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Any leader who remains silent on threats to women is unfit to be called a true leader, says Divya Sathyaraj

Chennai, May 7 (IANS) Nutritionist Divya Sathyaraj, the daughter of well-known Tamil film actor Sathyaraj, has opined that any leader who encouraged or remained silent about threats or abuse towards women was unfit to be called a true leader.

Taking to her Instagram timeline to give her reply to “Do you like Ajith or Vijay”, a question that she had been frequently asked, Divya Sathyaraj wrote, “When people ask me this question, I’ve always said, “I like Ajith sir.”

“He is a great actor, and more importantly, he respects women. He is a family man who treats the women in his life with immense respect, and his fans admire and follow his values. Ajith sir’s fans do not abuse women on social media- they are not cowards; they carry themselves with dignity and class,” Divya Sathyaraj said.

The nutritionist also went on to say, “Ajith sir would never endorse or allow his fans to threaten or disrespect women online. He has helped many people quietly, without seeking publicity. I believe any leader who encourages or remains silent about threats or abuse towards women is unfit to be called a true leader.”

It may be recalled that Divya Sathyaraj had only recently joined the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Interestingly, only a week back, she had made it clear on Instagram that her dad, Sathyaraj, was not a politician.

“My best friend Sathya is an actor and I’m a politician — he’s not a politician and I’m not an actor. We have our differences, but we’ll always look in the same direction,” she had said about her father.

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Penn Badgley tells why it was a ‘struggle’ to ‘differentiate’ himself from his ‘Gossip Girl’ role

Los Angeles, April 24 (IANS) For actor Penn Badgley it was difficult to leave his “Gossip Girl” character Dan Humphrey behind after the show concluded in 2012.

In a recent appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, Badgley said that it was difficult to “move on” from the role after starring in the hit series for six seasons.

“It was a struggle,” Badgley said, reports variety.com.

“When you do a film, you do it once and give it your all, and then you move on… When you do a television show, you’re doing it constantly because of the nature of that show.”

He added: “I was 20, 21, 22, so I didn’t have the emotional maturity to understand how to differentiate myself in terms of self-worth. What people seemed to think of Dan seemed to be what people thought of me.”

Badgley added that the “celebrity culture” in the late 2000s didn’t help either.

During the peak of “Gossip Girl,” the “You” star said he was constantly being asked about his dating life, which made him feel like, “you’re constantly needing to prove yourself in some manner, otherwise what are you doing?”

“Gossip Girl” ran for 121 episodes from 2007 to 2012. Starring Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick, Chace Crawford, Kelly Rutherford, Matthew Settle and Jessica Szohr, the show followed a group of wealthy New York teens whose scandalous lifestyles are repeatedly disrupted by an anonymous blogger known only as Gossip Girl.

In the show’s final episode, “New York, I Love You XOXO,” Badgley’s character Dan Humphrey is said to be the notorious Gossip Girl, citing his outcast status among the elite as the reason for starting the blog.

Badgley came to prominence playing Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

He featured in the comedy films John Tucker Must Die, Drive-Thru and Easy A, the thriller films The Stepfather and Margin Call, the biographical film Greetings from Tim Buckley, and the drama film The Paper Store.

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