Jude Anthany Joseph said that the remarks against Antony Varghese were made out of emotional vulnerability. Jude said that he said what had happened but did not mean to hurt. Judes response was in an interview given to Red FM
Joseph was addressing the issue of drugs menace in the Malayalam film industry in which the names of two actors Shane Nigam and Sreentah Bhasi have cropped up.
'Antony Varghese took an advance of Rs 10 lakh from producer Arvind for his sister’s wedding and then, 18 days before the commencement of the film, opted out of the project,' Jude Anthany Joseph said.