Samantha Ruth Prabhu finally speaks on divorce with Naga Chaitanya ahead of his marriage with Sobhita Dhulipala: 'Can you not live with the fact that your...'

While Naga Chaitanya is set to marry Sobhita Dhulipala on 4 December, his ex-wife, actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, finally spoke about their divorce and how she was subjected to several rumours and harsh criticism.

“Unfortunately, we live in a society which is so patriarchal in nature, that anytime something goes wrong, a woman gets subjected to… I’m not saying men don’t, men do, but a woman gets subjected to a lot more judgment and a lot more shaming, not just online, even in real life," Samantha told Galatta India.

“Many things were said about me that were absolutely untrue. But what held me back, I remember having this conversation with myself when things were really, really crappy and they were really, really… absolute lies were being spread. And there were many times when I wanted to come out and say, this is not true, let me tell you the truth," she added.

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What could my mother be
to yours?
What kin is my father
to yours anyway?
And how did you and I meet ever?
But in love our hearts
are as red earth and pouring rain:
mingled beyond parting.

–From Kurunthogai, translated by A K Ramanujan pic.twitter.com/5vIeZxWCm0

— Sobhita Dhulipala (@sobhitaD) August 10, 2024

Reflecting on her internal feeling of responding to lies, she shared, “You gain a bunch of people who are so fickle, they may love you for a minute, and then maybe like three days later, you do something stupid and they go back to hating you again," adding, “Can you not live with the fact that your friends and your family know the truth? And it’s okay. If people think that you think all of these things that are not true about you, isn’t it okay? It’s fine."

Sharing her thoughts about validation and approval, she explained, “All my life I wanted to be loved and validated and appreciated. It’s okay. So yeah, I mean, I still haven’t said anything. So whoever believes, whatever they believe, it’s up to them."