Bigg Boss OTT 2: Pooja Bhatt Breaks Silence on Being Labeled as ‘Alcoholic’

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Pooja Bhatt on Bigg Boss OTT 2 accepts of getting consuming issues, says, “I acknowledged my addiction and made the decision to quit.”

Bigg Boss OTT 2 Pooja Bhatt Breaks Silence on Being Labeled as ‘Alcoholic’

Bigg Boss OTT 2: It’s been just some days because the controversial actuality present Bigg Boss OTT 2 commenced and the contestants appear to be warming up to one another and sharing particulars about their life. Filmmaker-actress Pooja Bhatt, who’s seen as a contestant within the present, spoke about her battle with alcoholism on the age of 44 after which her journey to sobriety. Pooja was seen speaking to co-contestant Cyrus Broacha and mentioned, “I had a drinking problem, and that’s why I acknowledged my addiction and made the decision to quit.”

Bhatt then spoke about how she was labeled as an “alcoholic” by folks and the way she tackled that. She was heard saying that males get a license from society and therefore, freely discuss being “addicted and recovering from alcoholism. Women don’t openly drink and so they don’t openly recover. I used to drink openly so when I thought of recovering from alcoholism I realised that why should I recover in the closet? People used to call me an alcoholic but then I said I’m a recovering alcoholic”.

Pooja Bhatt, who was beforehand seen as a panelist, stunned Bigg Boss followers by becoming a member of the present as the ultimate contestant of Bigg Boss OTT 2.

Bigg Boss OTT 2 premiered on June 17 with a star-studded contestant listing together with Falaq Naaz, Jiya Shankar, Abhishek Malhan, Akanksha Puri, Cyrus Broacha, Manisha Rani, Jad Hadid, Aaliya Siddiqui, Bebika Dhurve, Avinash Sachdev, Palak Purswami, Puneet Kumar, and Pooja Bhatt.