Didn’t get married men were a letdown, it had nothing to do with my kids: Sushmita Sen on marriage and daughters Renee & Alisah

By Tanmayi Savadi

on July 01, 2022 12:04:59 PM

In a chat with actress-turned-author Twinkle Khanna, Sushmita Sen opened up about her decision to stay unmarried, prioritising her daughters Renee and Alisah over men in her life and leading an independent and happy life without a partner.

She shared, "Khud ko khoya, toh kya paaya (If you lose yourself, then who are you)? That’s been my standard belief in life. I just wanted to be honest and speak my mind, and learn how to say it gracefully… Be it plastic surgery, men in my life, relationships, married men, whatever you think is a bad thing, it exists, get over it."

The model-turned-actress shared, "If you think it’s a social evil, tumhara dimaag chota hain, tumhara dil chota hain, samne wala insaan chota nahin hain. Tumhe kya lagta hain humne koi galtiyain nahi ki life me? Daba ke kiya hai. Danke ki chot pe kiya hai. I don’t carry any guilt about them, because I never bullsh*t about them."

Talking about Renee, Sushmita said, "Once I became a mother and Renee happened, forget Alisah, when Renee happened, there was no man thereafter, who came into my life and didn’t know my priority was her. There was no two ways about it. So, it wasn’t like, ‘I love you baby and I’ll do anything for you’, because I wasn’t that age, one. And two, I wasn’t giving false hopes anywhere. This was it. My daughter is very, very important to me, till a certain age, because she needs me. Now, I don’t expect anybody to come and share the responsibility with me, but never try and ask me to step away from it."

She added, "Luckily, I’ve met some very interesting men in my life, and the only reason I didn’t get married is because they were a letdown. It had nothing to do with my kids. My kids were never in the equation, if anything, they’ve been very gracious. They have accepted people in my life with open arms, given everybody an equal measure of love and respect. It’s the most beautiful thing to watch. I came close to getting married thrice. All three times God saved me. I can’t tell you what disasters followed with their respective lives. God did protect me, but also because God protected these two kids, he can’t let me get into a messy affair."

In December last year, Sushmita ended her relationship with Rohman Shawl.

(Source: Tweak India YouTube channel)