Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu on Wednesday urged people to stop speculating about her divorce with Naga Chaitanya, saying it was a “personal matter”.
In a hard-hitting note on Instagram, the actor dismissed Telangana minister Konda Surekha’s remarks linking Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leader K.T. Rama Rao with her divorce.
"To be a woman, to come out and work, to survive in a glamorous industry where women are more often than not treated as props, to fall in love & to fall out of love, to still stand up and fight... It takes a lot of courage and strength," she said.
The actor said her divorce was “mutual consent and amicable” and there was no political conspiracy involved.
“Could you please keep my name out of political battles? I have always remained non-political and wish to continue doing so," Samantha added.
Surekha, the state forest minister, had alleged that KTR, son of former chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, was the reason behind the separation of Samantha and Naga Chaitanya.
“He was a minister at that time and used to tap the phones of the actresses and then find their weaknesses to blackmail them...He used to make them drug addicts and then do this...Everyone knows this, Samantha, Naga Chaitanya, his family, everybody is aware that such a thing happened,” she had said.
Naga Chaitaya and Samantha were married for four years before they parted ways in 2021.
Condemning the Surekha’s remarks, Naga Chaitanya’s father, actor Nagarjuna Akkineni, urged the minister to withdraw them immediately.
“You shouldn’t use the lives of film stars, who stay away from politics, to target your opponents. Please respect other people's privacy," Nagarjuna said in a post on X.
