Ankita Lokhande says husband Vicky Jain and Mannara Chopra’s friendship was ‘triggering’ for her: ‘Things escalated and played in my head’
Ankita Lokhande confessed that Mannara Chopra's friendship with Vicky Jain was 'trigerring' for her but after watching the episodes, she regrets how their equation worsened.
Ankita Lokhande on rivalry with Mannara Chopra on Bigg Boss 17 (Photos: Ken Ferns/Instgram)
One of the biggest rivalries on Bigg Boss 17 was between Ankita Lokhande and Mannara Chopra. The tension between the two was quite evident throughout the season and the rivalry intensified even more after the friendship between Mannara and Ankita’s husband Vicky Jain strengthened, which bothered the Pavitra Rishta actor.
But after the show ended, Mannara wanted to extend an olive branch to Ankita. Right after the finale, in an exclusive interview with indianexpress.com, Mannara said that she respected Ankita and hoped they could be friends. Now, Ankita, in a chat with us, said that she may have taken the rivalry a little too far.
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Talking about keeping in touch with Mannara, Ankita told indianexpress.com, “I am here. Anyone who wants to be my friend is more than welcome. I am not going to approach anyone for that matter. I am done.”
Explaining what was the issue between them, Ankita shared, “After coming out, I was watching the episodes, and I saw that I would connect with Mannara a lot in the beginning, but slowly her track changed, and she started to feel a few things. I was okay with that. But in the last few episodes, a lot was going on between me and Vicky, and their friendship was triggering me. Mannara and I did have issues, but after her friends left, when she came to Vicky, I felt why him now. Then things escalated and played in my head. But when I saw the episodes I felt there was nothing like that. I regret it somewhere now.”
Mannara, on the other hand, has also made her stance clear and said that she would not like to keep in touch with Vicky as she is hesitant. In a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan, she said, “I will not message him because Vicky knows that I am hesitant. Once Ankita scolded me to not create problems between them, and I was taken aback. After this, Vicky tried to cheer me up, but I refused to talk to him because I felt ashamed. He knows that in real life things would be like that, so me contacting him might not look nice. If they want to keep in touch, I will be happy.”
As far as her journey is concerned, Ankita says she is very happy about it and has no regrets.
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