In a career span of 2 decades, Bollywood actor, Vivek Oberoi has tasted an equal share of success and failure. With his debut film, Company in 2002, he had become a household name. Over the years, the actor has etched a special place in everyone’s hearts with his light-hearted comedy flicks like Masti, Great Grand Masti, to name a few. However, Vivek had also hit the headlines for his complicated personal life and alleged relationship with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan back in 2002.
After Aishwarya’s break-up with Salman Khan, she was allegedly dating Vivek Oberoi until they had parted ways on a bitter note. Then, it was claimed by Vivek that he was abused and threatened by Salman Khan. Now, the actor recalled his bad experience in his past love life and revealed how it had led him to have multiple flings.
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In a recent chat with Pinkvilla, Vivek Oberoi recalled the horrible experience of his past love life, when he had given everything to his relationship but did not receive the same amount of respect in return. Elaborating on how that phase had made him ‘cynical’ of love, Vivek said:
“So my experience in love at that point was one where I felt very let down, I felt undervalued. I felt that what I had done and what I had given in my relationship vs just the respect just the acknowledgement of that was missing. And that made me very cynical and very bitter.“
In the same interview, the Krrish 3 actor revealed that he had completely lost his faith in love before meeting his wife, Priyanka Alva. He confessed dating several models and pageant queens to feel good about himself. In his words:
“So, I didn’t want to be in love with anybody anymore. I just wanted to have flings, just wanted to be in a casual story and I went down that path. I explored that path and the more the girls I dated, the more lonely I felt. It was the most unfulfilling experience. I mean I dated, I ticked every box, names, models, pageant queens, whatever the boxes were that I thought would make me feel good about myself.”
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Further going into the conversation, Vivek mentioned that he had met his wife, Priyanka Alva, for the first time only to stop his mother, Yashodhara Oberoi, from arranging his relationship with someone else. However, the destined meeting with his soulmate, Priyanka had changed Vivek’s perspective towards love. Mentioning how he had loved Priyanka’s confidence and simplicity, he shared:
“But it wasn’t real. I wasn’t real. And when I met Priyanka for the first time, I met her as a formality to stop my mom from setting me up. And I went and I met her and for the first time I saw somebody who had no mask, no make up.”
For the unversed, Vivek Oberoi had tied the knot with his ladylove, Priyanka Alva, on October 29, 2010, and together they have two beautiful kids, Vivaan Veer Oberoi and Ameyaa Nirvana Oberoi.
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