Raqesh Bapat opened up about his divorce from Ridhi Dogra and said that it took a toll on him.
Television’s charming star Raqesh Bapat might not have won the recently concluded Bigg Boss OTT but he did gain a lot of fan following for his stand in the show. While he was on the show, his ex-wife and actress Ridhi Dogra championed his cause from the outside and lent ample support to him defending Raqesh against comments such as ‘spineless’ and ‘henpecked husband’. The two actors parted ways in 2019 after more than seven years of marriage but remain friends and share a cordial relationship with each other. Also Read-Khatron Ke Khiladi 11’s Rahul Vaidya Takes Sly Dig At Makers; ‘You Must Know Who Is Gold..’
Now, Raqesh has opened up about how his divorce took a toll on him during an interview with Hindustan Times and said that he is finally in a ‘good space’ now. He said during the interview, “Any relationship ending has never been easy and I am an emotional person. I never thought I would end up in a situation like divorce because I always, and she also, wanted to work on the marriage for sure. But unfortunately, there are things that you cannot control and sometimes, you go through that whole aspect of ‘shayad achcha ho sakta tha (maybe it could have been fixed)’, so there is a lot of guilt, a lot of ‘maybe I went wrong, she went wrong’, she also probably felt the same.” Also Read-Bigg Boss 15: Devoleena Bhattacharjee hopes that Umar Riaz lives up her expectations, “I have heard that Umar is a little different from Asim”
The Tum Bin actor further said, “There are a lot of thoughts that you go through at that particular point and it’s important that you go through those thoughts because that makes us human. It took a toll on me because I was used to being in the marriage for seven years, so to accept the difference in life is definitely going to be a task. But now, I am good. We both went through that and we are in a good space now.” Also Read-Naga Chaitanya Reveals How Aamir Khan Supported Him Amid The Divorce Rumours With Samantha
Raqesh also revealed that he sought help to deal with the stress of the divorce and talking to someone about it made things easier for him. He said, “I took help also, which was needed, because our mind is a meaning-making machine, it is always thinking. There is uncertainty about a lot of things, so we need to solve that and move on. I have accepted gracefully that taking help is not a big deal. You need to talk to people if there is a problem. I did that and it sorted me out for sure. I also did visual art therapy which helped me a lot, I have become a therapist myself now, so it is something good. Now, it’s all done and dusted, it’s all in a good space.”
Talking about Shamita Shetty with whom he shared a ‘good equation’ on the show, Raqesh said that he wants to take things slow and get to know her better before rushing forward. He said, “Before giving it any kind of name, this bond, we would like to know each other better.”
For the unversed, Raqesh Bapat and Ridhi Dogra met for the first time on the sets of the TV show Maryada – Lekin Kab Tak in 2010. They got married but then separated after seven years.
Meanwhile, on Friday, Raqesh was also spotted with Shamita on a dinner date at Mumbai’s restaurant. Shamita is all set to enter the Bigg Boss 15, while Raqesh entry inside the house has not been confirmed yet.
