Actress Ankita Lokhande‘s husband Vicky Jain found popularity and notoriety in equal measures after his appearance on Bigg Boss 17. While his game was appreciated, things went wrong for him and Ankita as a couple with their frequent fights and disagreements. Things came to a head when his mother questioned Ankita’s behavior, and at the same time, Vicky’s friendship with Mannara Chopra, Ayesha Khan, and Sanaa Raees Khan was also questioned. Addressing all these issues, Vicky exclusively spoke to indianexpress.com and shared how every story has two sides.
Talking about his fights with Ankita, Vicky shared, “That show is about real personalities, how you react in a situation there matters. If you have faced the worst in your relationship there, then you know what you have to work on. Sometimes you don’t know what is wrong and the relationship gets over, but we knew what was wrong, so now we can improve it. Every coin has two sides, this is one side where people are watching me on the show.
“The other side is that two people are aware that they are on the show, and it is important to not suppress the other person. It is not like she cannot tell me something, we both can tell each other things. It was the belief we had in our relationship that we both were equals. We could freely keep our views in front of each other. Whenever Ankita said something in her unfiltered way, I reacted, and we got into an argument. We never held ourselves back. The emotions that come out in that house only happen when we allow each other, we do that. That is why all those fights happened. We both were telling things to one another. I came across as more aggressive because I was too involved in the game. I was so clear with the game, that I didn’t want to take any feedback. At the same time, I had to show my individuality. ”
He even spoke on the toxic and mean remarks they made about each other and said, “People were judging the words we said to each other, but they don’t know the comfort we share. We accept each other in every way to stay in that relationship.” Vicky even addressed the claims of him and Ankita getting a divorce, and added, “People will judge because it’s a show, but those words mean nothing in front of the relationship we share. We will always live together. We have faced adverse situations in our lives where we didn’t leave each other. We are not even thinking about it now, ever since we walked out of the Bigg Boss house we never felt the need to explain to each other about our actions. It was the circumstances, today we are happy with each other, it is all in the past.”
Commenting on his mother’s behavior towards Ankita, Vicky defended saying, “For the first time my family saw me crying, and real emotions came from them. I don’t endorse the words they said, my mother said a few things that were not right, but the emotion behind them were not wrong. Words can be hurtful, but in a relationship, you should not see the words but the emotions behind them. If those emotions are lacking, the relationship is already over. We are all very connected, hence everyone reacted in their way. That is why people judged her also, whether it is me, my mom, or Ankita, we all have to face the music for the wrongs we did. When they saw those things, we were not there to justify those actions, so the communication gap spoilt things.”
Vicky even spoke about his strained relationship with Abhishek Kumar and said, “I was all hearts in my friendship with Abhishek. I was very vocal for him. When he was eliminated, I didn’t want him to return even for one percent, I was very unhappy with his conduct. But I gave a lot of chances to my friendship with Abhishek.”
Also speaking on his friendships with Mannara, Ayesha, and Sanaa being portrayed in a wrong manner, Vicky added, “I don’t know why my friendship with the girls got construed that way. Ayesha told me she treated me like a brother and wanted to tie me a rakhi every year. That is why I was so comfortable with her. Mannara and her sister also told me that they saw me as a brother. But again, if people wanted to see those equations like that, and enjoy, they would. I don’t react to it because I know what the real intention is. I don’t care what people talk about, but it is shameful. I am almost 20 years older than them, so I felt bad for the girls and their families.”
When Vicky was asked how he and his family felt when Ankita came fourth, the Bigg Boss 17 contestant said, “We all wanted Ankita to win. We were very heartbroken because two people from one family worked very hard on the show. Even Salman sir (Salman Khan) told Ankita on stage that according to him she was the winner. After having the journey we had when the result is like this it gets upsetting.”