Superstar and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, following his historic win at the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026. Following his oath, he delivered his first speech as the CM, which moved many to tears. In the speech, the actor-politician said that he understood poverty and hunger. Now, his classmate, and the creator of the Netflix show Decoupled, Manu Joseph, has slammed Vijay's claims.

Vijay’s classmate criticises his claims

Manu took to X (formerly Twitter) on Monday to criticise Vijay’s first speech as the CM. He penned, “In his first speech as Tamil Nadu chief minister, Vijay said that he grew up in poverty, and that he even knows what hunger is. It's bulls**t because he was my classmate in the third standard in Loyola School.”