Rakhi Sawant‘s marriage to businessman Ritesh Singh was all over the news a little over two years ago but his identity was only recently revealed.
The couple made an entry into the Bigg Boss house together and the audience was introduced to Ritesh for the first time then.
However, in a recent interview after his exit from the show, Ritesh admitted that he isn’t legally married to Rakhi yet. He also added that he has filed for divorce against his current wife Snigdha Priya. When asked why he had not revealed his identity for so long he said, “Basically, mera zyadatar maanna tha ki yeh bohot personal hai (I mostly felt that this was personal).”
“Mere previous wife ne jo allegations lagaya tha, mujhe pata tha ki yeh sab hai. Toh mujhe tha ki yeh sab clear up ho jaaye toh ek formal marriage hum log achchi tarah se karein. Bohot saare thoughts the, Rakhi ka bhi career tha, mere bhi bohot saare projects chal rahe the.”
“(I knew about the allegations of my previous wife and I wanted these things to get sorted out, so Rakhi and I could have a formal marriage. Plus, Rakhi had her career and I also had a lot of ongoing projects),” Ritesh continued. He also mentioned that he plans on marrying Rakhi formally as well as inviting her friends from the industry.
Talking about Snigdha he says, “Woh do baar mere yahaan se bhaag chuki hai jiske saath bhi, bhaagne ke baad mera usse koi contact nahi tha, maine divorce file kar liya hai halanki yeh divorce papers pe sign nahi kar rahi hai (She has eloped twice from our home with someone else and I have not been in contact with her since. I filed for divorce but she is not signing the papers).”
In response to Snigdha’s complaints of him beating her up for hours Ritesh stated, “Bigg Boss ki journey agar aap logon ne dekhi hogi toh shayad aapne dekha hoga. Aisa mera dual personality toh hai nahi, yeh spam phaila rahi hai. Waise husband ke saath aap kyun rehna chahengi itne din tak? Koi bhi samajhdaar ladki ek din bhi na rahe (If you have watched my journey on Bigg Boss, you would know what I am like. It is not like I have a dual personality, she is defaming me. Who would want to stay with such a husband for so long? Any intelligent woman would leave in a day).“
Ritesh also added that Snigdha had apparently extorted huge sums of money from him throughout their marriage. “Mere bohot financial losses hue hai (I suffered huge financial losses). Who will recover my losses? Maine kya galti ki hai? Aap bina soche samjhe kisiko spam kar doge, negative thought bana doge (What wrong have I done? If you portray someone in a negative light), that is not right.”
Coming back to his marriage plans with Rakhi he says, “Hum logon ne ishwar ko sakshi maan ke ek doosre ko pati patni sweekar kiya hai. Kahin hum logon ne court marriage abhi ki nahi hai.”
“With God as our witness, we accepted each other as husband and wife. We have not had a court marriage yet.”
Ritesh said that he is waiting for Snigdha to sign the divorce papers. “Yeh de nahi rahi, halanki yeh apni life mein bohot khush hai. Jiske saath rehna hai, reh rahi hai. Bachcha bhi iske paas hai, paise bhi iske paas hai. Somehow, iski life toh settled hai. Meri life isne jaan bujh ke barbaad karke rakhi hai taaki yeh na kahin jaa sake aur kuch kar bhi na sake (She is not giving me a divorce, even though she is happy in her own life. She is living with the person she wants to, she has the child and money too. Her life is settled. She has ruined my life so that I have nowhere to go).”
“Ishwar ko sakshi maan ke hi usko apnaya hoon. Legal terms mein, main definitely yeh divorce ka wait kar raha hoon, jaise hi hoga, main formal marriage karunga Rakhi ke saath (With God as our witness, I accepted her as my wife. In legal terms, I am waiting for the divorce. As soon as it comes through, I will formally marry Rakhi),” he concluded.