For a long time, there have been reports that Abhishek Bachchan is getting divorced from his wife Aishwarya Rai. Abhishek and Aishwarya arrived separately at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding in July. Their estrangement had further fuelled the divorce rumours. Meanwhile, a video of the actor went viral on social media, in which he was seen saying that Aishwarya and I are getting divorced. However, it was an AI generated deepfake video. After the video went viral, Abhishek has now broken his silence on the divorce rumours. Recently, in an interview to Bollywood UK media, Abhishek Bachchan showed his wedding ring on the question of divorce and said, I am still married. He further said, I have nothing to say to all of you. All of you have exaggerated this issue. I understand why you have done this. You have to file a story. It’s okay, we are celebrities, we have to bear this. Actor was seen announcing divorce in deepfake video
Recently, a video of Abhishek Bachchan went viral on social media. In this video shared from Abhishek Bachchan’s fan page, the actor was seen announcing divorce. In the video, he said, ‘This July, Aishwarya and I have decided to get divorced. The last few years have not been good for my daughter Aaradhya. However, today I am here to talk to you about the reasons for getting divorce from Aishwarya.’ Let us tell you that the video of Abhishek which went viral is AI generated. On closer inspection, it is found that Abhishek’s lip-sync does not match his audio. It was made a deepfake by tampering with the video. At the time the video went viral, the actor was in Paris to encourage Indian players in the Olympics 2024. How did the news of divorce gain momentum?
In July, Abhishek Bachchan along with his family was a part of Anant-Radhika’s wedding. Abhishek’s entire family was present on the red carpet, although Aishwarya and daughter Aaradhya were not with him at that time. Some time after Abhishek’s arrival, Aishwarya arrived on the red carpet with her daughter and posed for the paparazzi. Apart from making separate entries, they were not seen together throughout the wedding. After this, Aishwarya Rai went on vacation with her daughter, even then Abhishek was not present with her. Let us tell you that Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai got married in the year 2007. The couple has a daughter Aaradhya from this marriage.
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