Rupali Ganguly's show, Anupamaa brought her immense fame and recognition. The actress has been reigning in the television industry with her gorgeousness, acting skills, soft nature, and more. But in the last few days, Rupali grabbed all the attention as her step-daughter, Esha Verma brought some serious allegations against the actress. Now, in an exclusive interview with us, Esha has bared her heart out and shared how she was body-shamed and bullied by her step-mom.
In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Shaadis, Esha Verma was asked if her relationship with her step-mom, Rupali has progressed towards betterment in the last few years. To this, Esha said that whenever she and Rupali used to be alone and had one-and-one conversations, the actress would just warn her not to initiate her mom and father's meet-ups, while showing Ashwin that she was trying to make a motherly connection with Esha. In Esha's words:
"When Rupali had the chance to speak to me one-on-one or be alone with me one-on-one, she would tell my father that she's just trying to bond with me, as a mother or step-mother, but behind the scenes, she would threaten me about not allowing my parents to meet because, I don't know what the excuse, but she just said, 'I am warning you, that's never gonna happen,' and she would really bully me."
Talking more about the same, Esha Verma revealed being body-shamed and bullied by Rupali Ganguly. Esha shared that Rupali would comment on her body weight, and even tag her eyes as 'droopy'. Esha stated that Rupali also suffered from thyroid back then, thus it was beyond the former's idea how the actress could even comment on someone's body weight, and these were also her father's traits. Esha Verma said:
"She would always comment on my body and on my face. The one comment that really hurt was about my eyes. She said her eyes are super droopy, and she would comment about my body weight. I think she was going through thyroid as well, so I didn't understand, how could she just comment on my body, and on top of that, I am growing, I am still a child, and these commenting about my weight and face, that's my father's traits, you know. Let's see the irony of it, her son definitely has some features of my dad, so that's just how she body-shamed me and bullied me for my looks."
In the same interview, Esha Verma was asked if Rupali ever apologised or came forward to sort things out by wishing her on special occasions, like her father, Ashwin. To this, Esha mentioned that Rupali never did the same, nor did she want anything from her. Esha can be quoted as saying:
"Rupali never apologised or wished me, and nor I want. I don't really care about what Rupali has to say to me, I never had a connection or relationship with her. So, I want the public to realise that I don't want anything from her. I don't want her money, I don't want her fame. I never even watched the show, I could care less, but the thing is, I think she should watch the show, because she is portraying my mother's story."
Esha made it clear that she doesn't want anything from Rupali, not her name, fame, or money. She also remarked that she doesn't watch Rupali's show and the actress is actually portraying her mom's life. She tagged Rupali as 'ugly' from the inside out, and shared:
"Yeah, I never even wanted to look at her face. Her face is so ugly to me, ugly meaning, ugly as a person inside and out. Like, why would you wanna look at someone who has had such a big impact in your mental health and your family dynamic breakage and things like that? So, I don't want anything, no wishes, I don't care about her."
For the unversed, Esha Verma dominated the headlines after one of her old posts about Rupali Ganguly made rounds on social media a few days ago. In the post, she accused Rupali of ruining her happy life and having an extra-marital affair with her dad, Ashwin K Verma. Esha is the younger daughter of Ashwin K Verma and his second wife, Sapna Verma. As per the reports, Sapna Verma was the former Miss Karnataka. Esha is 26 years old and she's a Rutgers University-New Brunswick alumna. She currently resides in New Jersey with her mom and elder sister.
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