Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Ektaa Kapoor Recalls Mental Health Struggles During COVID
Ektaa Kapoor spoke about a very hard time in her life during COVID.
She said 2021 and 2022 were especially difficult for her mental health.
She had trouble coping with seeing many deaths around her.
Kapoor also said she was struggling with becoming a mother.
Although she did not give birth to her son, she described her experience as her own kind of postpartum period.
She shared this during a podcast conversation with Ranveer Allahbadia.
Ektaa Kapoor discussed her experience in a conversation on Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast.
She described 2021–2022 as her worst period mentally.
Kapoor said she struggled to grapple with the COVID period and the deaths around her.
She described experiencing what she called her own kind of postpartum period.
She said she was grappling with motherhood, though she did not give birth to her son.
- Who
- Producer Ektaa Kapoor, speaking with Ranveer Allahbadia.
- What
- Kapoor recalled mental health difficulties during COVID and struggles with motherhood.
- When
- She identified 2021–2022 as the period.
- Where
- On Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast.
- Why
- She said she struggled to cope with the COVID period, deaths around her, and her experience of motherhood.
- Person speaking
- Ektaa Kapoor
- Podcast host
- Ranveer Allahbadia
- Period identified
- 2021–2022
- Main subject
- Mental health during the COVID period
- Motherhood
- Kapoor said she was grappling with motherhood and described her experience as her own kind of postpartum period.