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Ram Kapoor’s wife and television actor Gautami Kapoor faced trolling after recalling her willingness to buy a sex toy for her daughter, Sia Kapoor, when she turned 16. In a recent interview, Gautami spoke about the backlash, revealing that the negativity surrounding her open-minded views on parenting left her in a depressive state.
During a chat with News18 Showsha, Gautami shared, “It came completely out of the blue. When I had done the podcast, it was four and a half months ago. But a few months later, I get to this massive controversy, for reasons which I don’t even know. I have not made a generalised comment and I didn’t say that every mother should do it. It was a conversation that I was having on that particular day. I said something pertaining to my child, my daughter, and that’s a relationship I have with her, so why am I supposed to justify that?”
The actor added, “If that doesn’t agree with a certain section of society, that’s fine with me. I am not telling them to agree or disagree with me. I said it as a matter of fact..something I really believe in. Both Ram and me have a very open relationship with our children, some may agree with it, some may look down upon it. That’s their opinion and I am not a person who will judge them. They are entitled to their opinion like I am entitled to mine. It’s as simple as that. So, why are you getting my children into this controversy?”
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Recalling the entire ordeal that led to ‘sleepless nights’, Gautami Kapoor said, “Actually, I went into kind of a depressed state of mind because when I was seeing my Instagram feed, you wouldn’t believe the kind of comments I was being subjected to. I had sleepless nights. I couldn’t imagine that people actually write such stuff to another woman..to another human being. I just vanished from Instagram for almost a month.”
Speaking about her decision to remain silent on the controversy, she shared that her daughter was a source of support for her. She said, “I was confused if I should even counter this with a reply or comment. I spoke to Ram about this and my daughter, who lives in the US. Her friends sent some reels to her, she told them, ‘What’s the big deal?’ I told her sorry that this happened. She asked me to chill, and that it’s Instagram, just social media. People would talk about it for a day and then forget about it, just leave it.”
“Then, Ram said why am I so scared. I should just talk about it to any publication that is reaching out to me. I took a stand of not saying anything. I just kept silent, which is so sad, because I had a lot of things to say, but I just didn’t want the negativity and wanted to get out of the toxicity,” the actor concluded.
