I was not living off of Sushant’s money: Rhea Chakraborty

The actor recalls her much-talked-about 2019 Europe trip with her late boyfriend

Actor-model Rhea Chakraborty, in a recent interview, spoke about her much-talked-about Europe trip with late Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput, reported Indian Express. The latter died by suicide on June 14 in Mumbai and his father KK Singh has filed a complaint against Chakraborty and her family members for abetting his death.

In the interview, Chakraborty said that things were going well other than when the duo had to fly. Apparently, before the flight took off, Rajput took a pill called Modafinil without any prescription and confessed that he was feeling claustrophobic.

“When we reached Paris, he didn’t leave his room for three days. Before the trip, he was very happy. He told me that he was very excited as he would show me his true side during this trip. He would walk on the streets and have fun with me, which he couldn’t do in India. We were really happy. I was wondering what happened,” Chakraborty revealed.

“In Switzerland, he was fine. When we reached Italy, we stayed at a Gothic hotel, which we didn’t know at the time of booking. In our room, there was a dome-like structure, which I didn’t like. I asked him if we should change our hotel but he insisted on staying there. He told me that there was something there. His health deteriorated and started having anxiety attacks. Then he told me that in 2013, he had a depressive episode,” she added.

Chakraborty also said she was not living off Rajput’s money, contrary to reports that have been doing the rounds. “I had a fashion shoot by the clothing brand Shein in Paris. The company sent me the tickets. Sushant said it was a good chance for us to spend time together. He cancelled my tickets and booked first class ones for us. He loved to live king size,” she went on. “I realised that he was spending enormous amounts of money during the trip but that was how he was. Even before this trip, he went to Thailand with seven of his male friends. He booked a private jet for that trip and spent INR70 lakh. So it was not like he spent the money just on me. He loved living like a star. I was not living off his money…We were living like a couple.”

The starlet claimed also she did not attend Rajput’s funeral because “his family members don’t like me.” She said, “My friends told me that I will be ridiculed and thrown out.”

Chakraborty instead went to see his body for closure before the funeral. “I said ‘Sorry, babu.’ When you see a dead person, what else do you say? I said sorry as he was no more. When you love someone and they die, you say sorry. Sorry that they aren’t here. Sorry that a joke has been made out of your death,” she said.

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