frantically when she was hoisted on top of a huge, shiny ball for her performance at the awards function.

Priyanka, however, managed to pull off the act even though she was extremely scared of the stunt informs an official. “When she actually performed,  it seemed like Priyanka was most comfortable doing the daredevil stunt, which almost seemed like she was gliding. She started with her Don performance, hopped on the crane camera and moved to the centre stage, situated in between the audience arena dancing to her popular song Darrrrlinng... and finally closed her scintillating performance with her Don 2 number!” added the official.

Priyanka till date has only admitted to one phobia — of going to the gym, but that was said in a lighter vein.
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