Pooja Bhatt said that her divorce was the lowest phase of her life and added that she does not blame her ex-husband at all for their split. She spoke to co-contestant Jiya Shankar on reality show Bigg Boss OTT 2. She also recalled how she hit rock bottom before deciding not to give up on herself.
In a recent interview with Jiya on Bigg Boss OTT 2, Pooja said, “Honestly, if you ask me Jiya, the worst moment of my life was when I divorced my husband of 11 years and it was purely my decision. I couldn’t lie to myself because I didn’t feel like continuing it.”
Why Pooja decided to break up
The actor and filmmaker added: “I said I want to live my life in comfort or keep my 10-11 year old relationship and my husband was not a bad person. Everything that was between us was there. But then I thought I lost myself and it wasn’t for someone else or to make life better.”
Pooja took to alcohol
Pooja went on to say that it was her decision to get a divorce, but breaking an 11-year-old relationship felt like death. “I wanted myself back, but then what did I do to hide my pain when it’s an 11-year relationship? It was suddenly called off and it felt like death, but people ask if you’re okay, and people are more like, if you say.” And later you go hide behind alcohol because the bottle delivers. Then I thought I wanted to break free and find myself, but I dug myself deeper into the wrong zone.’
Pooja regains her confidence
Pooja further added, “So this phase of my life was the lowest phase of my life. I pushed myself to the bottom of the pool and suddenly a survivor’s instinct kicked in and I clawed my way out and said ‘No boss, I’m not going to give up on my own’. This is very important, but when I look back at this stage, I will never break away from it. I looked him straight in the eyes and said yes you became one otherwise what is the difference between a bottle and a human. So now the universe said I’m ready.”
This was not the first time that Pooja spoke about her past marriage on Salman Khan’s show. In June, she spoke about her husband and called him a good person. She added that she did not want children at the time.
