‘You’re Putting Your Personal Life Out For Butchering’

‘The
kind
of
things
they
were
writing,
‘Oh,
what
is
this,
she’s
overacting
at
her
wedding.’
‘Why
is
she
not
covering
her
head?’
‘The
kind
of
liberty
people
take
to
comment
on
what
I
should
be
doing
in
my
personal
life
is
not
something
I’m
okay
with.’

Taapsee
shares
why
she
keeps
her
personal
life
private,
especially
her
wedding
to
Danish
badminton
ace
Mathias
Boe,
who
coached
India’s
doubles
stars,
Chirag
Shetty
and
Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy
before
giving
it
up
after
the
Paris
Olympics.

“I
don’t
like
to
milk
a
headline
out
of
it.
I’ve
seen
with
actresses
that
once
you
are
with
someone,
regardless
of
how
big
or
small
the
personality
of
that
someone
is,
that
starts
overtaking
your
headlines,
including
my
work,”
Taapsee
says.

She
recalled
how
a
one-page
interview
about
her
work
was
overshadowed
by
a
headline
about
whom
she
is
dating.

“So
when
I
spoke
about
him
very
casually,
it
became
the
headline
of
a
one-page
interview
that
I
gave
about
my
work.
Imagine
someone
would
just
come
into
the
industry,
and
has
just
done
her
first
film.
My
second
film,

Baby,
was
about
to
release,
and
I
had
heartfully
given
an
interview
talking
about
how
my
first
movie
became
a
success,
how
I
got
a
small
but
powerful
role
in
this
film,
and
how
I’m
trying
to
transition
from
South
to
Hindi
cinema.
I
spoke
so
much
but
all
they
could
carry
as
a
headline
was
his
name
just
because
I’m
seeing
this
person.

“I
don’t
even
know
if
they
know
exactly
who
he
is.
But
it
was
just
probably
of
interest.
So
that
didn’t
make
me
feel
nice
because
I’ve
worked
really
hard
to
be
where
I
am,
to
earn
the
name
that
I
have.
It
cannot
be
overtaken
by
anybody
else
who
is
not
responsible
for
that,
right?
So
it’s
my
personal
life
and
it
will
be
strictly
personal,
and
this
is
my
profession,”
she
adds.

Taapsee
states
she
and
Mathias
Boe
have
been
seeing
each
other
for
almost
a
decade.

“We
are
married
now
but
we
were
seeing
each
other
for
10
years
before
we
got
married.
It
was
pretty
much
the
same
year
when
I
debuted
in
the
film
industry,”
she
says.

Despite
her
desire
for
privacy,
leaked
footage
from
her
Udaipur
wedding
surfaced
online
just
a
few
days
after
the
event.

The
videos
offered
glimpses
of
Taapsee
in
a
red
bridal
suit,
dancing
with
her
sister
and
friends.
But
the
actress
remains
wary
of
the
public
scrutiny
that
often
accompanies
such
personal
moments.

“You
will
be
thinking
so
much
before
releasing
those
pictures
because
you
know
you’re
putting
your
personal
life
out
for
almost
butchering.
And
I
was
right.
Unfortunately,
a
few
videos
of
my
wedding
were
leaked
a
few
weeks
later,”
she
says.

“That
validated
my
belief
that
I
should
not
be
putting
my
personal
life
out
there.
The
kind
of
things
they
were
writing,
‘Oh,
what
is
this,
she’s
overacting
at
her
wedding.
Why
is
she
not
covering
her
head?
The
kind
of
liberty
people
take
to
comment
on
what
I
should
be
doing
in
my
personal
life
is
not
something
I’m
okay
with.

“I
know
my
professional
life
is
courtesy
them
in
a
lot
of
ways.
They
are
the
audience
and
need
to
have
an
opinion
about
my
work
but
not
regarding
my
personal
life,”
she
says.

Taapsee
also
spoke
about
her
passion
for
sports,
stating
that
her
visit
to
the
Olympics
was
both
a
personal
and
professional
choice.

Reflecting
on
her
time
in
Paris,
Taapsee
describes
the
sweltering
heat
she
experienced:
“I
was
privileged
to
have
AC
there
because,
fortunately
or
unfortunately,
I
was
not
in
the
Olympic
Village.
I
was
staying
in
a
hotel.
But
it
was
really
hot.
It
was
excruciatingly
hot.”

She
said
she
wanted
to
watch
the
Olympics
due
to
her
husband
Mathias,
who
recently
announced
his
retirement
from
coaching
after
the
Paris
Olympics.

“This
might
be
the
last
Olympics
that
Mathias
is
a
part
of.
That’s
why
I
was
like,
okay,
I
could
never
go
and
see
him
play
because
I
didn’t
want
to.
Because
it
was
very
stressful
to
see
him
play
live.
All
the
years
we
were
together,
I
never
saw
him
really,
apart
for
like
two-three
Super
Series
tournaments,
but
not
the
major
ones
because
it
was
very
stressful
to
watch
him
play,”
she
says.

“So
I
thought,
okay,
this
is
the
last
time
and
this
time
he’s
the
coach,
not
the
player,
so
it’s
relatively
less
stressful.
So
I
went
this
time.”