Pooja Bhatt recently opened up about her failed marriage with Manish Makhija. The actress was speaking at the launch of the book Unchain My Heart when she mentioned that her marriage was ‘boring’. Pooja married restaurateur Manish Makhija in 2003. However, they parted ways in 2014.
Pooja Bhatt shared that her marriage with Manish was ‘crumbling’ because neither of them was interested in it. She clarified that none of them were cheating but added that she lost her femininity in the process. “I found myself in a marriage that was crumbling. It wasn’t crumbling because of any painful situation, it was rather boring, neither of us cheated or were interested in it. As a woman, I realised that I lost myself in the process while ticking the box that the society has set for me. It took me sometime to realise that I am trapped in a marriage that wasn’t working for me. I lost my femininity. I forgot who I was. He was a perfectly wonderful man but there was a loneliness in my soul,” Pooja said.
During the event, the 51-year-old actress also opened up about her battle with alcoholism and argued that even though she used it as an escape, she was trapped in it. “I used alcohol as a band-aid, I was trapped and I was chained. First into being a good wife and then getting my gratification with a bottle. I asked myself what is the difference between a bad relationship and a bottle. I was using both to numb the pain. So, I learnt to deal with myself, my anguish and my emptiness and from that something magical emerged. I kicked the bottle and it has been seven years since I have been sober,” she explained.
Pooja Bhatt recently participated in the second season of Bigg Boss OTT. She was among the top five contestants in Salman Khan’s show.
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