Shehnaaz Gill has opened up about how she handled her grief following the passing of her rumoured boyfriend Sidharth Shukla last year. On September 2, 2021, Sidharth passed dead, apparently from a heart attack. Shehnaaz was broken by Sidharth’s passing and decided to avoid the spotlight for more than a month.
“Duniya ke aage roge to log bolenge sympathy gain kar rahi hai (If you are crying in public, people will say that you are gaining sympathy) People would consider you weak and I never want to come across as one. However, I have never tried to hide my emotions. I dealt with it myself and I am fine with it absolutely,” Shehnaaz told Bollywood Bubble.
Shehnaaz Gill says Tu Yaheen Hai
Shehnaaz has frequently been the target of trolls for “having fun” and moving on in her life months after Sidharth’s passing. When videos of her dancing and laughing at an engagement party that was held a few months after Sidharth Shukla’s passing surfaced, she was met with a great deal of backlash. She honoured the late actor by releasing the music video “Tu Yaheen Hai” before picking up her career as a memorial to Sidharth.
While her fans showered the video with love and heartfelt messages, a section of the internet condemned her and said that she was profiting off Sidharth’s passing. Shehnaaz clarified, “People don’t know the whole story, so how will they say anything about it. What happened is that I wanted to restart my work, make a comeback and when you respect someone a lot, if you don’t do something for them, then how will you start? So, it was out of respect. And it’s okay, the people who don’t know anything about it, why should we feel sad about they say. Whatever knowledge they have, let them have that only.”