Dhanashree Verma breaks silence on being called gold-digger after divorce from Yuzvendra Chahal

Choreographer, actor, and social media personality Dhanashree Verma finally broke her silence against the trolling and unfair labels she has suffered since her divorce from cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal earlier this year. After months of silence, she addressed the negativity. 

The 28-year-old is currently featuring on Ashneer Grover-hosted reality show Rise and Fall, and spoke about the tags that online critics have attached to her. Notably, Dhanashree and Chahal tied the knot in December 2020, but their marriage ended in divorce by March 2025. 

The split immediately triggered online trolling, with the actress being targeted and labelled as a gold-digger. Chahal’s appearance in a “be your own sugar daddy” T-shirt on the day of their divorce instantly grabbed significant eyeballs. Since then, while Chahal has spoken about the divorce on public platforms, Dhanashree’s spoken about it for the very first time. On Rise and Fall, Dhanashree took a dig at the gold-digger tag. 

“Everyone have their respect in their own hands, I could also disrespect if I wanted to. You think I don’t have things to say as a woman. He was my husband, I respected him even when I was married, and I have to respect the fact, I was married to him. When you’re in a marriage, you’re responsible for the other person’s respect too,” she said.

Despite the trolling, she revealed in a vlog with Farah Khan that she remains on cordial terms with Chahal. 

“Both have accepted everything gracefully, and moved on, and now we wish well for each other. I am in touch with Yuzi also on messages. He used to call me maa, he is sweet only,” she said.

However, she also responded to Chahal’s earlier suggestion on a podcast that their relationship had turned fake.

“There is a reason why we say personal life. It has to be private. A coin has two sides. Just because I am not speaking doesn’t give anybody the power to take advantage of that. It’s done and dusted, please move on,” she said on Humans of Bombay.

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