Actor Arjun Rampal opened up about his divorce from model Mehr Jesia; they were married from 1998 to 2019, and have two daughters, Mahikaa and Myra. Arjun admitted that he was probably too young to get married when he did, and said that he experienced an emptiness after the separation. He is now in a relationship with model Gabriella Demetriades, with whom he has two sons. Arjun said that he has a strong relationship with his ex-wife now, and that Mehr and their daughters ‘get along’ with Gabriella.
Opening up about his divorce, Arjun said on The Ranveer Show podcast, “It’s human nature to start passing the fault onto somebody else, making excuses. But the meltdown has happened because of something else. It happens because it wasn’t working out, because you’re sad and unhappy. And if you can’t look inwards and try to find more happiness, that’s when it’s going to crack and break.” Asked if being single after a long relationship feels like a shock initially, he said, “It feels lonely, yes. You suddenly feel like you’re free, but you feel uneasy, you’re not comfortable. You miss the stability, coming home, and of course the food.”
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Arjun said that one person can’t be blamed for a relationship’s failure, but it’s important to introspect about the mistakes that were made. “It’s important to shut all your doors and windows, isolate, and reflect within yourself. That’s what I did. You realise there were so many shortcomings within you. Yes, there were shortcomings from the other side, but finally, it is you who you have to fix. You need to heal and come back as a stronger person because you have a responsibility towards so many other people who are also a part of this,” he said.
Separations, he said, should ‘be done with dignity and love’, because that’s how relationships begin. He continued, “It’s very difficult. It’s not easy. It’s not easy on anybody, including your children. It’s the most difficult for them. You don’t want that. I had come from a broken home, and for me to have not succeeded in marriage was really something that I had to look back on and understand why it went wrong. And I realised why it went wrong, and I take responsibility for it. Today, touchwood, we all are very close, we’re very loving towards each other, and we’ll always have our backs.”
Arjun said that one doesn’t have to be bound by ‘a piece of paper’ or ‘separated by a piece of paper’, and that the bond he shares with his ex-wife is far greater than anything that might have happened to fracture it. “There’s a lot that we’ve taken from each other, there’s a lot that we’ve given each other, and you cherish that,” he said. Asked if he was too young when he got married, Arjun said, “It’s a tough one. I think 20s, 30s is very young. I got married when I was 24; I think it’s too early. There’s a lot to experience in life, and you’ve got to get more mature. Guys mature far slower than women, it’s a proven fact that we’re idiots. If you want to be successful in marriage, wait it out. Or, I could be completely wrong.”
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