Actor Rupali Ganguly has broken her silence on the recent controversy involving her and stepdaughter Esha Verma after the latter called her “toxic” and “abusive”. An old post by Esha, Rupali’s husband Ashwin K Verma’s daughter with his second wife Sapna, claiming that Rupali and Ashwin got into a relationship while he was still married to Sapna went viral.

At a recent event, the actor was asked about how the entire ordeal affected her. “Agar main kahun ki (main) nahin affect hoti toh main jhooth kahungi. Of course, affect hota hai. Hum insaan hain, agar humare baare mein koi peeth peeche thodi si burai bhi kar de toh bura lagta hai,” she told Instant  Bollywood, adding, “Bura samay kabhi kabhi aata hai, buri cheezein hoti hain, lekin acchai hamesha jeetti hai.”

Following one of Esha’s interviews claiming Rupali and Ashwin’s 11-year-old son was illegitimate, the actor filed a Rs. 50 crore defamation suit against her. Esha later issued an apology for dragging her stepbrother into the matter, adding “misinformation was thrown into some articles”. She also deleted the post and made her Instagram account private.