A player Sameera Reddy recently opened up about the close relationship he shares with his mother-in-law, Manjri Varde, revealing how she has inspired him to regain his confidence after facing challenges in life. For those who don’t know, after getting married when Sameera was away from films for a long time when she embraced motherhood again, the actress and her mother-in-law are the ones who are happy. Manjiri is an inspiration to many and Sameera has also believed in keeping it real on social media through her honest posts and confessions. In a recent interview, Sameera recalled that when she first met Manjri, she felt that her divorce and remarriage from her ex-husband had a big impact on her, although she didn’t say it openly.“I’m saying this publicly today. When I met him, he got divorced and my in-laws moved out and remarried, and in my head, I always knew, even though he never said it, I always knew it was something that was bothering him,” Samera said at the FICCI FLO event in Bengaluru.Agreeing with her daughter-in-law, Manjri admitted, “It can take a toll on any of us. It’s not easy being single.”Sameera said she saw great potential in Manjri and made it her mission to help her live with new confidence. He wanted his mother-in-law to stop holding back and enter the limelight.“I thought I’d make you super hot and supersar because I really felt that he had that in him. And I wanted that in him so I think when I met him, I definitely felt that… He didn’t cut himself short, but he didn’t go out there and just give it away.”The actor also spoke about the stigma associated with divorce and said he encouraged Manjri not to let people control how she lives her life.“That’s what divorcees hear and I’m telling you, you don’t have to. You live once, there’s only one life and if you’re going to be there for people… This is the speech I gave him. I said, ‘No one can hold your hand when you stand alone and cry in the corner. You have to wake up and you have to make yourself”.Sameera added that their intention was not to humiliate her mother-in-law or dwell on the past, but to focus on creating a better future.“Even if someone makes a move, we’re not going to spit in their face; we’re here to walk our path at the same time. Enlighten yourself; that’s when everyone starts turning on you.”He said, “The important thing is that you don’t sacrifice yourself to anyone, not your husband, not even your family.”Sameera Reddy, who retired from films after marrying businessman Akshai Varde in 2014, later turned herself into a homemaker and producer. During the pandemic, Manjri Varde also became popular in her social media videos, and the duo won praise for their honest and collaborative work.Earlier, in an interview with Hauterrfly, Sameera praised her mother-in-law for being honest and supportive. He recalled that when they first met, Manjri had openly told him about Akshai’s dating history and praised him for not blindly taking his son’s side.Describing their relationship, Sameera said Manjri is someone “who has been there, talked to me, been real, always taken my side. Not ki mera beta, mera beta. He’s been like, ‘Sameera, are you okay? What do you want?’