The 51-year-old actor said the rumour was followed by a fake video of Aryan which left the family "disturbed".
"Four years ago, my lovely wife Gauri and me decided to have a third child. It was claimed on the net that he was the love child of our first child, who was 15-year-old.
"Apparently, he sowed his wild oats with a girl while driving her car in Romania. And yeah, there was a fake video to go with it. And we were so disturbed as a family," Shah Rukh said while talking about the impact of social media.
"Reality became virtual and virtual became real. I started to feel that I couldn't be who I wanted to be or say what I actually thought. And humanity at this time completely identified with me. Both of us were going through mid-life crisis. Humanity, like me, was becoming an over-exposed prima donna."
In his 17 minutes-long speech, Shah Rukh shared thoughts on love, fame and humanity.
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