Priyanka Chopra and Sarah Michelle Gellar exchange sweet tweets

Priyanka said in an interview to LA times that Sarah Michelle Gellar helped her overcome tough times when she was young.

Priyanka Chopra and Hollywood actor Sarah Michelle Gellar seem to have formed a mutual admiration club. In an interview the 33-year-old Quantico actress said that during her school days in the USA she used to look up to Gellar as Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Priyanka said in an interview to LA times that Sarah Michelle Gellar helped her overcome tough times when she was young.

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“When I was in high school in America, I didn’t see anyone, who looked like me hardly ever. I just thought that was normal because you don’t know any better. So I used to idolise so many other people, like Sarah Michelle Gellar on Buffy.

“But when I went back to India at age 17 and started travelling for work, that was when I slowly realised that we don’t all look like one person,” Priyanka said.

Gellar, 39, who was touched by the praise, took to Twitter to thank the Baywatch actress.

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“@priyankachopra I love watching you (and all that you represent) so you can imagine how honoured I was at the mention,” she wrote.

Priyanka replied, thanking her for helping her overcome tough times.

“Thank you for the kind words @SarahMGellar Buffy got me through some rough years in high school. Much love. @latimes,” she tweeted.

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