Mumbai: Trishala Dutt, actor Sanjay Dutt’s daughter from his first wife Richa Sharma, on Monday shared a cryptic note on parents choosing ‘family image’ over mental health.
“Not everyone who shares your blood deserves a place in your life. Sometimes, the most draining, invalidating, and dismissive people we know carry the title ‘family.’ You’re allowed to protect your peace. You’re allowed to go low-contact or no contact. You’re allowed to choose your mental health over preserving the family image,” Trishala wrote.
Highlighting that children are allowe
d to distance themselves from parents who ‘mistreat’ and ‘guilt-trip’ their kids, she added, “Because ‘family’ is not a free pass to mistreat, manipulate, or guilt-trip you. You DO NOT owe continued access to anyone who keeps hurting you — even if they raised you. When a parent cares more about how the family appears to the world than how it actually feels to live in it, that’s a problem.”
After the death of her mother in 1996, Trishala lived with her maternal grandparents in the US.
On August 10, Sanjay shared a cute picture with daughter Trishala and wished her on her birthday.
“Happy birthday @trishaladutt, Always proud of you, always love you,” Sanjay wrote.
Sanjay is married to Manyata, and the couple has twins — son Shahraan and daughter Iqra.
On the work front, Sanjay was last seen in ‘Housefull 5’. His next will be in Kannada film ‘KD: The Devil’, Telugu films, ‘The Raja Saab’ and ‘Akhanda 2’, and Hindi films, ‘Baaghi 4’ and ‘Dhurandhar.’