Journalism of Courage
Ankita Lokhande was certainly one of the most famous contestants on Bigg Boss 17, but she couldn't translate it to success. In an exclusive chat with Indianexpress.com, Ankita spoke about her stay in the house, the friendship she shared with Munawar Faruqui, and also addressed claims that she spoke about her ex-boyfriend, late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, on Bigg Boss 17 to gain sympathy. (Photo: Ankita Lokhande/Instagram)
Talking about her friendship with Munawar, Ankita said, "My friendship with Munawar never broke, I don’t know why people say so. Munna and I spoke there only." (Photo: Ankita Lokhande/Instagram)
Ankita added, "If I feel someone wants to be friends with me, more than welcome. I always try to forgive and move on, but now I don’t want to do that. I want to take a stand for myself, I need to protect myself. Sometimes your giving nature can get harmful for you only. So yes, I don’t want to be so giving now, that someone walks over me." (Photo: Ankita Lokhande/Instagram)
Ankita also confessed that Mannara Chopra's friendship with Vicky Jain was 'triggering' for her, but after watching the episodes, she regrets how their equation worsened. (Photo: Ankita Lokhande/Instagram)
"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," she added. (Photo: Ankita Lokhande/Instagram)
Addressing the claims of playing the sympathy card, Ankita shared that would have even spoken about Sushant outside if that meant inspiring them. "If that person knew I was related to Sushant, I would want to tell them a story that I knew about Sushant. There is nothing wrong, I am not telling people my story, I was telling them about him. So let people say what they want to," shared Ankita. (Photo: Ankita Lokhande/Instagram)
Justifying her mother-in-law’s negative comments about her, Ankita shared in the interview, "To date, people have made their assumptions, they have said what they had to, I am not going to stop them since whatever happened that time was in front of everyone." (Photo: Ankita Lokhande/Instagram)
She added, "It is a family matter for me, if certain things were told to me, I know her intention was not that. I have stayed with these people, I know how much they love me, but on Bigg Boss, mumma got a little emotional." (Photo: Ankita Lokhande/Instagram)
