‘I Got A Lot Of Comments Like ‘Second-Hand’, ‘Used”

‘Things
haven’t
been
a
fairy
tale
but
that
does
not
mean
that
I
sit
in
a
corner
cry
about
it
and
never
ever
have
the
courage
to
live
again.’

Just
days
before
her
former
husband
Naga
Chaitanya
gets


married
to
Sobhita
Dhulipala
on
December
4,
Samantha
Ruth
Prabhu
opened
up
about
her
divorce,
and
what
she
was
going
through.

In
an
interview
with

Galatta
India,
the
actress
said,
‘When
a
woman
goes
through
a
divorce,
there’s
a
lot
of
shame
and
stigma
attached
to
it.

‘I
got
a
lot
of
comments
like
‘second-hand’,
‘used’
and
‘wasted
life’.
You’re
pushed
into
a
corner
where
you’re
supposed
to
feel
like
you’re
a
failure.
You’re
supposed
to
feel
guilt
and
shame
that
you
were
once
married
and
now
you’re
not.
I
do
believe
it
can
be
really,
really
hard
for
families
and
girls
who
have
gone
through
that.’

Earlier
this
year,
Samantha
repurposed
her
white
wedding
gown
for
the
Elle
Sustainability
Awards,
and
dyed
it
black.

In
the
interview,
the

Honey
Bunny
actor
revealed
her
reasons
for
doing
so:
‘The
reason
why
I
did
that
was
because
I
wanted
to,
and
initially,
that
hurt.
It
really
hurt
and
then
I
decided
to
flip
it
and
that
I’ll
own
it.

‘Yeah,
I
am
separated
and
I
am
divorced.
Things
haven’t
been
a
fairy
tale
but
that
does
not
mean
that
I
sit
in
a
corner
cry
about
it
and
never
ever
have
the
courage
to
live
again.’

She
clarified
that
she
did
not
do
it
for
revenge:
‘It
wasn’t
any
kind
of
revenge
or
anything.
It
really
wasn’t
a
ginormous
f*ck.
Although
it
looked
like
it
but
it
wasn’t.
It
was
like,
‘Yes,
this
has
happened
and
I
know
it
and
I’m
not
trying
to
hide
from
it.
This
is
it,
but
it
doesn’t
mean
that
my
life
ends
there.
It
begins
where
it
ends.

‘I’m
very,
very
happy
right
now.
I
have
grown
so
much
and
I’m
doing
incredible
work
and
I’m
with
incredible
people.
I’m
looking
forward
to
the
next
phase
of
my
life
absolutely.’

Samantha
and
Chay
announced
their
separation
in
October
2021,
just
days
before
their
fourth
anniversary.