When Neena Gupta Was Advised To Marry A Gay Man During Her Pregnancy: “I Told Myself I’d Cross That Bridge When I Come To It”

Neena Gupta is a powerful actress and an inspirational personality. She has faced many struggles in her life, especially when she was pregnant with Masaba and after that as a single mother. The veteran actress once revealed how one of her friends advised her to marry a gay man when she was carrying her daughter. Scroll below for the deets.

The Badhaai Ho actress faced societal judgment for being an unmarried pregnant woman and a public figure, which affected her professionally. She struggled to support herself and her daughter. Gupta has often opened up about the difficulties she went through while balancing a career with single parenthood. For the uninitiated, Neena and former West Indies cricketer Vivian Richards were in a relationship in the late 1980s. As he was already married, Neena had to raise Masaba alone, and he did not agree to leave his wife.

According to Zoom [via Hindustan Times], Neena Gupta opened up about her struggles as an unmarried pregnant woman in her autobiography Sach Kahun Toh. There, she revealed that her friend, Sujoy Mitra, advised her to marry a gay businessman. She could say that Masaba was his child, but he would not be involved in her or her kid’s life. The actress recalled, “I laughed them off because I didn’t feel right about getting married just to avoid controversy. I knew I would have to answer very difficult questions.”