Exclusive! Rafiath Rashid Mithila: How people turn two innocuous posts in Srijit and my divorce gossip is beyond my understanding

Speculations over Srijit Mukherji and Rafiath Rashid Mithila’s separation were in full swing. With social media comments, media reports, etc, the speculation over the health of their marriage was also in news. While Srijit is busy working in Kerala for his upcoming cop drama Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke, Mithila is on move – for leisure and work. She just got back from a family trip and on her way to Tanzania on Tuesday, Mithila rubbished the speculation and said, “I have no idea how people turned our innocuous social media posts into our divorce gossip.”

It all started with two social media posts – one by Srijit and one by Mithila. Srijit posted a photo of himself gazing at the sea and he quoted Joan Baez, Farewell, Angelina with the photo. Meanwhile, Mithila posted her own photos with a few lines on ‘love’. “Initially, I did not even notice Srijit’s post. When people started talking about it, a few of my friends drew my attention. I was pretty shocked to see how easily people started talking about our divorce, separation, etc, just because we posted two photos. Not that we hinted at anything specific or even tagged each other,” she said.

Rubbishing the speculations as a baseless rumour, Mithila also said, “I find it to be very unethical. We have a child and she is growing up. The same separation rumour took place when I got stuck in Dhaka due to Covid. I understand that gossip about celebrities is unavoidable but this is a new low. And at the end, it is all about vilifying women. This is not nice,” The actress added. 

Mithila also said that both Srijit and she are too busy to deal with this. “Besides motherhood, I juggle my three careers – PhD, acting, and development work. It is insane to even be bothered about such baseless reports,” she said.