Actress Esha Gupta has addressed rumours about her connection with India cricketer Hardik Pandya during a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan. She revealed they were briefly in contact for a few months but never progressed to a serious relationship, citing compatibility issues and poor timing as reasons for their brief association ending before it could develop further.Gupta provided clarity on the nature of their connection, acknowledging that while they were in communication, it never evolved into a formal dating relationship.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“Yeah, for some time we were talking. I don’t think we were dating, but yeah, we were talking for a couple of months,” Gupta stated during the interview.The actress elaborated on the brief duration of their association and the limited extent of their meetings.“We were at that ‘maybe it will happen, maybe it won’t’ stage. It ended before we even reached the dating stage. So it wasn’t dating-dating. We met once or twice, that’s it. So yeah, as I said, it was a couple of months and then it ended.”Gupta reflected on the potential of their relationship, noting that while there was a possibility, circumstances led to a quick conclusion. “Maybe it could have happened,” she said, but acknowledged that “things fizzled out quickly.”The actress emphasised that the end of their communication was amicable, without any complications.
File photo of Mumbai Indians’ Hardik Pandya. (ANI)
“There was no drama or bitterness,” she stated. “It just wasn’t meant to be.”Gupta also addressed Pandya’s controversial appearance on Koffee With Karan in 2019, confirming that their communication had ceased before the incident.“That part didn’t affect me, because we had already stopped talking by then,” she explained.
Yeah, for some time we were talking. I don’t think we were dating
Esha Gupta
The actress revealed her decision to refrain from adding to the criticism during the controversy.“They were already going through enough. What good would it do if I jumped in with more criticism?” she said.Hardik Pandya is currently not involved with the Indian cricket team which is on a five-match Test tour of England. India conceded the opening Test at Headingley on Tuesday by 5-wickets. Pandya’s next involvement for the Indian team is believed to come against Bangladesh in August.
