Niharika Konidela
Niharika Konidela, the actor, and Chaitanya JV, the techie, got married in a beautiful wedding in Udaipur on December 9, 2020. However, after a year, rumors of their separation surfaced, and in July 2023, the couple officially confirmed their split on their Instagram accounts. Despite maintaining silence on the matter, Niharika recently spoke about her divorce for the first time during a podcast with her friend Nikhil Vijayendra Simha. Her ex-husband also responded to her comments.
Niharika Konidela speaks out on divorce
Talking about how being married and divorced changed her, Niharika Konidela said, "I am at a stage in life where I want to focus on myself, I also want to be there for my parents" she said. She added that she has always been dependent on her parents and didn't know how to function otherwise. "You can't be dependent on the wrong person," she said, adding, "I've been divorced for almost two years now, only I know how much it hurt me."
Niharika further added that while she was used to being trolled online, she was hurt to see the family being dragged in a bad light too, "I am thankful I have a father like Nagababu who said he doesn't care what anyone thinks and that I'm the best thing to happen to him, I deserve to be happy. My divorce has shown me the value of family."
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Niharika Konidela mentioned that the split was a 'lesson' in itself, she said, "Everyone gets married hoping it's for a lifetime, but things weren't what I expected. I am only 30, I haven't closed off my heart to love. But first, I want to be independent and work on myself before committing to a relationship. For now, I'm single."
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While Chaitanya wasn't invited on the podcast, he left his thoughts in the comment section, "I truly appreciate the effort you have made in trying to ward away the unfair negativity on Niharika that is going on lately. I know it is not easy to face it in tandem with dealing with a personal crisis."
He added, "But you should stop trying to use the reach and platform to indirectly try and attach tags of victim and cause with respect to the marriage. This is the second time this is happening. The pain of things not working out and the process and ordeal of healing is the same for both the ends. The concept of not talking about the divorce, and especially just one side of it, is there to not interfere or rupture that healing again for either of the people involved."
Chaitanya further said, "Talking about the pain in aftermath and healing is fine, that will help people. In the future instead of an indirect implication of history and fit in words like trust, what will be advised is to have all the parties involved and run through the timeline if you are that keen on knowing and making public aware."
"But I totally agree till the fact of it being unfair to judge people without knowing about the complete picture and if that is wrong, then trying indirect messaging through using this platform from one side of the coin is also equally wrong. Hope that is understandable. Thanks" he concluded.
