Naga Chaitanya lashed out at media reportage about his personal life and failed marriage with Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
On October 2, 2021, Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu formally announced their separation on social media, ending four years of marriage. Since then, there have been several speculations surrounding their breakup, and now Naga Chaitanya has called whatever happened in his personal life an ‘unfortunate’ event.
He even mentioned that while he has immense respect for that phase of his life, the media reportage regarding his relationship with Samantha has diminished that respect.
In an interview with Prema the Journalist, Chaitanya said, “Whatever happened in my personal life with my marriage, that’s very unfortunate. But I have immense respect for that phase of my life. It is due to the media reportage and how they’ve portrayed everything by speculating and spreading rumours, the whole respect is lost, diminished in the public eye. This is what hurt me a lot.”
He added that it is hurtful that people are still holding on to the issue and dragging it. “Just for headlines, they’re linking my name to some third person and speculating more. This has really hurt me a lot. For no reason or fault at all of the third party, they’re being dragged into this whole issue. Whatever happened has happened, they should let go,” he said.
Currently, the actor is awaiting the release of his Tamil-Telugu bilingual film ‘Custody’. The Venkat Prabhu-directed film features him as a police constable. Talking about playing such a character, Chaitanya signed off by saying, “It is a role that has not been explored much in recent times. Constables are fresh out of training and they have the fire in them to make a change. The future is in their hands.”