Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu has been vocal about her struggles with myositis, an autoimmune disorder. Recently, she spoke about her two-year break from films due to the disease and the constant queries about her weight loss. She revealed a surprising connection to it all to her pet cat, Gelato.
Samantha was asked on Galatta Plus about why she named her pet cat Gelato. The actor got surprisingly candid about the story behind the name and said, “Those two years that I was on a break, food was a trigger. If I eat anything that upsets my gut, I would trigger the autoimmune condition. And so, my food became extremely restricted and extremely bland. I would eat the same food for breakfast, lunch and dinner for two years. And then the first thing that I was allowed to add was gelato, without sugar and dairy. So, I would really look forward to that gelato. So, when I decided to get a cat, I named her Gelato.”
Samantha also revealed that she can eat ‘comfortably’ now but not ‘excessively’. She spoke about the constant queries and chatter around her weight loss, adding, “Now, I’m in a good place where I can eat comfortably. Not excessively, but eat. I’m always asked, why did you lose so much weight? People never really know what’s going on with someone. It’s not like I don’t want to eat, I can’t eat.”
