Pooja Bhatt says divorcing her husband was the ‘lowest phase’ in her life: ‘You go and hide behind alcohol’

The actor-turned-filmmaker also addressed how it wasn’t easy to let go of an 11-year relationship. She said that it was sudden and felt like death, “People ask if you are ok and people prefer you say so. And later you go and hide behind alcohol because the bottle delivers. Then I thought that I wanted to set myself free and find myself but I drilled myself more into a bad zone. So that phase in my life was the lowest phase of my life.”

Pooja Bhatt said that she pushed herself to the bottom of the pool and as the survivor instinct kicked in, she clawed her way out of it. She said that she decided to not give up on herself. ” That’s very important but when I look back to that phase I never push myself away from it. I look straight in the eye and said yes you have become this otherwise what’s the difference between a bottle and a person. So now the universe said that I am ready,” she added.

This is not the first time Pooja Bhatt has opened up about her divorce and her alcoholism, and kicking the habit, on the show. Earlier, she had shared how her father’s one message about who will look after her after he’s gone, made her stop drinking. As for the marriage with Manish Makhija, Pooja had shared how the two just drifted apart from continue to respect each other.