Top Telugu stars, including Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, have slammed Telangana Minister Konda Surekha’s remarks on their divorce. The Minister linked Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader KT Rama Rao with the divorce of the actors. Surekha said, “KTR asked to send Samantha in return for not demolishing the N-convention centre. Nagarjuna forced Samantha to go to KTR, but she said no. That led to divorce.”
Chaitanya released a statement that called out the baseless and completely ridiculous take on the matter. He said, “The decision of divorce is easily one of the most painful and unfortunate life decisions one has to make. After a lot of thought, a mutual decision was made by me and my former spouse to part ways.”
— chaitanya akkineni (@chay_akkineni) October 2, 2024
Samantha Ruth Prabhu, too, took to her social media handle to react to the statement. She wrote, “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. Konda Surekha Garu, I am proud of what this journey turned me into—please don’t trivialise it. I hope you realise that your words carry significant weight as a minister. I implore you to be responsible and respectful of individuals’ privacy.”
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— Nagarjuna Akkineni (@iamnagarjuna) October 2, 2024
My dear mother I support every word you have said and I am With you and the family..I’m sorry that you have to address this demonic nonsense but we have no choice sometimes but to deal with such sociopaths. https://t.co/an9SrXBkon
— Akhil Akkineni (@AkhilAkkineni8) October 2, 2024
Besides them, several top actors from the Telugu film industry called out these comments. Strong reactions came in from Jr NTR, Chiranjeevi Konidela, Allu Arjun and Nani.
Konda Surekha garu, dragging personal lives into politics is a new low. Public figures, especially those in responsible positions like you, must maintain dignity and respect for privacy. It’s disheartening to see baseless statements thrown around carelessly, especially about the…
— Jr NTR (@tarak9999) October 2, 2024
I am extremely pained to see the disgraceful remarks made by an honourable woman minister.
It is a shame that celebs and members of film fraternity become soft targets as they provide instant reach and attention. We as Film Industry stand united in opposing such vicious verbal…
— Chiranjeevi Konidela (@KChiruTweets) October 3, 2024
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— Allu Arjun (@alluarjun) October 3, 2024
Disgusting to see politicians thinking that they can get away talking any kind of nonsense. When your words can be so irresponsible it’s stupid of us to expect that you will have any responsibility for your people. It’s not just about actors or cinema. This is not abt any…
— Nani (@NameisNani) October 2, 2024
Chaitanya and Samantha got married in 2017 but announced their divorce in October 2021.
Naga Chaitanya recently got engaged to actress Sobhita Dhulipala after rumours of them dating. They were said to be dating for two years before getting engaged.
