Popular Indian actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu opened up about her Mytosis diagnosis in 2022 through an Instagram post. And since then, she has never shied away from talking about her physical, mental and emotional battle with this disease. The actor, once again, talked about it during an interview with Foodpharmer and revealed some shocking details about her condition.
Talking about the hardest part of dealing with an incurable disease, Samantha shared, “When I was diagnosed with my autoimmune condition, I was in a very helpless and kind of lonely place with my health. I didn’t know where to begin. When you get sick and you just get a pill for a week, you feel that you would be fine. Because that’s how it’s been all your life. Whatever the illness is, you just go and you take a pill for one week. However, this is not like that. It’s chronic, and you’re told that it’s incurable. You’re told that it’s lifelong and it’s going to get worse. This was at a point when I was raging too; I had my whole life in front of me. Everything comes to a grinding halt. I felt really helpless.”
The health problem led to her taking a break from work and focusing on herself. This led to many people doubting that the disease would mean the end for her acting career. But the Kushi actor proved all of them wrong. “Whoever was speaking to me about it said, ‘What is your plan B? I don’t think you would be able to be an actor anymore.’ I was like, no. I am not listening to that. What do you mean by option B? I clearly told them that there is no option B. I am going to beat this.”
But it was easier said than done. She added, “But it took me a long time to sink in that it’s not going to get better in just a few months. It’s going to take years. It was a lonely journey. I went down many rabbit holes of what worked and what didn’t work. I realised that someday, it was so hard. I thought I don’t want anyone to go through what I am going through right now. I really don’t want them to.”
Samantha On Losing Work Due To Her Choices
In the same interview, Samantha also talked about losing out on a lot of work because of her choices in life. She revealed that several big and well known brands wanted to work with her, but she decided to let go of the money and work because she did not believe in the product. “When I entered this industry in my 20’s, the symbol of being success was basis the number of projects you have, the number of brands you endorse and how many brands want your face on their products and I was very happy that all of these big multinational brands wanted me as their brand ambassador.”
She further sared, “But today, I realise that I couldn’t be more wrong. I was almost forced to introspect on my choices and I knew I had to follow what feels right. Today, I feel that my younger self should apologize to my older self for doing all the nonsense and that’s exactly why I want to appeal to my younger followers to not think that they are invincible in their 20’s. I have learned the hard way that it is not! Those endorsements done a very long time ago. I’ve said no to and let go of almost 15 brands just last year and ofcourse that crores and crores of money. Now every time there is an endorsement, I now vet my brands with 3 doctors before I agree to endorse it.”
