Bigg Boss OTT 2: Pooja Bhatt opens up on her divorce, shares that ending her 11-year-old marriage ‘felt like death’

Pooja Bhatt is one of the most talked-about contestants of the Salman Khan-hosted show Bigg Boss OTT 2. Pooja has been making headlines since day one. In the latest episode of Bigg Boss OTT 2, Pooja got candid as she opened up about her divorce.

For the uninitiated, Pooja was married to Manish Makhija. They were together for 11 years. Pooja and Manish tied the knot in 2003, but got divorced in 2014. In the latest episode, Pooja called divorce her ‘lowest phase in life’. She added that it was her decision to end the relationship but it felt like ‘death’.

Pooja Bhatt on her divorce

Pooja was talking to fellow contestant Jiya Shankar when she opened up about her divorce. She said, “Frankly if you ask me Jiya, the lowest point of my life was when I divorced my husband of 11 years and it was totally my decision. I couldn’t lie to myself as I didn’t feel like continuing it. I said that I wanted to live my life with comfort or keep my 10 to 11-years-old relationship, and my husband was not a bad person. Everything that was there between us was there. But then I thought that I had lost myself and it was not for somebody else or the betterment of life.”

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Pooja Bhatt was married to Manish Makhija. She opened up about her divorce with Manish Makhija in the latest episode of Bigg Boss OTT 2.

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She added, “I wanted myself back but what did I do after that to hide my pain when it’s an 11-year-old relationship? It was called off suddenly and it felt like death but people ask if you are ok and people prefer you say so. And later you go and hide behind alcohol because the bottle delivers. Then I thought that I wanted to set myself free and find myself but I drilled myself more into bad zone. So that phase in my life was the lowest phase of my life.”

Pooja on regaining confidence

The filmmaker further recalled how she regained the confidence to get back up and fight for herself. She shared, “I pushed myself to the bottom of the pool and suddenly one survivor’s instinct crept in and I clawed my way out and I said ‘No boss, I am not giving up on myself’. That’s very important but when I look back to that phase I never push myself away from it. I look straight in the eye and said yes you have become this otherwise what’s the difference between a bottle and a person. So now the universe said that I am ready.”

Earlier, in one of the episodes of Bigg Boss, Pooja had revealed the reason behind not having kids.

On the other hand, Pooja along with Jiya Shankar, Manisha Rani, Bebika Durve, Abhishek Malhan, Elvish Yadav, Jad Hadid, and Avinash Sachdev are currently competing for the prize money and trophy.

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Mamta Naik

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