• By Swati Singh
  • Sat, 07 Jun 2025 08:58 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Actor and comedian Jamie Lever recalled being sexually harassed in school and college years. Sharing traumatising incidents, she said that it affected her mentally because of which she maintained distance from men for a long time. She also revealed how normal was it was for men to flash in public transports.

In a conversation with Hauterrfly, Jamie Lever revealed, "This one time, my friend and I were waiting in the car for my brother to come. While we were talking to each other, this guy came and stood opposite me and started to masturbate. This was the first time I saw a male part, and I was so young that I didn’t know what he was doing."

"I suddenly told my friend, ‘there is a creepy man behind you and I don’t know what he is doing.’ My friend suggested that I ignore him and continue to speak with her. I was very scared. I was shaking. I slowly moved and locked the car. After a while, he realised that we weren’t paying any attention to him. He left. I was just 10 or 12 then," she further added.

Jamie went on to state, "There was also this bus conductor in our school who would touch us inappropriately. He was supposed to be our protector, but instead he would touch us and hold us. For me, all these incidents are like a bad dream. I don’t want to revisit these incidents."

"The flashing incidents happened a lot when I was in college. Men would just randomly flash at these train stations. Once, I was in Andheri station, when this man randomly came and stood before me and flashed. I couldn’t believe what I saw. I was in shock. The only thing I can think of is why did this happen to me? I just froze," she concluded.

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Jamie Lever is the daughter of popular comedian and actor Johnny Lever. She started her career as a marketing executive at the London-based market research agency Visiongain. Jamie has performed as a stand-up comedian at The Comedy Store in Mumbai. She performed on Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali on Sony Entertainment Television in 2013.