“Folks known as me an ‘addict’…” Unafraid Pooja Bhatt unwraps her struggles with Alcoholism
The launch of Bigg Boss OTT Season 2 on Saturday, 17 June 2023 noticed some starry and stunning entries, together with that of film-maker-actress Pooja Bhatt.
In a latest dialog in the home, Pooja Bhatt revealed her struggles with alcohol dependancy.
Day 2 noticed the contestants bonding and speaking with each other as they regularly settled into the home.
Pooja Bhatt Getting Actual on Alcoholism
A tête-à-tête with Cyrus Broacha noticed an unashamed and candid Pooja sharing her relationship with alcohol from being hooked on it to now, taming her dependency over it on the age of 44. She additionally commented fairly vehemently on how society excuses and even normalises speaking about males battling consuming points whereas for a lady it’s seen as a taboo.
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Unleashing her annoyance over this prejudice, she expresses, “Society offers a licence to males and thus they’ll overtly talk about being addicted and recovering from alcoholism.”
Elaborating on her personal expertise, she provides that in contrast to different ladies who bow their heads to societal dogmas, she by no means drank surreptitiously. So why should she preserve her journey to teetotalism a secret?
She additionally went on to admit how folks used to name her an addict and he or she, resiliently, used to rectify that assertion by saying she was a ‘recovering addict’ Now she proudly shares that she put a full cease to her affiliation with alcohol 7 years again.
A Lengthy-drawn Battle with Alcohol
Pooja had by no means shied away from her combat with alcohol dependency and had voiced her struggles overtly in interviews. In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, she admits that having inherited the Bhatt genes has conditioned her to do each process to its full potential. So when it got here to consuming alcohol, she drank in abundance and had even professed that she discovered Alcohol ‘comforting’. Her father, famend filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt additionally suffered a protracted consuming drawback.
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Not brushing something below the carpet, she quickly acknowledged her dependancy publicly and even spoke on how her glamorous way of life and an alcoholic dad made her weak to being an addict herself. However, she ultimately acquired onto the trail to sobriety. Pooja has all the time been frank in entrance of the media about her dependancy points and really strongly and fearlessly voices her maverick opinions on the identical.
Pooja Bhatt, sister of the ever-sparkling Alia Bhatt, has helmed a number of movies herself as a director. Vacation, Jism 2, Jism 3 amongst others. She starred in lots of hit motion pictures like Dil hai ke Manta nahi, Jism, Chaahat, and Border. Later, she resorted to creating cameo appearances in movies after which turned away from the highlight ensuing controversies and dependancy points. The ‘Sadak 2’ actress is now making her presence felt on TV along with her look in Bigg Boss OTT Season 2
Drama within the Bigg Boss Home
Pooja Bhatt’s entry into the present was an astonishing second. Folks have been anticipating her to affix the home as a panel member. Nonetheless, she shocked everybody by getting into the home as a contestant!
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Bigg Boss all the time brings with it a number of enjoyable and drama and a peek into the lives of celebrities, their struggles, their alliances and their character. This season too guarantees simply that with so many thrilling contestants together with – Abhishek Malhan, Palak Purswani, Avinash Sachdev, Manisha Rani, Jad Hadid, Falaq Naaz, Bebika Dhurve, Akanksha Puri, Aaliya Siddiqui. Extra thrilling secrets and techniques and tales are awaited as associates and foes are acknowledged.