A huge controversy erupted this past week when Telangana minister Konda Surekha claimed that Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya's divorce was part of a political conspiracy. After the entire film industry - including Samantha and Chaitanya themselves - slammed Surekha, the politician retracted her statement. But even as Surekha copped a lot of criticism, many fans were quick to call Chaitanya out, too, as his statement did not even mention Samantha by name.
(Also read: Naga Chaitanya supports ‘earlier spouse’ Samantha Ruth Prabhu after minister’s comment ) What Chaitanya said On October 1, Konda Surekha claimed that her political rival KTR had 'blackmailed' Samantha into divorcing Chaitanya. Samantha released a statement later that night calling for Surekha to not draw her into political battles. Chaitanya also issued a statement the following day, but many fans felt the wordings were too vague.
In fact, Chaitanya did not even name Samantha in the entire 150-word statement, merely referring to her as 'earlier spouse', a rather awkward and archaic term. Samantha's fans react On X (formerly Twitter), Chaitanya's tweet carrying the statement was shared widely by fans of Samantha , calling him out. One wrote, "Kept using the words spouse.
. couldn't once take her name." Another added, "Man fumbled so bad, can't even name her.
" One fan quipped, referring to the Harry Potter villain Lord Voldemort, “So Samantha is Voldemort, she who must not be named.” Many others com.