Avantika Malik finally breaks silence on divorce with Imran Khan, describes it as 'death': 'I have been through clinical depression and...'

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03-06-2025

She added, 'I thought I would die, and I have been through clinical depression, where I wanted to die, so, I didn't think I would be sitting here I could have never imagined.' read more
Imran Khan, who delivered charming films in the 2000s like Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, I Hate Luv Storys, and the cult-classic dark comedy Delhi Belly, finally opened up his divorce from ex-wife Avantika Malik and shared that their relationship began when they were teenagers but the interaction and habits remained the same and didn't grow with them. This was last year.
Now, Avantika Malik, in an interview with Nayandeep Rakshit, has spoken about her feelings when the divorce happened. She said, 'I was so afraid that I would not be able to look after myself. Being alone felt like death. I was so scared, I thought I won't be able to do anything on my own.'
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She added, 'I thought I would die, and I have been through clinical depression, where I wanted to die, so, I didn't think I would be sitting here I could have never imagined.'
Avantika continued, 'I would have found it very difficult to walk away and to say this is it. It is mostly because of the kind of human being I am. I am extremely emotional. Another reason is that because my parents marriage didn't work, I thought I always had this pressure to make mine work. I was too adamant that what was my reality as a child cannot be my reality as an adult. That fear was too deep to walk away.'
What Imran Khan said
I entered this relationship when I was very young. I was 19, and in all good faith and good intention. But as is sometimes the case with these kinds of long-term relationships, particularly when you start at a very young age, a lot of the interpersonal dynamics and patterns get set in how you were as a teenager and as you grow, perhaps, I think all of those did not grow and evolve enough and in some way, we were not supporting or empowering each other to be the healthiest version of ourselves