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Gautami Kapoor says trolling over remark about gifting sex toy to daughter left her ‘depressed’: ‘I had sleepless nights’
In a recent interview, Gautami Kapoor revealed that she was in a “depressed” state of mind after finding herself at the centre of a controversy over remarks expressing her willingness to buy a sex toy for her 16-year-old daughter.
Gautami Kapoor reacts to controversy over remarks about gifting sex toy to daughter.
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?”
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.
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