Actor Imran Khan’s wife Avantika Malik recently recalled going through a difficult time during their divorce. She admitted that it was the worst phase in her life where she got support from her family and friends. Avantika also opened up on her fears based on her parents’ past.

Avantika confessed that it is not easy for her to walk away from a marriage since she is an emotional person. In an interview with Nayandeep Rakshit for his YouTube channel, she said, “I would have found it very difficult to walk away and to say this is it. It is mostly because of the kind of human being I am. I am extremely emotional.”

“Another reason is that, because my parents’ marriage didn’t work, I thought I always had this pressure to make mine work. I was too adamant that what was my reality as a child could be my reality as an adult. The only thing I did not see was that even if we separate, our realities are not the same. That fear was too deep and intense to have walked away,” Avantika added.

She also spoke about unconditional support from her loved ones and said, “It was very hard. It was the worst thing I had to go through. You just don’t know anything anymore. I am very blessed that I had so many people on my corner. My friends, family and my extended family held me together until I could hold myself.”

Imran and Avantika started dating back in 2002 at the age of 19. They later got married in 2011. The couple welcomed their daughter Imara Malik Khan in 2014. Imran, in an exclusive interview with India Today, said that it was when he was battling depression that he realised the relationship was not working.

Since his sabbatical from Bollywood, Imran is yet to announce his new project about his possible comeback.