Feroze Khan opens up about cosmetic surgery gone wrong

Actor confesses to getting a cheek job, his love for Khalilur Rehman and zero tolerance for 'Sheikh jokes'.

Actor Feroze Khan, who’d make headlines often for sharing his unfiltered views, was off the radar for quite some time. But in a recent interview, he announced that he is gearing up for professional boxing, following which, he appeared in a chat show with Tabish Hashmi and had a tête-a-tête.

He casually opened up about his preference for Khalilur Rehman Qamar over Marvi Sirmed, getting a cheek job, as well as his disapproval of the ‘Sheikh jokes’ that did the rounds last year.

In March 2020, Feroze had said he will not be acting unless his contribution can spread “the teachings of Islam.” But in December, he took back his statement and announced, “My Sheikh ordered me not to quit showbiz. So I’m reading into a lot of scripts, looking into a lot of scripts — I may act, I may produce, but I'm here.”

Now, when Hashmi questioned Feroze about the same, he immediately warned him, “We will not joke about this. ‘Sheikh said this, Sheikh said that’ this is not a joke for anyone. It is my personal thing and it was stupid of me to share it on social media. I respect this person. It [this matter] is sensitive and very personal to me.”

Following this, when asked if he was not a celebrity and told to choose between Marvi and Khalil, Feroze immediately picked the Meray Paas Tum Ho writer because “surveys conducted on the internet show that most Pakistanis choose him.” The Khaani actor then called him a ‘great man’ and elaborated, “I respect him a lot. He is a very loving person. We had some differences but we have sorted them out. So I will choose him.”

He also opened up about his cosmetic surgery that didn’t turn out to be the way he had expected. Feroze revealed that he had to engage in a heavy-duty fitness regimen which eventually caused him to undergo a cheek job. The Khuda Aur Muhabbat star had to trim down to ace an underwater scene.

"I worked out to get my body in shape but soon realised the mass in my cheeks had vanished. So I called up a doctor and insisted him to place fillers. But after the surgery, when I looked at myself in the mirror, I instantly wanted to dissolve them. Even in pictures, they made me look chubby and unfit," he quipped.

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