Samantha recently discussed her autoimmune disease, Myositis, and the challenges she faced upon diagnosis. In a recent interview, she revealed that she first experienced symptoms shortly after filming for Koffee With Karan.
In an interview with Galatta India, the actor, who was , said, “Actually, it’s weird. So, I finished shooting for Koffee with Karan. And I was flying back to Hyderabad with my business partner, Himank Duvvuru. And I had a very crazy six months. It was more than six months. It was about eight months post the separation, it was just the world was going upside down.
She continued, “I remember telling him on the flight back that I finally felt a sense of calm, and I’m ready now to work and focus on my career. The next day, I had a shoot for Kushi, but I experienced immense fatigue. My body went into shutdown mode.”
Samantha then explained, “From then on, it started deteriorating, and I didn’t know what was happening. It took a while to figure things out, and I think after that, everyone knows. It takes a lot of time.”
Samantha appeared on Karan Johar’s famous talk show Koffee with Karan in 2022 with Akshay Kumar. During the same episode, she also addressed the public scrutiny around her .
On the professional front, her latest web series Citadel: Honey Bunny, also starring Varun Dhawan, is currently streaming on Prime Video.