Celina Jaitly has spoken candidly about one of the toughest moments in her ongoing divorce battle with estranged husband Peter Haag. She described the day the divorce papers arrived, revealing that because they were written in German, her twin sons had to be the ones to read the notice aloud to her. She also alleged that she was later told she’d need to find employment in Austria to be able to see her children.
Celina Jaitly on the day the divorce papers arrived
Speaking to India Today, Celina shared that the divorce papers arrived on a day meant to be a celebratory one, her 15th wedding anniversary. She recalled that her husband accompanied her to the post office to pick up the documents but declined to translate them for her, despite the notice being in German, a language she wasn’t fluent in. She said, “I thought it was a letter from the municipality or that it had something to do with my residency. He dropped me down the hill where our house was, and I climbed back up. My twins were at home doing their homework. I asked them, ‘Beta, can you please read this for me? It’s very high-level German. I’m not going to spend half an hour translating it.’ My twins had to read that terrible divorce notice in which there were all sorts of weird allegations against me. I was being divorced for not being enough for my husband’s needs and for the irretrievable breakdown of our marriage. I thought it was a joke.”
Celina Jaitly on being told to “get a job as a cleaner in a supermarket”
Celina also shared that a judge had recommended the couple part ways amicably, and she promptly responded by sending a proposal for an amicable settlement to her husband’s lawyers. She said, “I said I don’t want anything. I just want my assets back and the money that I invested, and I want us to continue with joint custody. I went to my husband to speak to him after his lawyer said I wouldn’t be able to return to Mumbai after the divorce, and I was told, ‘Find a job if you want access to the children.‘ I said, ‘What work am I going to do?’ And I was told, ‘I will get you a job as a cleaner in a supermarket. We don’t look down upon jobs here like you do in India.'”
Celina Jaitly’s marriage and domestic violence complaint
Celina tied the knot with Peter Haag in 2010. The couple share three children, having lost one of their twins to a heart condition in 2017. In November 2025, Celina filed a complaint against Peter under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, alleging she had endured ongoing domestic violence.
Celina Jaitly’s FIR and custody battle
Reports indicate that the Mumbai Police filed an FIR against Peter based on a complaint lodged by Celina. She has also moved under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, in pursuit of maintenance and compensation. Celina has further alleged that she has been denied access to her children, despite an existing joint custody arrangement between the two.
Celina Jaitly’s husband and father-in-law send legal notices
In May, Semwal & Co., a Mumbai-based law firm, confirmed that Celina’s estranged husband Peter Haag and his father, DI Wolfgang J. Haag, had each sent separate legal notices to the actor. According to the notices, she had made defamatory statements about them through interviews and social media amid the ongoing divorce and child custody battle. The family denied every allegation of abuse, harassment and intimidation, objected to their three children being repeatedly brought up in public, and demanded that the disputed content be removed and a public apology issued, warning of civil and criminal action should their demands go unmet.