Bigg Boss 14: Nikki Tamboli says 'I cannot lie to keep someone happy or maintain my image'

Bigg Boss 14 has been creating quite the buzz with the contestants trying to impress their seniors while the tasks have all begun in full swing. A contestant who has been grabbing quite the eyeballs is none other than South star, Nikki Tamboli. She is known for having worked down South and is in fact, celebrated there.

When we got in touch with her before entering the house, she did have quite the insights to give. Read excerpts from the interviews here.

Your past favourites?

First would be Sidharth Shukla, second is Gauahar Khan.

Do you regret not having taken the show last season?

No, I don't have any regrets and I hope this season does better now that I am coming this season.

What was your first thought when you decided to say yes to the show?

To be honest, I don't move ahead with a strategy, but I was very happy that I am coming to Bigg Boss and I will share the stage with Salman Khan. I will be meeting new people, make new friends, there will be a lot of fights, I am sure, and I have mixed emotions about everything that is about to come.

Why did you choose Bigg Boss hindi over South?

I got offered this one and hence, I chose this. I haven't watched South Bigg Boss, and it has a lot of fans, true, but this is what I was offered.

What was the reaction from friends?

I give it back, a lot of people tend to take shit from people and not say anything back, but I am not one of those people. I am very open-minded when it comes to such things and I say whatever is there in my mind, and that is something my friends feel is an extremely cool thing, and they also feel that people will see me and relate to me at many levels.

Somewhere, the show also needs you to be manipulative. What about that?

I will of course keep up with everyone but if I don't like something, I cannot fake it that I do like it. The audiences will get to see that Nikki is not liking this, so how can I fake something and say that I like it, just to keep everyone together. I want to maintain connections but at the end of the day, you want to go to sleep peacefully, and to keep others happy or maintain my image, I cannot lie.

Lots of love stories have blossomed on the show, are you open to one?

I am open to it, I don't want to tie myself and if I like someone, I obviously won't get into a relationship because it takes time to build things up, the attraction will happen immediately, but love will take time. You cannot create drama on national television just for the TRPs saying that you have fallen in love and the audiences will know. If I happen to like someone, I will be nice to him, we'll see how the relation builds up, there'll be fun, we'll flirt, and we'll see where it goes

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