|  | | It's official now: Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor leaving the LFW show. | On September 24, Kareena Kapoor pleaded with MiDDAY photographer Nimesh Dave to not click her and Saif Ali Khan, outside Zenzi, a Bandra eatery.
Saif even threatened to break the camera if the photog shot them together.
But on Wednesday night, Saif came in hand-in-hand with ladylove Kareena to the Lakm Fashion Week finale, fully aware that the place would be teeming with every newspaper, magazine and TV channel in the country. It was obviously not by accident.
The confession was not a spontaneous one, it was a well-planned move. So what changed in just 24 days?
Truly over
According to a source, "It may have been Saif's words but the decision to tell the world they were together was Kareena's. Shahid's admission to a TV channel (as reported in HiTLIST on October 17) that he was single, was like a slap in Bebo's face who was still telling the world, 'Shahid and I are together.'
Probably in the hope that Shahid would take her back, just like John did, after the Bipasha-Saif rumours. But after Shahid's declaration of being available, Bebo realised that it was truly over, and it was time to tell the world that she too had moved on."
It was more about one-upmanship than anything else. This is what the romance of three years has been reduced to.
In retaliation
An insider from Jab We Met says, "It was Shahid's decision to not talk about the state of his relationship with Kareena till the release of the film because the film is important for him.. But he started flouting the rule that he'd made.
And it was only natural for Bebo to retaliate. Also Bebo is upset with Shahid for meeting the enemy Ameesha Patel (as reported by HiTLIST on October 16) at a public place.
She saw this move as deliberately trying to humiliate her, while she was busy painting the 'all is well' picture to the world."
Rozza unruffled
Saif's ex-girlfriend Rozza Catalano has truly moved on. That can be deduced from the fact that she is truly unaffected by the Saif-Kareena outing yesterday at Manish Malhotra's fashion show.
When asked to comment about her ex-beau's current gal, all she was willing to say was, "Each person does have something which makes him or her happy.
Fortunately, I am content with the way things are in my life. These days, I am negotiating a few showbiz projects." It's all work and no nostalgia for the Italian girl.
Chaitanya Padukone | |
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