''Akshay Kumar used me'' - Shilpa Shetty in 2000

A Shilpa Shetty interview on her break-up with Akshay Kumar, published in 2000, after the release of Dhadkan:

SHILPA SHETTY
"Akshay Kumar used me and conveniently dropped me after he found someone else."


Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Shilpa Shetty is huffing and puffing away these days. Still not got over her painful split with Akshay Kumar, she has decided to strike back with a vengeance of a wounded tigress. Amidst strenuous dance rehearsals (for some show), Shilpa spoke about the man who caused her much grief, in brief!

The past few months have been quite a roller-coaster ride for you
Yes, it has been a rough period personally. But I'm glad that the ordeal is over. After every dark cloud, there's always a silver lining. All this while though things were going well professionally, my personal life was pulling me down. It feels good that it's finally behind me.

You are very upset about your break-up with Akshay Kumar.

Don't I have reasons to be upset? When you love someone and all along don't realize that you are being taken for a ride, it can be very annoying. I never imagined that he could two-time me, and that too all along our relationship.

Why are you lashing out after months of breaking-up with him?

I wanted our film to get over and released, so that it wouldn't come in the way of my producers. I couldn't harass them just because my personal life was turning into shambles. So, I decided to wait till Dhadkan was done with.

Akshay said recently that you should not make 'such a tamasha' of your relationship in public.

That's his opinion, not mine. After what he did with me, what else could he say? See, I don't regret my decision at all. Someone has to let people know about him and warn all the other women to keep off him.Besides I was very angry and wanted to let him know that he could not get away with murder.

Are you upset with Twinkle, since he left you for her?

No, I'm not at all upset with her. What's her fault if my man was cheating on me? There is no point blaming any other woman, it was entirely his fault. Akshay Kumar used me and conveniently dropped me after he found someone else. The only person, I was upset with was him. But I'm sure he'll get it all back.

So, have you moved on yet?

It's not easy to forget the past so soon, but I'm glad I've had the strength to move on. Today, he's a forgotten chapter as far as I'm concerned. I will never work with him again. Professionally, things have never looked better; I've signed five new films. So, I confidently say that I've moved on after our split.


--Umesh Jivnani

Archive of Indya.com - http://web.archive.org/web/20001019071330/cinemaa.indya.com/cinemaa/interviewsshilpa.html

[Seems stars used to turn to media as their agony aunt back then! 😆]

LOL at Shilpa's last statement! She said she had moved on. If she indeed had, then why did she feel the need to bash him in interviews to media?😆

@chalaakomaasi

I know of some Bollywood sites like Indya.com etc. so I was only checking out their old pages/versions via Archive.org. You can put link of any website there, and see if its old stuff is available or not. Not all pages are archived though.

Originally posted by: priya2345

Shilpa did the same to Raveena