Samantha Ruth Prabhu on separation from Naga Chaitanya: “I thought that with my separation, I would crumble and die”

Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu talked about her separation from actor Naga Chaitanya and uncovered that at first, she thought she would ‘crumble and die’. In a new interview, Samantha likewise said that she is ‘very very proud’ of how strong she is.

Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya reported their separation in October.

In an interview with Filmfare, Samantha said, “It’s ok if you are having a bad day, vocalise it, understand it, as soon as you accept that you’re going through something half the work is done. It’s when we don’t want to accept it and we are fighting it it’s a never-ending battle. But when you accept when you vocalise ‘this is my issue, so what now? I still have to live my life’. I know I’m still going to live my life and with all the issues that I now faced in my personal life, I was surprised at how strong I was. I thought I was a much weaker person. I thought that with my separation, I would crumble and die. I didn’t think I was capable of being this strong…Today I’m very very proud of how strong I’m because I really didn’t know I was.”

Before she talked about her separation, Samantha spoke about her ‘humble beginnings’: When I saw success, I came from very very humble beginnings and I saw success immediately with my first film. But from a normal point of view you would be like ‘Whoa this girl just made it, she hit the jackpot and she should feel so happy’. But it wasn’t like that. I felt like ‘Why me? I don’t deserve this. I don’t look like any of the other girls’. And it destroyed me even further that I wasn’t good enough for all the love that I was receiving from the audience and I wasn’t good enough for all these big projects that I was getting. I’m still that girl asking all those questions but I stopped fighting it.”