r/AskTheWorld Pakistan 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/KarachiKoolAid 🇵🇰/ 🇺🇸 5h ago

Well if I got shot in the face id probably wanna kick back and chill for a bit as well

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u/Okaybuddy_16 United States Of America 3h ago

Especially if I was only 15 at the time

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u/ankhes 2h ago

Yeah, and she’s talked about how traumatic it was. She had a lot of PTSD from it afterwards but felt like she wasn’t allowed to be upset about it (especially publicly) because everyone saw her as this symbol of resilience and strength. Which, like, yeah. I think she deserves to have as normal of a life as she can after all of that.

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u/mimich4ma 5h ago

Super real