Actor Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain have won Smart Jodi, a reality show they joined soon after tying the knot. In an interview after the win, Ankita Lokhande opened up on the challenges they faced after her ex-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. The Pavitra Rishta actor shared that it was Vicky’s support that helped her take a stand for Sushant as he told her to do the best for him.
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“I was talking about Sushant all the time”
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Ankita and Vicky started dating in 2018 after she and Sushant broke up in 2016. In an interview with the Times of India, she talked about the phase post Sushant’s death, and recalled all the trolling that Vicky had to face.
“They started saying ‘Ankita was best for Sushant and she should always be with Sushant’. Social media turned abusive towards Vicky telling him to leave me because I was good for Sushant. It is not easy for a man to watch his to-be wife giving interviews on her ex-boyfriend on television and talking about her past. There were different stories emerging everyday and I was right there talking about Sushant all the time,” Ankita shared.
“Vicky told me to to do whatever is best for Sushant”
Talking about the support she got from Vicky’s family, Ankita said, “Vicky comes from a very respectable family. I remember they called me and supported me saying, ‘Don’t worry, all will be well’. It was not only tough for Vicky, but my parents, too. Had it been some other guy, he would have quit, but Vicky stood there and became my strength and told me, ‘Do whatever you think is best for Sushant’ and that’s why I could do my best for Sushant.”
“I wouldn’t have been able to see Vicky talk about his past with a woman”
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She further added, “We were both living in a state of shock and trolls made life even more difficult for us. When Sushant died and I started talking about him, I was in a constant state of confusion whether I was doing the right thing, and Vicky was the one who supported me. For six months, there were constant stories of my past with Sushant emerging. If I was in Vicky’s position, I would not have been able to see him talking about his past with a woman. I had taken a stand for Sushant and I could do that because Vicky was on my side.”
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Earlier, Vicky had expressed that he was proud of Ankita for fulfilling her responsibility in relation to the Sushant Singh rajput case. Ankita and Vicky tied the knot in December 2021. As part of the reality show win, the couple took home Rs 25 lakhs in cash prize and the ‘golden gatbandhan‘ trophy.
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