Former Miss Universe, Sushmita Sen has been an inspiration for many. The diva rules millions of hearts, courtesy of her charming looks, exceptional acting mettle and down-to-earth nature. Apart from her professional recognition, Sushmita often grabs the headlines for her personal life choices. For the unversed, the 47-year-old diva was previously dating model and actor, Rohman Shawl. After the duo broke up, there was sudden news about Sushmita being in a relationship with the former chairman of the Indian Premiere League, Lalit Modi, when the latter dropped mushy romantic pictures with her. However, despite Lalit’s claims, Sushmita never admitted or acknowledged any of it. Nevertheless, the news, which broke out like wildfire attracted a lot of criticism for Sushmita, including her being tagged as a ‘gold-digger’.
Sushmita Sen recalls dealing with immense criticisms during the Lalit Modi fiasco
In a recent interview with Barkha Dutt for Mojo Story, Sushmita recalled the time when people called her mean things like a ‘gold-digger’, when the whole fiasco of her personal life with entrepreneur, Lalit Modi broke out. While the diva had maintained her dignified stance till the end of it, and only gave a befitting response once by claiming herself to be a ‘diamond’ herself. And now, recalling how she dealt with it all back then, Sushmita exclaimed she found it all very amusing. In her words:
“The only reason that I put out that post was to laugh at it. I wasn’t that pained. It was just amusing because you call a woman a gold digger, and you are monetising that gold digger by writing stories on her.”