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8 Portraits of Barbie Kumalasari Reveal Painful Experiences at the Beginning of Her Career, Dialogues Sabotaged - Initial Artist A Expelled Her for This

8 Portraits of Barbie Kumalasari Reveal Painful Experiences at the Beginning of Her Career, Dialogues Sabotaged - Initial Artist A Expelled Her for This

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8 Portraits of Barbie Kumalasari Reveal Painful Experiences at the Beginning of Her Career, Dialogues Sabotaged - Initial Artist A Expelled Her for This

The journey of a Barbie Kumalasari in reaching her current position was not easy. When starting her career in a soap opera, she experienced unpleasant behavior from her co-star.

Frankly, Kumala was once expelled from the set location by an artist.

8 Portraits of Barbie Kumalasari Reveal Painful Experiences at the Beginning of Her Career, Dialogues Sabotaged - Initial Artist A Expelled Her for This

At that time, she was expelled because Kumala's body shape was considered to distract the artist's concentration.

8 Portraits of Barbie Kumalasari Reveal Painful Experiences at the Beginning of Her Career, Dialogues Sabotaged - Initial Artist A Expelled Her for This

"I was bullied on the shooting set. At that time, I was still fat and hadn't achieved anything, he expelled me because he made a mistake in his scene. Because he saw me being fat, he felt disgusted, his concentration was disrupted," Kumala said when met in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on Monday (26/2/2024).

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Furthermore, Barbie Kumalasari mentioned the initials of the artist, which is A. However, she did not continue discussing the person in question.

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"That artist was famous at that time. The initials are A. So I became a victim of severe bullying. Not all artists are nice," she explained.

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In some scenes, Barbie Kumalasari experienced having her lines stolen. She was supposed to have many lines, but they were sabotaged.

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"It also happened during filming. I was supposed to speak a lot, but she took all the scenes. I had to speak quietly," Kumala said.

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Barbie Kumalasari remembers the early days of starting her career in soap operas. She revealed that there was a difference in treatment towards famous artists compared to newcomers like herself.

8 Portraits of Barbie Kumalasari Reveal Painful Experiences at the Beginning of Her Career, Dialogues Sabotaged - Initial Artist A Expelled Her for This

"Even meals are treated differently. Other artists get pizza from the production house's office, but since I'm not a famous artist and only play the role of a maid, I have to eat boxed rice with the other general assistants," she said.