Actor Govinda’s wife, Sunita Ahuja, has finally addressed the recent controversy surrounding her remarks about their family priest, Pandit Mukesh Shukla. Days after Govinda issued a public apology on Instagram, Sunita released a new YouTube vlog expressing her disappointment over his gesture.“I’ve been hearing a lot that I used some wrong words,” Sunita said in her vlog. “My respected Govinda ji, who is my husband, even folded his hands and apologized — which I really didn’t like. Because let me tell you one thing, Chi Chi (Govinda), I would never want you to ever fold your hands in front of anyone for me.”
‘I only spoke about my experience’
Sunita clarified that her comments were not directed at any specific individual. “I had not named anyone, nor had I spoken about anyone specifically. Things like that happened to me, so I spoke about them,” she explained. She further added that if anyone felt hurt by her words, she wished to apologize to “every sidh-peeth guru and every guru at every shrine.”However, she expressed disappointment that Govinda felt the need to clarify the matter publicly. “Right now there are three priests at Govinda ji’s place; there was no need to give them this clarification. I felt very bad. I never want Govinda to do this,” she stated firmly.
The controversy that started it all
The controversy began when Sunita appeared on Paras Chhabra’s podcast, where she spoke about a “fraud godman” and hinted that “there’s one like that in our house too.” She accused the family priest of demanding exorbitant sums for rituals, saying, “He keeps suggesting new pujas and charging lakhs for them. I tell him to do his own puja because his won’t help Govinda.”
Rumours of strain in the marriage
This latest disagreement comes amid ongoing rumours of tension between Govinda and Sunita. The couple, who married in 1987 after a long courtship, have been together for nearly four decades.
